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22 March 2018Copyright

Marvin Gaye’s family wins $5.3m ‘Blurred Lines’ appeal

Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams’ hit song “Blurred Lines” infringed the copyright of one of Marvin Gaye’s songs, according to an appeals court.

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Appeals court denies rehearing in ‘Blurred Lines’ case
12 July 2018   US musicians Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams have been denied a rehearing in a copyright infringement case involving a Marvin Gaye song.
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Pharrell demands ‘fair trial’ in Blurred Lines dispute with Gaye family
5 May 2015   Musicians Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke have requested a US court rehear the "Blurred Lines" copyright case that demanded they pay $7.3 million in damages to Marvin Gaye’s family.
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Marvin Gaye family awarded $7.3m in Blurred Lines copyright case
11 March 2015   A US court has ordered the writers of hit song Blurred Lines to pay late soul singer Marvin Gaye’s family more than $7 million after it a jury said the song infringed his copyright.


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