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In August 2013, Pharrell Williams, Robin Thicke and Clifford Joseph Harris (known by his stage name "T.I.") filed a complaint for declaratory relief against the members of Marvin Gaye's family and Bridgeport Music in the United States District Court for the Central District of California, alleging that the song "Blurred Lines" did not infringe ...
In August 2013, Thicke, Williams, and T.I. sued Marvin Gaye's family and Bridgeport Music for a declaratory judgment that "Blurred Lines" did not infringe copyrights of the defendants. Gaye's family accused the song's authors of copying the "feel" and "sound" of "Got to Give It Up". [104]
Pharrell Williams is speaking out for the first time since a federal court ruled that he and Robin Thicke owe Marvin Gaye's estate over $7 million for infringing the copyright of Gaye's song "Got ...
In 2013, he was thrust more into the public eye when the family estate sued Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams for their song “Blurred Lines” due to its similarities to Gaye's song "Got to ...
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After "Word Crimes" was released, Thicke and Pharrell were sued by the estate of Marvin Gaye for plagiarizing too much of Gaye's music from "Got to Give It Up" within "Blurred Lines". The estate won their case, which besides monetary damages, required that Gaye be credited on "Blurred Lines". [10]
Marvin Gaye’s family sued the hit song’s creators, Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams, accusing them of plagiarizing Gaye’s 1977 ... A successful lawsuit in one country could encourage ...
The 2013 hit single "Blurred Lines" by Robin Thicke, Pharrell Williams and song co-writer T.I. was the subject of a lawsuit for allegedly copying "Got to Give It Up". Thicke originally told the public both he and Williams were in the recording studio, and suddenly Thicke told Pharrell "Damn, we should make something like that, something with ...