Ed Sheeran Denies Copying Marvin Gaye's 'Let's Get It On' as Second Day of Trial Concludes

Jury selection began this week in a Manhattan federal courtroom over allegations that Ed Sheeran's 2014 hit "Thinking Out Loud" infringed on the copyright of Marvin Gaye's 1973 classic "Let's Get It On."
Ed Sheeran denied accusations that he copied Marvin Gaye's hit song in creating his own hit during his testimony this week.
Kathryn Townsend Griffin, the daughter of "Let's Get It On" co-writer Ed Townsend, collapsed in court and had to be carried out, delaying the trial by 15 minutes.
A music expert testified that the two songs share a similar chord progression and harmonic rhythm.
Sheeran argued that he frequently mashes up songs with similar chords during live performances and said "Thinking Out Loud" was written after a family illness.