By ANDREW DALTONAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) - A jury has determined that singers Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams copied R&B legend Marvin Gaye's "Got to Give it Up" with their 2013 megahit "Blurred Lines." Thicke and Williams were ordered to pay Gaye's children nearly $7.4 million. The decision could have an unprecedented effect on the industry, but it was only the latest in decades of...
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Wednesday, March 11, 2015
'Blurred Lines' jury finds for Marvin Gaye
Robin Thicke outside the Roybal Federal Building on March 5, 2015, in Los Angeles.(Photo: David Buchan, Getty Images)Was it simply an homage? Or flat-out copying? The jury decided Tuesday it was the latter.That's been the issue in the musically packed, big-money Los Angeles trial over the 2013 hit Blurred Lines. Musicians Robin Thicke, Pharrell Williams and T.I. preemptively sued the family of late singer Marvin Gaye...
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