Ed Sheeran faces copyright trial over alleged song theft.

The copyright trial over whether Ed Sheeran's "Thinking Out Loud" copied Marvin Gaye's "Let's Get It On" has begun in a Manhattan federal courtroom. Sheeran is accused of copying Gaye's song by the heirs of Ed Townsend, who co-wrote the song with Gaye. Sheeran's legal team argued that the sounds used in both songs are common in pop music. The trial is the latest in a series of prominent music copyright lawsuits, with Gaye's family previously suing other artists for copyright infringement and winning.