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In 2016 two lawsuits were filed against singer/songwriter Ed Sheeran claiming copyright infringement on Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On” by Ed Townsend’s heirs (co-writer), and a company called Structured Asset Sale who hold shares in the song’s copyright. Both claimed Sheeran lifted a number of musical elements from their song and placed them in his 2014 release “Thinking Out Loud”.