14 December 2018Copyright

Thicke and Williams ordered to pay $5m to Marvin Gaye’s family

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”.

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