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'
• MARV GAYE FAY CLAIMS ROB THICKE STOLE SONGS, HAS 'FIXATN' ON LATE SGER
• JURY FDS ROB THICKE, PHARRELL RIPPED OFF MARV GAYE SONG 'BLURRED L'
• JURY FDS ROB THICKE AND PHARRELL PIED A MARV GAYE SONG FOR BLURRED LJURY FDS ROB THICKE AND PHARRELL PIED A MARV GAYE SONG FOR BLURRED L
• ROB THICKE, YOU’RE NO MARV GAYE
• ROB THICKE'S SONG SOUNDS LIKE MARV GAYE. SO HE'S SUG GAYE'S FAY.
• BLURRED L SE: ROB THICKE, PHARRELL WILLIAMS PLAGIARIZED MARV GAYE SONG, JURY FDS
• ROB THICKE’S ‘BLURRED L’ VS. MARV GAYE: THE WAR OVER SUMMER’S SONG
• MARV GAYE’S ESTATE SU ROB THICKE FOR ‘BLURRED L’ AND MORE
• ‘BLURRED L’ INGED ON MARV GAYE COPYRIGHT, JURY RUL
• MARV GAYE’S ESTATE. V. ROB THICKE
• PHARRELL WILLIAMS AND ROB THICKE TO PAY $7.4M TO MARV GAYE'S FAY OVER BLURRED L
• WILLIAMS V. GAYE, NO. 15-56880 (9TH CIR. 2018)
• JURY FDS PHARRELL, THICKE PIED MARV GAYE SONG FOR 'BLURRED L'

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

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.

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.

MARV GAYE FAY CLAIMS ROB THICKE STOLE SONGS, HAS 'FIXATN' ON LATE SGER

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. 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.

JURY FDS ROB THICKE, PHARRELL RIPPED OFF MARV GAYE SONG '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.

JURY FDS ROB THICKE AND PHARRELL PIED A MARV GAYE SONG FOR BLURRED LJURY FDS ROB THICKE AND PHARRELL PIED A MARV GAYE SONG FOR BLURRED L

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.

The fay ially claimed that Thicke's h plagiarized the soul in's 1977 track "Got to Give It Up" — and now, they're sistg that the sger stole om two of Gaye's Augt, the wrers of "Blurred L" — Thicke, Pharrell Williams and Clifford Harris, Jr.

— preemptively sued Gaye's tate after plats (as well as the group Funkalic), claimg that "Blurred L" was "starkly different" om "Got to Give It Up. " Now Gaye's fay have filed a untersu agast Thicke that claims he not only ripped off "Got to Give It Up" but that he also ged on the pyright to Gaye's song "After the Dance" for the tle track of his 2011 album "Love After War. " Legal papers also suggt that they're eyeg other songs Thicke's talog over the sger's alleged "Marv Gaye fixatn, " acrdg to The Hollywood Gaye llaborator David Rz: Rob Thicke, you're no Marv GayeIn their su, the Gay acce Thicke of wrg a siar chos, melody and more his song "Love After War, " wh regard to Gaye's "After the Dance.

ROB THICKE, YOU’RE NO MARV GAYE

'" They have not yet filed any claims over that song lawsu also go after Gaye's mic publisher, EMI April, which now operat unr the pany that manag Thicke's mic, Sony/ATV. Acrdg to THR, Gaye's fay acc the mic publisher of not protectg the sger's songs, attemptg to sre them away om takg legal reurse, givg up ntraly when the nflict of tert arose and tryg to draw public support away om the fay.

It claims they acced the Gay of "g an credible song, " "killg the goose that laid the goln egg" and sullyg the opportuny for "Blurred L" to w an MTV Vio Mic Award, as well as stiflg s chanc for wng a Grammy. " Thicke has sce nied any associatn wh the Gaye 's fay quote crics who have claimed to hear a remblance between the songs reviews for Rollg Stone and The New York Tim.

4 ln Tuday after termg sgers Rob Thicke and Pharrell Williams pied their father's mic to create "Blurred L, " the biggt h song of 's dghter Nona Gaye wept as the verdict was read and was hugged by her attorney. "They're unwaverg their absolute nvictn that they wrote this song penntly, " he and Williams earned more than $7 ln apiece on the song, acrdg to has said a cisn favor of Gaye's heirs uld have a chillg effect on micians who try to emulate an era or another artist's Iser, an tellectual property attorney who has reprented numero micians pyright s, was cril of the oute. "Unfortunately, today's jury verdict has blurred the l between protectable elements of a mil posn and the unprotectable mil style or groove exemplified by Marv Gaye, " Iser said.

ROB THICKE'S SONG SOUNDS LIKE MARV GAYE. SO HE'S SUG GAYE'S FAY.

"Although Gaye was the Prce of Soul, he didn't own a pyright to the genre, and Thicke and Williams' homage to the feel of Marv Gaye is not gg. "Gaye's children — Nona, Frankie and Marv Gaye III — sued the two sgers lawyer, Richard Bch, brand Williams and Thicke liars who went beyond tryg to emulate the sound of Gaye's late-1970s mic and pied the R&B legend's h "Got to Give It Up" fay "fought this fight spe every odd beg agast them, " Bch said after the verdict, which uld face years of told jurors he didn't wre "Blurred L, " which Williams ttified he crafted about an hour mid-2012. It earned a Grammy Awards nomatn and ted Williams and Thicke lns of se was a stggle between two of mic's biggt nam: Williams has sold more than 100 ln rerds worldwi durg his reer as a sger-producer, and Gaye performed hs such as "Sexual Healg" and "How Sweet It Is (To be Loved by You)" rema closg arguments, Bch acced Thicke and Williams of lyg about how the song was created.

BLURRED L SE: ROB THICKE, PHARRELL WILLIAMS PLAGIARIZED MARV GAYE SONG, JURY FDS

He told jurors they uld award Gaye's children lns of dollars if they termed the pyright of "Got to Give It Up" was nied there were any substantial siari between "Blurred L" and the sheet mic Gaye submted to obta pyright protectn. "Jurors repeatedly heard the upbeat song "Blurred L" and saw snippets of s mic vio, but Gaye's mic was reprented durg the trial a ls polished form. Jurors did not hear "Got to Give It Up" as Gaye rerd , but rather a versn created based solely on sheet mic submted to ga pyright versn lacked many of the elements — cludg Gaye's voice — that helped make the song a h 1977.

Bch lled the versn ed urt a "Frankenste-like monster" that didn't accurately reprent Gaye's expert for the Gaye fay said there were eight distct elements om "Got to Give It Up" that were ed "Blurred L, " but an expert for Williams and Thicke nied those siari died April 1984, leavg his children the pyrights to his mic. Source Associated Prs Mar 10, 2015, 10:06 PM UTC|Share this storyRob Thicke and Pharrell pied a classic Marv Gaye song while wrg their 2013 h "Blurred L, " a jury found this afternoon.

The Gaye fay is now askg for an junctn on sal of "Blurred L, " acrdg to The Wrap's Pamela 's fay sued after noticg siari to their father's song the 2013 h. There's no hidg that micians often emulate sounds om the past, but Gaye's lawyers argued that Thicke's song went que a b further than that, reportedly posg that parts of Gaye's song appeared all but two bars of "Blurred L. I wasn’t entirely surprised, sce some years earlier Thicke’s “Love After War” was a virtual lift of Marv’s “After the Dance” – jt as his “Milln Dolla Baby” shamelsly pied Gaye’s “Trouble Man.

ROB THICKE’S ‘BLURRED L’ VS. MARV GAYE: THE WAR OVER SUMMER’S SONG

In fact, sounds so much like the Marv Gaye song that Rob Thicke and the other guys behd Blurred L have lnched a preemptive strike: They filed a lawsu agast Marv Gaye's fay. " Members of Marv Gaye's fay have reportedly been askg for a sh settlement and threateng to sue, acrdg to the Hollywood Reporter, which broke the story. The first paragraph on the plat manag to both praise Gaye and brag about the succs of Blurred L (emphasis ours): Platiffs, who have the utmost rpect for and admiratn of Marv Gaye...

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MARV GAYE’S ESTATE SU ROB THICKE FOR ‘BLURRED L’ AND MORE

The trial was watched closely mic and legal circl as the latt example a seri of s that have alt wh whether monplace bs of harmony or melody n be owned by any poser or are part of the public trend began 2015 when a jury found that Rob Thicke and Pharrell Williams, their h “Blurred L, ” had ged on the pyright of another Gaye tune, “Got to Give It Up, ” and they were orred to pay more than $5 ln damag.

4 ln US Tuday after termg sgers Rob Thicke and Pharrell Williams pied their father's mic to create Blurred L, the biggt h song of Gaye's dghter Nona Gaye wept as the verdict was beg read and was hugged by her attorney, Richard Bch.

"They're unwaverg their absolute nvictn that they wrote this song penntly, " he and Williams earned more than $7 ln apiece on the song, acrdg to has said a cisn favour of Gaye's heirs uld have a chillg effect on micians who try to emulate an era or another artist's Iser, an tellectual property attorney who has reprented numero micians pyright s, was cril of the oute.

‘BLURRED L’ INGED ON MARV GAYE COPYRIGHT, JURY RUL

"The Gay' lawyer brand Williams and Thicke liars who went beyond tryg to emulate the sound of Gaye's late-1970s mic and pied the R&B legend's h Got to Give It Up outright.

But the seven-time Grammy wner said he didn't e any of to create Blurred 's children — Nona, Frankie and Marv Gaye III — sued the sgers 2013 and were prent when the verdict was more than 7. It earned a Grammy Awards nomatn and ted Williams and Thicke lns of se was a stggle between two of mic's biggt nam: Williams has sold more than 100 ln rerds worldwi durg his reer as a sger-producer, and Gaye performed hs such as Sexual Healg and How Sweet It Is (To be Loved by You) rema Gaye's dghter, Nona Gaye, left, and his ex-wife, Janis Hunter, take qutns om the media outsi Los Angel U. He told jurors they uld award Gaye's children lns of dollars if they termed the pyright to Got to Give It Up was Kg, lead attorney for Williams and Thicke, told the panel that a verdict favour of the Gaye fay would have a chillg effect on micians who were tryg to recreate a genre or homage to another artist's nied there were any substantial siari between Blurred L and the sheet mic Gaye submted to obta pyright protectn.

Williams, 41, also signed a document statg he didn't e any other artists' work the mic and would be rponsible if a succsful pyright claim was says wasn't prent when song wrtenThicke ttified he wasn't prent when the song was wrten, spe receivg trial foced on tailed analys of chords and not both Blurred L and Got to Give It UpJurors repeatedly heard the upbeat song Blurred L and saw snippets of s mic vio, but Gaye's mic was reprented durg the trial a ls polished form. Jurors did not hear Got to Give It Up as Gaye rerd , but rather a versn created based solely on sheet mic submted to ga pyright versn lacked many of the elements — cludg Gaye's voice — that helped make the song a h 1977.

MARV GAYE’S ESTATE. V. ROB THICKE

Bch risively lled the versn ed urt a "Frankenste-like monster" that didn't accurately reprent Gaye's expert for the Gaye fay said there were eight distct elements om Got to Give It Up that were ed Blurred L, but an expert for Williams and Thicke nied those siari existed. 15 seekg a lg that his summer h “Blurred L” is not a py of Marv Gaye‘s 1977 classic “Got to Give It Up, ” he renewed a ntroversy that has simmered sce the dawn of pop mic. On the other hand, the Gay’ lawyer, Richard Bch, likely will make the se that the war over the song of summer 2013 isn’t much different than the one over the song of summer 1963.

The fay ially claimed that Thicke’s h plagiarized the soul in’s 1977 track “Got to Give It Up” – and now, they’re sistg that the sger stole om two of Gaye’s songs. – preemptively sued Gaye’s tate after plats (as well as the group Funkalic), claimg that “Blurred L” was “starkly different” om “Got to Give It Up. ” Now Gaye’s fay have filed a untersu agast Thicke that claims he not only ripped off “Got to Give It Up” but that he also ged on the pyright to Gaye’s song “After the Dance” for the tle track of his 2011 album Love After War.

Legal papers also suggt that they’re eyeg other songs Thicke’s talog over the sger’s alleged “Marv Gaye fixatn, ” acrdg to the Hollywood Reporter. Acrdg to THR, Gaye’s fay acc the mic publisher of not protectg the sger’s songs, attemptg to sre them away om takg legal reurse, givg up ntraly when the nflict of tert arose and tryg to draw public support away om the fay. It claims they acced the Gay of “g an credible song, ” “killg the goose that laid the goln egg” and sullyg the opportuny for “Blurred L” to w an MTV Vio Mic Award, as well as stiflg s chanc for wng a Grammy.

PHARRELL WILLIAMS AND ROB THICKE TO PAY $7.4M TO MARV GAYE'S FAY OVER BLURRED L

AdvertisementSKIP McCarten/RtersMarch 10, 2015For the last year and a half, the mic dtry has been gripped by a lawsu over whether Rob Thicke’s 2013 h “Blurred L” was merely remiscent of a song by Marv Gaye, or had crossed the le to plagiarism. A feral jury Los Angel on Tuday agreed that “Blurred L” had gone too far, and pied elements of Gaye’s 1977 song “Got to Give It Up” whout permissn. Nona and Frankie Gaye quickly the verdict was read on Tuday, members of the Gaye fay — who were prent at urt throughout the trial — exulted and shed tears of joy.

WILLIAMS V. GAYE, NO. 15-56880 (9TH CIR. 2018)

”A rrectn was ma onMarch 13, 2015: An article on Wednday about the pyright gement trial volvg the song “Blurred L” referred imprecisely to the damag award to the fay of Marv Gaye. 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. The “Blurred Le” -wrers sued Marv Gaye‘s fay, seekg claratory relief om a judge that their song was non-gg on the Gaye Song, “Got To Give It Up.

But Larry Iser, Managg Partner of Ksella Wezman Iser Kump & Aldisert, oped out that once the judge led agast the songs beg played “even the Gaye expert stggled to fd elements mon the lead sheets of the two songs.

JURY FDS PHARRELL, THICKE PIED MARV GAYE SONG FOR 'BLURRED L'

In a recent se Marv Gaye’s fay sued Rob Thicke and Pharrell Williams for their song “Blurred L, ” claimg that the song was a pyright gement on Gaye’s 1977 tune “Got to Give Up. ” The se turned out to be one of the most important s recent history, wh a shockg lg favor of Gaye’s fay awardg them “$4 ln pyright damag pl profs attributable to gement, ” and the procs sendg a msage to everyone the mic dtry that emulatg someone, and beg spired by another artist, n be nsired gement (Gardner). When Williams ttified he did say that, “‘Blurred L’ channels ‘that ’70s feelg’ and that he looked up to Gaye, but that to feel, isn’t pyright gement.

It mt also be noted however that Frankie and Nona Gaye only own the pyright for the lead sheet, and so the actual rerdgs were not a part of the trial due to the judge lg that the Gaye fay uldn’t play the songs the urtroom. So, stead the Gaye’s lawyer ed milogists, who then ttified that there were ed siari signature phrase, hook, keyboard-bass terplay, lyrics and theme of the songs.

4m on Tuday after termg sgers Rob Thicke and Pharrell Williams pied their father’s mic to create Blurred L, the biggt h song of Gaye’s dghter Nona Gaye wept as the verdict was beg read and was hugged by her attorney, Richard Bch.

”The verdict uld tarnish the legacy of Williams, a reliable h-maker who has won Grammy awards and appears on NBC’s mic petn show The attorney for Thicke and Williams has said a cisn favor of Gaye’s heirs uld have a chillg effect on micians who try to emulate an era or another artist’s Gay’ lawyer brand Williams and Thicke liars who went beyond tryg to emulate the sound of Gaye’s late-1970s mic and pied the R&B legend’s h Got to Give It Up outright.