Ed Sheeran Wins Another “Thinking Out Loud” Copyright Lawsuit

Less than a month ago after a federal jury ruled that Ed Sheeran’s 2014 single “Thinking Out Loud” did not steal elements of Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On,” the English musician has beaten a second lawsuit involving the two songs. According to court documents obtained by Pitchfork, a New York federal judge, Louis L. Stanton, dismissed a complaint originally filed against Sheeran and others in 2018 by Structured Asset Sales, LLC (SAS), whose CEO, David Pullman, owns one-third of the copyright to Ed Townsend’s catalog.