According to The Hollywood Reporter, Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke filed a lawsuit in September 2014 after receiving threats from Gaye’s family. The lawsuit sought declaratory relief that “Blurred Lines” was non-infringing, painting the defendant as attempting to claim ownership of an entire genre. Gaye camp countersued that the song was indeed infringing, that Thicke had […]

The children of the late soul icon Marvin Gaye were victorious in the  copyright infringement case for the Robin Thicke’s, Grammy nominated hit “Blurred Lines” that sounds similar to their father’s song, “Got To Give It Up”. They won an undisclosed settlement.  The Gayes and Sony also have an agreement where these claims can never be brought […]