Ed Sheeran speaks outs after winning 'Thinking Out Loud' copyright case

LTC Eugene Chu
..."Sheeran said Thursday the songs have "dramatically different lyrics, melodies and four chords which are also different and used by songwriters every day, all over the world."

"These chords are common building blocks which were used to create music long before 'Let's Get It On' was written and will be used to make music long after we are all gone," he said. "They are in a songwriter's 'alphabet,' our toolkit, and should be there for all of us to use. No one owns them or the way they are played, in the same way that nobody owns the color blue."