Why the “Blurred Lines” Copyright Verdict Should Be Thrown Out

Photo courtesy of YouTube. In a move unsurprising, perhaps, to anyone following the painful details of this unfortunate copyright trial, a jury today found Pharrell and Robin Thicke's 2013 hit “Blurred Lines” far too similar to the Marvin Gaye 1977

Recording artists Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams were found liable on Tuesday for copyright infringement in a lawsuit accusing them of plagiarizing the late soul singer Marvin Gaye in their hit single Blurred Lines. A US district court jury in Los

Photo courtesy of YouTube. In a move unsurprising, perhaps, to anyone following the painful details of this unfortunate copyright trial, a jury today found Pharrell and Robin Thicke's 2013 hit “Blurred Lines” far too similar to the Marvin Gaye 1977

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A jury says singers Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke copied a Marvin Gaye song to create "Blurred Lines" and awarded $7.3 million to Gaye's family. The eight-person panel reached the decision 

The charge: that Thicke's massive 2013 hit “Blurred Lines” lifted from a 1977 single by Gaye. Gaye is widely revered, while Thicke, throughout the trial, came across as enormously unappealing. He now says that he did not actually write “Blurred Lines