Intellectual Property,
Entertainment & Sports
Dec. 14, 2018
‘Blurred Lines’ copyright case ends with final judgment
The five-year legal battle over copyrights for parts of the hit song “Blurred Lines” finally ended with a federal judge ordering Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke to pay the Marvin Gaye family nearly $5 million in damages, plus half the future royalties from the song.
The five-year legal battle over copyrights for parts of the hit song "Blurred Lines" finally ended with a federal judge ordering Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke to pay the Marvin Gaye family nearly $5 million in damages, plus half the future royalties from the song.
"I am very happy for the Gaye Family," Said the Gaye's attorney Richard S. Busch of King and Ballow in an email Thursday. "It has been a long and winding road to vict...
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