How Siar Is ‘Blurred L’ To A 1977 Marv Gaye H? – The Hollywood Reporter

Contents:

• MARV GAYE FAY PREVAILS 'BLURRED L' PLAGIARISM SE
• MARV GAYE'S FAY WS 'BLURRED L' APPEAL; PHARRELL, ROB THICKE MT PAY
• HOW SIAR IS ‘BLURRED L’ TO A 1977 MARV GAYE H?
• 'BLURRED L' NTROVERSY RURFAC AS MARV GAYE'S FAY CLAIMS PHARRELL MTED PERJURY
• ‘BLURRED L’ INGED ON MARV GAYE COPYRIGHT, JURY RUL

MARV GAYE FAY PREVAILS 'BLURRED L' PLAGIARISM SE

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.

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.

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.

MARV GAYE'S FAY WS 'BLURRED L' APPEAL; PHARRELL, ROB THICKE MT PAY

”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. 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.

HOW SIAR IS ‘BLURRED L’ TO A 1977 MARV GAYE H?

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.

AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTEd Sheeran is on trial, acced of borrowg om Marv Gaye. ImageThe fay of the soul star Marv Gaye (left) sued Rob Thicke and Pharrell Williams (right) over their song “Blurred L.

'BLURRED L' NTROVERSY RURFAC AS MARV GAYE'S FAY CLAIMS PHARRELL MTED PERJURY

He is acced of pyg passag om Marv Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On” (1973); the fay of Ed Townsend, Gaye’s -wrer, filed the su 2017. Bridgeport Mic (2018)‘Blurred L’“Got to Give It Up”Marv GayeBlurred LRob Thicke featurg T.

”Rob Thicke and Pharrell Williams were sued 2013 over their song “Blurred L” by members of Gaye’s fay, who argued that pied his dis-era h “Got to Give It Up. The Gay’ expert poted to a “nstellatn” of var mil elements, which stck many mentators as vague but was enough to persua the jury. The verdict was upheld on appeal, but a dissentg judge said allowed the Gaye tate “to acplish what no one has before: pyright a mil style.

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

Sheeran (2023)‘Thkg Out Loud’“Let’s Get It On”Marv Gaye“Thkg Out Loud”Ed SheeranIn a long-nng se that was layed part by the ronavis panmic, heirs of Townsend, Gaye’s -wrer of “Let’s Get It On, ” acce Sheeran of pyg the “heart” of that song for his h “Thkg Out Loud.

Pharrell Williams and Rob Thicke had a certified h on their hands wh 2013’s "Blurred L, " a Billboard Song of the Summer that seemed to many listeners to borrow om Marv Gaye’s qutsential 1977 h “Got To Give It Up.

” Of urse, Pharrell and Thicke disagreed wh that sentiment, and the pyright issue sent them to urt agast the Gaye tate. " The urt nfirmed that Gaye’s tate is entled to 50% of all royalti om that song forever.

Wh the Circu Court fdg favor of the Gaye tate, means that artists might nsir errg on the si of utn and extreme due diligence when to the forc that lead to song or beat creatn.

Though some artists will say this is the end of pyright law as we know , the attorney for the Gaye tate poss that do not. Bee 's mighty difficult to listen to Stevie Wonr, Marv Gaye and Dnne Warwick your whole life and not some way be spired by their mic a way that might meld wh or fluence your own origal works later life. That's bee the song was excellent and will ntue to garner streams and sps, so Gaye’s fay stands to prof nsirably om the age and future age if the song ntu to circulate.

The Nth Circu did not rolve the qutn of whether the spe of Gaye's pyrights was limed to the sheet mic... The attorney for some members of the Gaye fay says the se played out well, and he also says he believ the Gaye fay would have pursued this lawsu even if the song wasn't a smash h.

It regniz that the jury properly found that 'Blurred L' pied Marv Gaye’s groundbreakg 1977 h 'Got to Give It Up, '" said Richard Bch, an attorney for some of the Gaye fay members. And Jan Gaye, Gaye's ex-wife and the mother of Nona Marvisa Gaye and Frankie Gaye, said the followg:.