Blurred Lines, but a clear-cut verdict: Marvin Gaye’s estate awarded 7.4 million dollars

Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke produced one of the most controversial songs of 2013. ==== And controversy, in this instance, comes with a big price tag. Their chart-topping single ’Blurred Lines’ has cost them 7.4 million dollars in damages and copyright infringement costs after a court in Los Angeles ruled the hit plagiarised parts of another song. The judge found Thicke and Williams had lifted parts of the late Marvin Gaye’s 1977 single ’Got To Give It Up’. ==== Marvin Gaye was fatal… READ MORE