Pharrell and Thicke ordered to pay seven million for plagiarism … – Daily News – Lisbon

Pharrell Robin Thicke and were ordered to pay 7.4 million dollars (about seven million euros) to the children of Marvin Gaye. The federal court held that the 2013 theme “Blurred Lines” is a plagiarism of the success of soul singer “Got to Give It Up” (1977). The record company and rapper TI also invited to participate in theme, were acquitted of responsibilities.

The three children of the singer, Nona, Frankie and Marvin Gaye III sued Pharrell Robin Thicke and in 2013. Ninth admitted after meeting the verdict, he felt “freed from the constraints” of the two musicians, “pointing out that they lied during this process. The family of Marvin Gaye considered that Pharrell Robin Thicke and were beyond just trying to play the singer sound that theme died in 1984.

This video posted on You Tube tries to precisely demonstrate the similarities between the two issues.

One of the lawyers of Pharrell and Thicke said that this decision may have a deterrent effect Artists try to be based on sounds of other artists. The court decision is subject to appeal.

“Blurred Lines” was a major theme of 2013 and sold over seven million copies. Thicke amassed about of EUR 5.3 million and Pharrell slightly less (about five million), according to the LA Times.

“Got to Give It Up” was the theme that Marvin Gaye composed to match the request of her record, that wanted to act in a more disco sound, one of the musical styles that marked the 70s was a success worldwide and the singer chose him to open many of its shows.

This multi-million dollar compensation joins so the list of other famous plagiarism. The rapper Vanilla Ice, with “Ice Ice Baby” was accused of plagiarizing the subject of Queen and David Bowie, “Under Pressure”. Radiohead not only have to pay as included Albert Hammond and Mike Hazelwood in music credits “Creep” because of the resemblance to “The Air That I Breathe”.

Also the Rolling Stones agreed to put

KD Lang as theme coauthor of “Anybody Seen My Baby”, being similar to “Constant Craving”. But the the band Mick Jagger was also across the plagiarism issue. “Bittersweet Symphony” by The Verve, has chords of “The Last Time”. There was an agreement to use five notes but a “manager” of the Rolling Stones turned out to process the Verve considering that the band had used much more music than agreed. As in most cases, was reached out of court settlement.