Robin Thicke and Pharrell Ordered To Pay $7.3 Million For 'Blurred Lines'
. (Radio.com) We finally have a decision in the "Blurred Lines" case that pitted the family of Marvin Gaye against Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams: on Tuesday a jury awarded $7.3 million dollars to the Gaye family, CBS Los Angeles reports. The jury had been deliberating since last week on the case, which claimed that the massive 2013 hit song from Thicke, Williams and T.I. stole from Gaye's 1977 hit "Got to Give It Up." Though Thicke and Williams had denied the charges, the jury decided that portions of the song had been copied from the 1977 hit in its decision. Journalist Pamela Chelin tweeted the specifics of the decision, which included $4 million in damages from Willaims and Thicke, plus profits from the song, including $1.6 million for Williams and $1,760,099 for Thicke. Over the course of the trial, Thicke and Williams maintained their innocence, while many interesting tidbits were revealed along the way, including the actual cost of recording the song, Thicke's substance abuse issues during the recording and the money that Williams and Thicke made off the song. Read more including Thicke and Pharrell's statement about the verdict here. Radio.com is an official news provider for antiMusic.com.
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