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The long drawn-out copyright battle over Robin Thicke?s 2013 song ?Blurred Lines? has ended after a judge ordered Thicke and Pharrell Williams to pay almost $5 million to Marvin Gaye?s estate in the case?s final ruling.
Members of Gaye?s family sued Thicke and Williams, along with rapper and featured artist on the song, T.I., in 2013 for copyright infringement of Gaye?s 1977 hit song ?Got to Give It Up.?
In 2015, the Gaye family won their case. The court ordered Thicke and Williams to pay Gaye?s estate more than $7 million dollars, an amount that was later reduced to $5.3 million.
Thicke and Williams appealed the verdict, and in March of this year a judge mostly upheld the jury?s decision.
In a Dec. 6 ruling, a judge in the Central District of California reaffirmed the March ruling, declaring Thicke, Williams, and More Water From Nazareth Publishing must pay Gaye?s estate $2.9 million in damages.
Thicke was ordered to pay an additional $1.76 million dollars, while Williams and his publishing company must each pay Gaye?s estates separate rewards of $357,630.
T.I. was cleared of any liability in March, a decision upheld in this last and final verdict.
The Gaye estate was also rewarded half of the song?s running royalties from after the court?s original judgment date, and interest of 0.25% based on the 2015 decision.
The Central District?s verdict finishes a legal battle followed by much of the music industry. In 2016, more than 200 musicians, including Jennifer Hudson and Hans Zimmer, filed an amicus brief in support of Thicke and Williams appeal, claiming the verdict would be ?very dangerous? to the music industry.
Since the Gaye family first filed their lawsuit, other high-profile artists like Lana Del Rey and Mark Ronson have been similarly sued.
Kii
King :ohwow:
Lolz
Next the Marvin Gaye estate will be suing Pharrell for ?Happy? lol.
KING GAYE >
People need to make sure songs are original... and give credit where credit is due.
:ohwow:
THINKING OUT LOUD by Ed sounds like Marvin Gaye too.
Hope they sue.
Quote from: Rxxf on December 13, 2018, 04:32:32 PM
People need to make sure songs are original... and give credit where credit is due.
:ohwow:
Was I the only one who NEVER liked blurred lines. It's not even that good of a song
Love Robin?s music but these crackers have to learn
Ed Sheeran, Justin, Bruno (I know he?s not really white but still)
All of them make ?Soul? music stolen from these old school BLACK artists
and get all the accolades and everything now like they?re so innovative
I hope the families of all the legends do this
Quote from: Rxxf on December 13, 2018, 04:33:26 PM
THINKING OUT LOUD by Ed sounds like Marvin Gaye too.
Hope they sue.
I think he would just settle like he did with Kandi and tiny
Damn they had a good lawyer
When an artist is dead you should be able to sample for free tbh
Quote from: TROLLISA mess on December 13, 2018, 04:58:19 PM
When an artist is dead you should be able to sample for free tbh
:guys:
NOPE. My kids? kids? kids better be able to live off of my genius impact. Run my estate its money.
Terrible song at that
Wow
Quote from: TROLLISA mess on December 13, 2018, 04:58:19 PM
When an artist is dead you should be able to sample for free tbh
So intelligent!
Don't you have a cow to fuck, redneck
Don?t you have a father to locate or food stamps to collect?
Quote from: ZAIYE on December 13, 2018, 05:13:10 PM
Quote from: 12 Nights of Molesting Flopped on December 13, 2018, 04:37:14 PM
Love Robin?s music but these crackers have to learn
Ed Sheeran, Justin, Bruno (I know he?s not really white but still)
All of them make ?Soul? music stolen from these old school BLACK artists
and get all the accolades and everything now like they?re so innovative
I hope the families of all the legends do this
But doesn't Bruno give credit to the influences of his music? Every time I turn around, he's somewhere listing every artist and genre that's inspired him
Giving credit in an interview is different from giving songwriting credit, where you need my permission to even release the song and I get a cut of the money.
I don?t know Bruno?s music like that. Has he stolen?
What pissed me off was Robin acting like he was so put out about paying the money when he knew dang well he stole from a legend. Not too much, pale boy. Pharrell tried it, too.
Don't you have a song to dance off beat to
It won?t be any of Ciara?s mess faggot.
Quote from: Nick'Challa on December 13, 2018, 04:36:58 PM
Was I the only one who NEVER liked blurred lines. It's not even that good of a song
a bunch of fucking noise
Quote from: TROLLISA mess on December 13, 2018, 04:58:19 PM
When an artist is dead you should be able to sample for free tbh
:rudone: