The daughter of the songwriter who has launched a copyright trial against Ed Sheeran has collapsed in court. Kathyrn Townsend Griffin, who has accused Sheeran of ripping off Marvin Gaye’s track Let’s Get It On, was carried off in a stretcher.
, adding that many pop songs are ‘built on building blocks’ of other work.
Thinking Out Loud dominated charts when it was released but just two years later, Townsend’s heirs filed a lawsuit against Sheeran for copyright infringement, claiming that Thinking Out Loud copied the ‘heart’ of Gaye’s Let’s Get It On, including the harmony, melody and rhythm.
This week, Townsend’s family lawyer claimed he had a ‘smoking gun’ as the high-profile case kicked off. Ben Crump said that he could pinpoint a moment that clearly highlighted the similarities between the two tracks in court.Also in his opening statement, Crump claimed that during a concert Sheeran played the two tunes back-to-back in a medley and the moment could be relied on to fight the family’s case.
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