Between inspiration and infringement: blurring the lines
It seems ironic that Pharrell Williams, a self-confessed admirer of legendary musician Marvin Gaye, is now partly responsible for paying Gaye’s family $7.3 million in damages for copyright infringement.
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14 December 2018 A US court has ordered Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams to pay Marvin Gaye’s family $5 million because their song “Blurred Lines” infringed the copyright of one of Gaye’s songs, “Got to Give It Up”.