The long‑running copyright case over hit song Blurred Lines has finally ended, with Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams told to pay $USD5 million.
The ruling concludes a legal battle that began in 2013, when Marvin Gaye’s family claimed Blurred Lines copied Gaye’s 1977 hit Got to Give It Up.
Gaye’s family initially won the case in 2015, but Thicke and Williams appealed.
A California court upheld the verdict in March this year, and the new amended judgement confirms the settlement.
In addition, Gaye’s family will be entitled to 50% of all future royalties earned by Blurred Lines.
Since the Blurred Lines trial, there have been a number of similar cases against such artists as Bruno Mars, Ed Sheeran, Mark Ronson, Madonna and Miley Cyrus.
[Source: BBC]
