A long-running copyright dispute over the smash hit “Blurred Lines” has ended with the family of Motown legend Marvin Gaye winning a nearly $5 million judgment against Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams. Thicke and Williams…
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US court upholds landmark ‘Blurred Lines’ copyright verdict
A US appeals court upheld Wednesday a landmark $5.3 million verdict that Robin Thicke’s hit “Blurred Lines” lifted from Marvin Gaye, dismissing warnings that many more artists could face lawsuits. The Ninth Circuit Court of…
Pharrell: Blurred Lines verdict is a handicap
Pharrell Williams believes the result of the ‘Blurred Lines’ trial “handicaps” creative people. The song’s co-creator, along with singer Robin Thicke, were ordered to pay $7.3 million (£4.9 million) to Marvin Gaye’s estate for similarities…
Blurred Lines’ verdict strikes fear into songwriters
A ruling that pop stars Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams stole from Marvin Gaye threatens to create — in the words of their smash hit — even more blurred lines for songwriters who could increasingly…
Pharrell denies Blurred Lines copied Marvin Gaye in court
Remember Robin Thicke’s hit song, Blurred Lines, featuring Pharrell Williams and T.I.? Well it appears the lines are more blurred than we realized after their court appearance yesterday (04.03.2015) in Los Angeles, California. Thicke and…
Court sides with Gaye family on ‘Blurred Lines’ feud
The family of Marvin Gaye has won a round in a court battle over allegations that last year’s blockbuster hit song “Blurred Lines” ripped off the late Motown legend’s work. A US federal judge on…
Robin Thicke lied about writing Blurred Lines
Robin Thicke has revealed he was “high on Vicodin and alcohol” when ‘Blurred Lines’ was recorded. The 37-year-old singer is currently embroiled in a legal dispute with Marvin Gaye’s children, who have accuse the hunk,…
New Zealand ‘Blurred Lines’ parody goes viral
A feminist parody of Robin Thicke’s controversial hit “Blurred Lines” has gone viral on YouTube after being briefly banned from the video-sharing website for being too raunchy. The spoof by three Auckland University law students…