Robin Thicke noticeably ripped off Marvin Gaye‘s 1977 hit “Got to Give It Up” when he wrote the smash hit “Blurred Lines” with Pharrell Williams and T.I., a Los Angeles jury has decided. "The majority allows the Gayes to accomplish what no one has before: copyright a musical style" …"'Blurred Lines' and 'Got to Give It Up' are not objectively similar. Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke lose Blurred Lines copyright case Pharrell Williams' and Robin Thicke's 2013 hit Blurred Lines did breach copyright, a court in Los Angeles has ruled. There are many awful and embarrassing — even idiotic — features of our copyright law. The music video has been viewed hundreds of millions of times on YouTube and Vevo, and has been parodied numerous times as well. Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams have been ordered to pay nearly $5m to the family of Marvin Gaye, at the conclusion of a long-running legal battle of their song "Blurred Lines" that began in 2013. Despite its popularity, the similarity of “Blurred Lines” […] Despite its popularity, the similarity of “Blurred Lines” […] Here are the two things that most aggravate me about the "Blurred Lines" copyright … Blurred Lines may be the biggest music copyright case of 2015 March 12, 2015 12.41am EDT Nicolas Suzor , Kylie Pappalardo , Queensland University of Technology (“T.I.”), and their hit song “Blurred Lines,” demonstrates the rare example of a case going to trial, and the costly risk of letting a jury decide copyright infringement.
In 2013, Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams co-produced the run-away hit single “Blurred Lines,” earning them over $16 million in sales and streaming revenues. The ‘Blurred Lines’ Case Scared Songwriters. 'Blurred Lines' copyright suit ends: Robin Thicke, Pharrell Williams to pay $5 million this link is to an external site that may or may not meet accessibility guidelines. But Its Time May Be Up. The $5 million 'Blurred Lines' legal fight over the song's 'vibe' could permanently change the music industry Paul Schrodt 2015-12-15T17:05:11Z The music video has been viewed hundreds of millions of times on YouTube and Vevo, and has been parodied numerous times as well. In 2013, Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams co-produced the run-away hit single “Blurred Lines,” earning them over $16 million in sales and streaming revenues. Robin Thicke noticeably ripped off Marvin Gaye‘s 1977 hit “Got to Give It Up” when he wrote the smash hit “Blurred Lines” with Pharrell Williams and T.I., a Los Angeles jury has decided.