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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.

[I. Hate. Monica.]

Kii

[Freemala Harris]

King 

[Kurama]

Lolz

[.betterwiseup]

Next the Marvin Gaye estate will be suing Pharrell for ?Happy? lol.

[Rxxf]

Kii

[Rxxf]

KING GAYE >

[Rxxf]

People need to make sure songs are original... and give credit where credit is due.

[Rxxf]

THINKING OUT LOUD by Ed sounds like Marvin Gaye too.

Hope they sue.

[Gilgamesh.]

People need to make sure songs are original... and give credit where credit is due.

[Buy The Stars✨]

Was I the only one who NEVER liked blurred lines. It's not even that good of a song

[RAY7]

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

[Buy The Stars✨]

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

[GRAND ETERNAL SUPREME]

Damn they had a good lawyer

[fedswatchin]

When an artist is dead you should be able to sample for free tbh