Gaye’s family had argued that the 2013 smash hit “Blurred Lines” copied their father’s 1977 song “Got to Give It Up” and sued Thicke, Williams and Clifford Harris Jr., aka T.I., whom all contested the infringement.
Overall, the Gaye family sought more than $25 million in damages.
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Good. At least sometimes when a blatant act of plagiarism is committed and profited from some justice can still be dealt. I’m still greatly disappointed in Thicke and Williams for not playing nice on this, as some people do when musical mishaps occur, but their begrudging forfeit of the money only proves to me that they know their wrong and still don’t care. Though I still think that the song should be able to be sold, I think that the easy solution is to just put Marvin Gaye as a writer, and give his estate royalties. Theres a difference between two songs sharing ‘feel’ and one song coming out 30 years after the other and being almost identical in foundation. That’s almost definitely a case of an inspiration being too closely followed, and when that occurs it’s only right that the creator of the inspiration is recognized and compensated. That’s just the right thing to do, and if you do it in the beginning before it becomes an issue you can avoid messy public lawsuits like this one.
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