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The English musician hugged his team inside a Manhattan federal courtroom after jurors ruled that he had "independently" created his 2014 song.
The trial centers on whether the British pop phenom plagiarized Marvin Gaye's 1973 soul classic "Let's Get It On" in his 2014 hit "Thinking Out Loud."
Sheeran played the basic four-chord progression of his Grammy-winning song, "Thinking Out Loud," denying that it is a copy of Marvin Gaye's 1973 soul classic "Let's Get It On," the New York Times said.
Industry members are closely following the copyright lawsuit as it could set precedent for protections on songwriters' creations and open the door to legal challenges elsewhere.
A High Court judge in London on Tuesday awarded Ed Sheeran and his co-songwriters more than £900,000 (US$1.1 million) in legal costs after winning a copyright trial over his hit "Shape of You".
A High Court judge in London on Tuesday awarded Ed Sheeran and his co-songwriters more than £900,000 in legal costs after winning a copyright trial over his hit "Shape of You".
Ed Sheeran says he now films his songwriting sessions to try to avoid future copyright claims after winning a high-profile court case this week.
Judge Antony Zacaroli said that Sheeran "neither deliberately nor subconsciously" copied a phrase from British grime track, "Oh Why", when writing the worldwide smash hit.
Chart toppers Ed Sheeran and Camila Cabello were among the music stars who took to the Birmingham stage on Tuesday night at a televised concert aiming to raise funds for a Ukrainian humanitarian appeal.
"Shape of You", released 2017, was a huge hit for Sheeran, 31, and remains the most streamed-song ever on Spotify, with more than three billion streams.