Composer, arranger, and thor Richard Nil, PhD., talks about the signifince of the pyright claim agast Rob Thicke and Pharrell Williams song “Blurred L” and victor lawsu om the Marv Gaye tate.
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MARV GAYE FAY PREVAILS 'BLURRED L' PLAGIARISM SE
A feral appeals urt on Wednday upheld a $5.3 ln judgment agast Rob Thicke and Pharrell Williams for pyg a Marv Gaye song to create their 2013 smash "Blurred L." * marvin gaye blurred lines *
3 ln judgment agast Rob Thicke and Pharrell Williams for pyg a Marv Gaye song to create their 2013 smash “Blurred L.
Circu Court of Appeals said Gaye’s 1977 song “Got to Give It Up” served “broad” pyright protectn, and the March 2015 jury verdict favor of Gaye’s three children uld stand bee there was “not an absolute absence of evince” of siary between the two songs. Circu Judge Milan Smh also upheld an award of 50 percent of future royalti om “Blurred L” to the Gay.
Marv Gaye fay's pyright gement lawsu agast Rob Thicke and Pharrell Williams ends $5 ln judgment. * marvin gaye blurred lines *
Who add a verse to “Blurred L, ” should not be had award the Gay $7.
And Interspe should be liable, but the appeals urt “Blurred L” se has transfixed the mic dtry, promptg bate over the le between plagiarism and honorg works by popular artists like Gaye, whose songs also clu “I Heard It Through the Grapeve” and “What’s Gog On. ” Gaye was fatally shot by his father 1984 at age 44.
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Wednday’s cisn prompted a strong dissent om Circu Judge Jacquele Nguyen, who said the cisn let the Gay “acplish what no one has before: pyright a mil style, ” and expand the potential for further pyright ligatn. “We are thrilled, ” Richard Bch, the Gay’ lawyer, said an terview. ”Two of Gaye’s children, Frankie and Nona, lled the cisn “a victory for the rights of all micians.
Rob Thicke has lost the "Blurred L" lawsu he has been engaged wh the Marv Gaye tate. * marvin gaye blurred lines *
”Williams, whose songs also clu “Happy, ” admted urt to beg a Gaye fan sce childhood but said “Blurred L” and “Got to Give Up” were siar genre has terviews acknowledged drawg on Gaye’s song but mataed sworn statements that he exaggerated his ntributn to “Blurred L.
”The se is Williams et al v Gaye et al, 9th U.