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15 July 2015Copyright

New ‘Blurred Lines’ trial rejected but damages cut

A US judge has rejected calls for a re-trial in a copyright dispute that saw Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams, the writers of hit song “Blurred Lines”, fined $7.3 million, but has cut the damages award that the pair was forced to pay.

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25 August 2016   Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke, the writers of hit song “Blurred Lines”, have appealed against last year’s high profile ruling which found the pair liable for infringing the copyright to a Marvin Gaye song.
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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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