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…
Ed Sheeran slapped with copyright suit over Marvin Gaye song
Ed Sheeran has been hit with a copyright suit over his mega-hit “Thinking Out Loud,” with a songwriter’s heirs saying he stole from Marvin Gaye’s classic “Let’s Get It On.” The lawsuit comes amid a…
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…
Guilty: ‘Blurred Lines’ stars ordered to pay Marvin Gaye heirs
A US jury ordered pop stars Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams to pay more than $7 million in damages to Marvin Gaye’s family, ruling the pair copied his music in writing their 2013 mega-hit “Blurred…
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 hits back at Marvin Gaye plagiarism claim
R&B superstar Robin Thicke filed legal papers challenging claims that a riff from his smash hit “Blurred Lines” had been swiped from Marvin Gaye’s 1970s classic “Got to Give it Up.” Thicke and collaborators Pharrell…