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Marvin Gaye's family shared an open letter yesterday, March 18, regarding the recent verdict in the "Blurred Lines" lawsuit. A jury ruled that Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams owed the family $7.4 million because the pair's hit copied Gaye's 1977 track "Got to Give It Up." The family believes that if Gaye were alive today, he would embrace all the technological advances in music. -
Robin Thicke & Paula Patton Granted Divorce Following "Blurred Lines" Verdict
Robin Thicke and Paula Patton have officially been granted a divorce. According to E!, the divorce was finalized in court yesterday. This news comes less than six months after the actress first filed for divorce, citing "irreconcilable differences" as the reason their marriage failed. Their divorce will be finalized on April 14. The couple initially separated in February 2014 after almost nine years of marriage. They share custody of their 4-year-old son Julian. -
Blurred Lines Trial: Marvin Gaye's Family Look to Punish Labels, T.I.
The Marvin Gaye family are not satisfied with the $7.4 million settlement decision they just received from a jury over the unfair use of "Got to Give It Up" in Pharrell and Robin Thicke's 2013 summer hit "Blurred Lines." The family has filed new motions to hold T.I. -- real name Clifford Harris Jr. -- and the labels that distributed the track, Universal Music, Interscope and Star Trak Entertainment, responsible as well. -
Jay Z and Bruno Spoerri Split Royalties of 'Versus' 50-50 for Unlicensed Sample; Nothing on 'Blurred Lines' Penalty
Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams were certainly responsibly for the biggest copyright infraction decision of the last week, which allowed Jay Z to get away relatively headline-free for his settlement with jazz performer Bruno Spoerri over the track "Versus" from Magna Carta...Holy Grail. -
Jermaine Dupri: Ciara's "I Bet" Sounds Like Usher's "U Got It Bad"
Following the verdict in the "Blurred Lines" lawsuit, the Associated Press decided to get producer Jermaine Dupri's take on the matter. Dupri understood both sides, saying he could hear the similarities, but he never thought Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke would end up in court over it. Now he says he needs to go back and review Ciara's new tune "I Bet" because it sounds a lot like Usher's "U Got It Bad." -
Pharrell Williams' 'Happy' Another Marvin Gaye Ripoff? His Family Thinks So...Another Lawsuit on The Way?
Pharrell Williams referred to the Marvin Gaye estate as greedy many months ago when referring to the family's lawsuit against himself and Robin Thicke over the similarities between their hit "Blurred Lines" and the soul icon's "Got To Give It Up." Obviously a jury didn't agree with him, dropping a $7.3 million decision against the songwriting duo this week. Williams' statements might seem to air more on the side of truth now that one of Gaye's daughters has hinted that the no. 1 song of 2014, "Happy," might also sound a bit like the vocalist's "Ain't That Peculiar." -
Robin Thicke & Pharrell to Appeal 'Blurred Lines' Verdict
Music industry insiders and journalists from all corners of the Internet are decrying the recent verdict in the "Blurred Lines" lawsuit, which states that Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams owe Marvin Gaye's estate $7.4 million for similarities between the 2013 smash hit and Gaye's "Got to Give It Up," and the songwriters are not going to let it stand. -
Gaye Family Aims to Prohibit 'Blurred Lines' Sales Until Songwriting Credit Agreement Made with Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams
Marvin Gaye's family celebrated yesterday when a jury announced it had found Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams guilty of copyright infringement for the hit song "Blurred Lines," and that the pair would pay $7.3 million to the late soul singer's estate. The family demonstrated a day later that it wasn't messing around, declaring that it would look to ban further sales of the song. -
Jury Decides Against Robin Thicke and Pharrell in "Blurred Lines" Lawsuit
There has been a lot of controversy concerning the similarities between 2013 hit "Blurred Lines" by Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams and Marvin Gaye's 1977 "Got to Give It Up." Today, March 10, a federal jury found "Blurred Lines" to be an infringement on "Got to Give It Up." Gayes's family has been awarded nearly $7.4 million. -
Paula Patton Opens Up About Robin Thicke Divorce For First Time Amid "Blurred Lines" Trial [WATCH]
While Robin Thicke is wrapped up in a legal battle over his hit song "Blurred Lines" his estranged wife Paula Patton is finally speaking up about their split. -
Miley Cyrus Inspiration for Robin Thicke's 'Blurred Lines' According to Pharrell Williams in Lawsuit Testimony
Things have gotten exciting in the "Blurred Lines" trial as Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams have entered the picture to offer testimony defending their hit song against claims from the Marvin Gaye estate that the no. 1 single is dangerously similar to the soul icon's "Got to Give It Up." Williams, the producer and occasional crooner, took to the stand this week and declared that the first performer he had on his mind when he drafted "Lines" wasn't Gaye at all, but Miley Cyrus. -
Marvin Gaye/Robin Thicke, Pharrell Williams 'Blurred Lines' Lawsuit Hits Roadblock as Audio Recordings Disallowed
Marvin Gaye's estate insists that "Blurred Lines," the top song of 2013 by Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams, is unmistakably similar to the soul singer's "Got To Give It Up," and indeed many who listen to the tracks will be able to hear the likeness. However, a judge has ruled that jurors in the case won't be able to listen to the two songs as part of their deliberations...which hardly seems fair but there is legal reasoning behind it. -
Avicii, Robin Thicke & Passenger Among Most Shazamed Songs of All Time as Music Discover App Relaunches Website
Avicii's "Wake Me Up" is that song that you love but just can't figure out the name of, at least according to Shazam. Today (Dec. 10), the music-discovery app re-launched its website, complete with a real-time searchable feature and a hall-of-fame, featuring the 82 songs that have been tagged over 5 million times. -
The Muppets Parody Naughty By Nature's 'Hip Hop Hooray,' Kermit the Frog Raps [WATCH]
Sometimes the best musical moments are the ones that never actually happened. The Muppets never performed Naughty By Nature's 1993 anthem "Hip Hop Hooray," but thanks to Mylo the Cat's YouTube account, now they have ... sort of. The parody video features old footage from "The Muppet Show" and various Jim Henson movies where the scenes are manipulated to make it look like Kermit the Frog is rapping like Treach. Fozzie Bear also joins in on the fun. Beaker gives the introduction in the video below before Kermit and Fozzie start jamming in the car scene from 1979's "The Muppet Movie." The video is a ton of laughs for those who grew up during the 1990s when Naughty By Nature was huge and the Muppets were entering their third decade of entertaining. Check it out below, via "Billboard." -
Taylor Swift Donating "Welcome to New York" Download Profits to New York City Public School System
Our natural reaction to someone else's massive success is to be bitter and assume the worst about their product ("haters gonna hate") but Taylor Swift is making things difficult for us. The star announced October 29 that all of the proceeds from her single "Welcome to New York" will be donated to the New York City public school system.
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