Civil Litigation,
Intellectual Property,
Entertainment & Sports,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Mar. 24, 2015
Will 'Blurred Lines' bury artistic freedom?
The verdict, with the odds seemingly stacked against the Gaye estate, could redefine what copyright infringement means for recording artists.
Glen A. Rothstein
CEO and Founder
Rothstein Law APC
2415 Main St
Santa Monica , CA 90405-3539
Phone: (310) 714-4468
Email: gar@grothsteinlaw.com
UCLA SOL
On March 11, a federal jury in California awarded $7.4 million to the three children of Marvin Gaye, finding that musicians Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams copied the late R&B icon's 1977 hit "Got to Give It Up" when they wrote their smash hit "Blurred Lines." The jury made this award despite a pre-trial ruling preventing the jury from hearing the entirety of Gaye's actual original recording and instead allowing each party to submit its own mash-up of a narrow universe of certain elem...
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