Pursuits
Pharrell, Thicke Got to Give Up $7.4 Million in Gaye Song Fight
How Did the `Blurred Lines’ Legal Fight Begin?
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Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke crossed the line in recording the biggest hit song of 2013 by borrowing too much from the late Marvin Gaye and were ordered by a U.S. jury to give up $7.4 million in compensation.
The Williams-Thicke song “Blurred Lines” was too similar to Gaye’s “Got to Give It Up,” jurors in Los Angeles found Tuesday in a decision that sent shockwaves through an industry that often samples the work of others.