Rob Thicke, Pharrell Williams to pay $5 ln to Marv Gaye tate for 'Blurred L'

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• ROB THICKE, PHARRELL WILLIAMS TO PAY $5 LN TO MARV GAYE TATE FOR 'BLURRED L'
• PHARRELL WILLIAMS: WE DIDN'T PY MARV GAYE SONG FOR "BLURRED L"
• MARV GAYE’S FAY SUGGTS PHARRELL’S “HAPPY” COULD BE A RIP-OFF OF ANOTHER GAYE SONGBY JULIE MILLERMARCH 13, 2015BY KEVORK DJANSEZIAN/GETTY IMAG.SAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVE“BLURRED L” IS NOT BE THE ONLY PHARRELL TRACK THAT MARV GAYE’S FAY THKS BEARS AN UNNNY REMBLANCE TO A SONG BY THE “PRCE OF MOTOWN.” SHORTLY AFTER A JURY AWARD GAYE’S FAY $7.4 LN, AGREEG THAT PHARRELL AND ROB THICKE’S 2013 H “BLURRED L” IS A RIP-OFF OF “GOT TO GIVE IT UP,” GAYE’S FAY SUGGTED AS MUCH DURG AN TERVIEW WH E.T.WHEN ASKED ABOUT THE SIARY BETWEEN PHARRELL’S OSR-NOMATED SONG “HAPPY” AND GAYE’S 1965 SONG “A’T THAT PECULIAR,” WHICH HAS BEEN POTED OUT BY SOME ONLE ERS (CLUDG THE ONE WHO MA THE MASH-UP BELOW), GAYE’S DGHTER, NONA, ADMTED, “I'M NOT GOG TO LIE. I DO THK THEY SOUND ALIKE.”GAYE’S EX-WIFE, JANIS, ADD, “I HEARD THE MASH-UPS—BUT I DIDN'T REALLY NEED TO HEAR THEM. I KNOW ‘A'T THAT PECULIAR’ AND I'VE HEARD ‘HAPPY’ AND THEY’RE KD OF LIKE THIS,” SHE SAID, OVERLAPPG ONE HAND EXACTLY OVER THE OTHER.BUT DON’T SOUND AS THOUGH THEY ARE READY TO PURSUE LEGAL ACTN IMMEDIATELY. “WE’RE JT THE MOMENT TODAY AND WE’RE SATISFIED,” JANIS SAID.SOMEONE HAS PILED THE TWO SONGS BELOW FOR PARISON PURPOS. TAKE A LISTEN BELOW AND JUDGE FOR YOURSELF WHETHER THE TWO SOUND EERILY SIAR.MEANWHILE, WILLIAMS AND THICKE’S ATTORNEY, HOWARD E. KG, HAS MA CLEAR THAT HE WILL APPEAL THIS WEEK’S “BLURRED L” VERDICT, ANNOUNCG, “WE ARE GOG TO EXERCISE EVERY POST TRIAL REMEDY WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THIS VERDICT DO NOT STAND. WE LOOK AT AS BEG THE SEVENTH NG OF A GAME THAT ULD GO TO EXTRA NGS.”RELATED: PHARRELL’S PERFORMANCE OF “HAPPY” WAS ONE OF FEW TE GRAMMYS SURPRISMOST POPULARAND JT LIKE THAT… PREPAR FOR ITS LAST SUPPERBY CHRIS MURPHYRILEY KEOUGH ON GROWG UP PRLEY, LOSG LISA MARIE, AND INHERG GRACELANDBY BRT HENNEMUTHTHE TV MOVIE IS MAKG A WEIRD, WONRFUL COMEBACKBY DAVID CANFIELDJULIE MILLER

ROB THICKE, PHARRELL WILLIAMS TO PAY $5 LN TO MARV GAYE TATE FOR 'BLURRED L'

Rob Thicke, Pharrell Williams to pay $5 ln to Marv Gaye tate for 'Blurred L'The five-year legal battle has end wh a verdict favor of Mart Gaye's tate, who sued claimg "Blurred L" pied Gaye's "Got To Give It Up"Sger Pharrell Williams and sger Rob Thicke perform together Fayetteville, Arkansas, on June 6, Wilkg / Rters fileDec. 13, 2018, 8:24 PM UTCThe long drawn-out pyright battle over Rob Thicke’s 2013 song “Blurred L” has end after a judge orred Thicke and Pharrell Williams to pay almost $5 ln to Marv Gaye’s tate the se’s fal lg. Members of Gaye’s fay sued Thicke and Williams, along wh rapper and featured artist on the song, T.

I., 2013 for pyright gement of Gaye’s 1977 h song “Got to Give It Up. ”In 2015, the Gaye fay won their se. The urt orred Thicke and Williams to pay Gaye’s tate more than $7 ln dollars, an amount that was later rced to $5.

6 lg, a judge the Central District of California reaffirmed the March lg, clarg Thicke, Williams, and More Water From Nazareth Publishg mt pay Gaye’s tate $2. 76 ln dollars, while Williams and his publishg pany mt each pay Gaye’s tat separate rewards of $357, 630.

PHARRELL WILLIAMS: WE DIDN'T PY MARV GAYE SONG FOR "BLURRED L"

Was cleared of any liabily March, a cisn upheld this last and fal Gaye tate was also reward half of the song’s nng royalti om after the urt’s origal judgment date, and tert of 0.

In 2016, more than 200 micians, cludg Jennifer Hudson and Hans Zimmer, filed an amic brief support of Thicke and Williams appeal, claimg the verdict would be “very dangero” to the mic the Gaye fay first filed their lawsu, other high-profile artists like Lana Del Rey and Mark Ronson have been siarly KslenBen Kslen is a reporter for NBC News. Compare and ntrast the two songs by listeng to the troductn to Blurred L, by Rob Thicke and Pharrell Williams followed by the openg sectn of Marv Gaye's Got to Give Up. A jury award Gaye's children nearly $7.

MARV GAYE’S FAY SUGGTS PHARRELL’S “HAPPY” COULD BE A RIP-OFF OF ANOTHER GAYE SONGBY JULIE MILLERMARCH 13, 2015BY KEVORK DJANSEZIAN/GETTY IMAG.SAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVE“BLURRED L” IS NOT BE THE ONLY PHARRELL TRACK THAT MARV GAYE’S FAY THKS BEARS AN UNNNY REMBLANCE TO A SONG BY THE “PRCE OF MOTOWN.” SHORTLY AFTER A JURY AWARD GAYE’S FAY $7.4 LN, AGREEG THAT PHARRELL AND ROB THICKE’S 2013 H “BLURRED L” IS A RIP-OFF OF “GOT TO GIVE IT UP,” GAYE’S FAY SUGGTED AS MUCH DURG AN TERVIEW WH E.T.WHEN ASKED ABOUT THE SIARY BETWEEN PHARRELL’S OSR-NOMATED SONG “HAPPY” AND GAYE’S 1965 SONG “A’T THAT PECULIAR,” WHICH HAS BEEN POTED OUT BY SOME ONLE ERS (CLUDG THE ONE WHO MA THE MASH-UP BELOW), GAYE’S DGHTER, NONA, ADMTED, “I'M NOT GOG TO LIE. I DO THK THEY SOUND ALIKE.”GAYE’S EX-WIFE, JANIS, ADD, “I HEARD THE MASH-UPS—BUT I DIDN'T REALLY NEED TO HEAR THEM. I KNOW ‘A'T THAT PECULIAR’ AND I'VE HEARD ‘HAPPY’ AND THEY’RE KD OF LIKE THIS,” SHE SAID, OVERLAPPG ONE HAND EXACTLY OVER THE OTHER.BUT DON’T SOUND AS THOUGH THEY ARE READY TO PURSUE LEGAL ACTN IMMEDIATELY. “WE’RE JT THE MOMENT TODAY AND WE’RE SATISFIED,” JANIS SAID.SOMEONE HAS PILED THE TWO SONGS BELOW FOR PARISON PURPOS. TAKE A LISTEN BELOW AND JUDGE FOR YOURSELF WHETHER THE TWO SOUND EERILY SIAR.MEANWHILE, WILLIAMS AND THICKE’S ATTORNEY, HOWARD E. KG, HAS MA CLEAR THAT HE WILL APPEAL THIS WEEK’S “BLURRED L” VERDICT, ANNOUNCG, “WE ARE GOG TO EXERCISE EVERY POST TRIAL REMEDY WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THIS VERDICT DO NOT STAND. WE LOOK AT AS BEG THE SEVENTH NG OF A GAME THAT ULD GO TO EXTRA NGS.”RELATED: PHARRELL’S PERFORMANCE OF “HAPPY” WAS ONE OF FEW TE GRAMMYS SURPRISMOST POPULARAND JT LIKE THAT… PREPAR FOR ITS LAST SUPPERBY CHRIS MURPHYRILEY KEOUGH ON GROWG UP PRLEY, LOSG LISA MARIE, AND INHERG GRACELANDBY BRT HENNEMUTHTHE TV MOVIE IS MAKG A WEIRD, WONRFUL COMEBACKBY DAVID CANFIELDJULIE MILLER

Legal saga wh Marv Gaye's fay nclus wh fal judgment. Marv Gaye fay's pyright gement lawsu agast Rob Thicke and Pharrell Williams ends $5 ln judgment. A judge has entered a nearly $5 ln judgment agast Rob Thicke and Pharrell Williams favor of Marv Gaye’s fay the long-nng lawsu volvg pyright gement surroundg Thicke and Williams’ song “Blurred L” and Gaye’s 1977 h “Got to Give It Up, ” Billboard reports.

Are jotly required to pay Gaye’s fay. 97 to the Gaye fay. Addnally, The Gaye fay is entled to receive prejudgment tert on the damag award and rpective profs agast each of them, which totals to $9097.

The Gaye fay is also entled to royalti gog forward for 50 percent of the songwrer and publishg revenue g om “Blurred L. LOS ANGELES -- Pharrell Williams told a jury Wednday that he was tryg to evoke the feel of Marv Gaye's mic but did not py the late sger's work when he crafted the 2013 h "Blurred L.

"Williams said he grew up listeng to Gaye's mic and was faiar wh his song "Got to Give It Up, " but did not e as a basis for "Blurred L, " which was a h for him and llaborators Rob Thicke and T. Are beg sued by Gaye's children who claim "Blurred L" g their father's pyrights for 1977's "Got to Give It Up, " but Williams' ttimony is ccial bee he wrote the song's mic and most of s lyrics.

Williams said after the song was released, he saw siari between "Blurred L" and Gaye's work but said that wasn't a nsc part of his creative procs. Bch, who reprents the Gaye fay, asked Williams whether he felt "Blurred L" ptured the feel of the era which Gaye rerd. Jurors have heard "Blurred L" and lawyers for Gaye's fay wanted the panel to hear "Got to Give It Up, " but Kronstadt has limed how the song n be prented urt.

Rulgs state Gaye's song n only be played as appears a sheet mic submted to get the song pyright protectn. “Blurred L” is not be the only Pharrell track that Marv Gaye’s fay thks bears an unnny remblance to a song by the “Prce of Motown.