Ed Sheeran cleared in copyright trial over Marvin Gaye’s ‘Let’s Get It On’

Ed Sheeran did not copy Marvin Gaye’s classic ‘Let’s Get It On,’ a jury decided Thursday. A New York jury sided with Ed Sheeran on Thursday, finding that he did not plagiarize Marvin Gaye’s classic song “Let’s Get It On.” The trial concluded after a jury first met on April 24. “I know he is comforted by the fact that he was able to spend some precious time alone with his grandma just a month ago.” Sheeran told the press Thursday, “I will never get that time back.” Music https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-ed-sheeran-suit-20160810-snap-story.html The heirs of a co-writer on Marvin Gaye’s seductive soul smash “Let’s Get It On” have sued Ed Sheeran, saying he lifted fundamental elements of the Motown artist’s composition. On the third day of the weeklong trial, the plaintiff’s legal team presented the jury with a video of Sheeran performing a mashup of “Thinking Out Loud” and “Let’s Get It On” in concert. “If that happens, I’m done — I’m stopping,” said Sheeran, 32, appearing to vow he would quit music if he lost, according to the New York Post.