British singer, Ed Sheeran, has been sued for $100m by a company claiming the singer ripped off a Marvin Gaye classic.
According to TMZ, a company, Structured Asset Sales, filed the lawsuit, claiming Ed’s song, Thinking Out Loud, is a carbon copy of Gaye’s Let’s Get it On.
Gaye’s song was written by a guy named Edward Townsend and Gaye in 1973. Townsend died in 2003, and Structured Asset Sales bought one-third of the copyright.
Sheeran’s song, Thinking Out Loud was nominated for a Grammy for Best Record, Best Performance and Song of the Year in 2016.
Court documents also showed that Ed’s single and the album it’s on — “X” — sold more than 15 million copies and the song has been played on YouTube more than a billion times.
There is no word if the Gaye family will be joining the suit or filing a separate suit.
Source: Punch
