NEW YORK—Ed Sheeran is preparing for a blockbuster tour and album release amid regular trips to Manhattan's federal court, where he's defending his songwriting in a closely watched copyright case. 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.' The heirs of Ed Townsend, who co-wrote Gaye's smash, are behind the civil suit, and allege 'striking similarities and overt common elements' between the songs.

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