Ed Sheeran is accused of copyright infringement by the family of Marvin Gaye. In 2016, the family of Gaye’s late songwriting partner, Ed Townsend, filed a lawsuit alleging that Sheeran’s popular track “Thinking Out Loud” plagiarized the Gaye classic “Let’s Get It On.” Townsend’s heirs contend in the complaint that “Thinking Out Loud” pilfers “the heart” of “Let’s Get It …
