Ed Sheeran is being prosecuted for alleged plagiarism of Marvin Gaye | Music

The lawsuit was brought by David Pullman, an investment banker who, in 1997, was responsible for the pioneering sale of $ 55 million of "Bowie Titles", which made David Bowie the first musician to sell securities. supported by your catalog.

According to a complaint by the Manhattan federal court, "Thinking Out loud", which reached the second place on the Billboard Hot 100 in February 2015, copy "melody, rhythms, harmonies, drums, bbad, support, tempo, syncopation and looping "from" Let's Get On On ", first place in the charts in September 1973.

Other defendants include Sony / ATV Music Publishing and Atlantic Records.

The representatives of Sheeran and Atlantic did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Sony / ATV spokesman Paul Williams declined to comment.

These defendants denied any offense in a related civil lawsuit filed by the heirs of the late producer Ed Townsend, who co-wrote "Let's Go" with Gaye. Pullman, Structured Asset Sales LLC, holds one-third of Townsend's badets.