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Celeb News: Robin, Pharrell, and T.I. sue Marvin Gaye's family
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Robin, Pharrell, and T.I. sue Marvin Gaye's family
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Robin Thicke Sues to Protect 'Blurred Lines' from Marvin Gaye's Family (Exclusive)
6:13 PM PDT 8/15/2013 by Eriq Gardner
Thicke, Pharrell Williams and Clifford Harris, Jr. claim they were threatened by both Gaye's family and Funkadelic, each asserting that the summer hit wasn't original.
In order to shield "Blurred Lines," the hottest hit of the summer, Robin Thicke, Pharrell Williams and Clifford Harris, Jr. are going to court.
A lawsuit was filed Thursday in California federal court by the trio against Marvin Gaye's family and Bridgeport Music, which owns some of Funkadelic's compositions. At issue are complaints about similarities between "Blurred Lines" and at least two songs.
According to the suit, a copy of which was obtained by The Hollywood Reporter, "Plaintiffs, who have the utmost respect for and admiration of Marvin Gaye, Funkadelic and their musical legacies, reluctantly file this action in the face of multiple adverse claims from alleged successors in interest to those artists. Defendants continue to insist that plaintiffs' massively successful composition, 'Blurred Lines,' copies 'their' compositions."
Read the lawsuit here.
The suit claims the Gaye family is alleging that "Blurred Lines" and Gaye's "Got to Give It Up" "feel" or "sound" the same, and that the "Gaye defendants are claiming ownership of an entire genre, as opposed to a specific work."
As for Funkadelic, there's said to be claimed similarity between Thicke's hit and Funakedlic's "Sexy Ways."
"But there are no similarities between plaintiffs' composition and those the claimants allege they own, other than commonplace musical elements," states the lawsuit. "Plaintiffs created a hit and did it without copying anyone else's composition."
A New York TImes critic has noted that "Blurred Lines" is "influenced heavily" by Gaye’s “Got to Give It Up,” but the lawsuit makes the point that "being reminiscent of a 'sound' is not copyright infringement. The intent in producing 'Blurred Lines' was to evoke an era."
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The Gayes and Bridgeport are said to be threatening litigation should the plaintiffs not pay a monetary settlement.  Rather than wait for such a lawsuit to proceed, the plaintiffs are going to court to determine the parties' respective rights and obligations.
In seeking a judgment, Thicke, Williams and Harris Jr. are not only looking for a declaration that their song doesn't violate the defendants' rights by copying their songs, but also that the "Gayes do not have an interest in the copyright to the composition 'Got To Give It Up' sufficient to confer standing on them to pursue claims of infringement of that composition."
The plaintiffs are represented by Howard King and Stephen Rothschild of King, Holmes, Paterno & Berliner.
THR has reached out to the defendants for comment and update with a response.
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Doing the most to get some coins. 
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Mess. Is it really that serious? 
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Marvin Gaye's family is doing the most...are they gonna sue every artist that does a funk sounding song? Are they going sue Daft Punk because "Get Lucky" has the same feel as a Marvin Gaye song?
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Shouldn't it be the other way around?
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 @ them suing before they could be sued. PIMPS.
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Robin and his self-absorbed ego need to 
This lawsuit is ridiculous.
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This wasn't necessary 
Get that money tho
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Originally posted by BadBitches
Shouldn't it be the other way around?
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Who here doesn't think of " Got to give it up" every time they hear BL? I thought Thicke legally sampled the song?
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Originally posted by MusicLoverDude
Robin and his self-absorbed ego need to
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He isn't suing for money, he's suing to prevent Marvin Gaye's family from suing him...the fact that they think Robin owes them money is ridiculous
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His ego
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Gaye defendants are claiming ownership of an entire genre, as opposed to a specific work
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roflmess
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I must say that Blurred Lines sounds like a complete ripp-off from one of Marvin's song, I never really like to call out a rip-off since I feel music never is and never was original, but that one Marvin song sounded too similair to it, like Robin sampled it in Blurred Lines, maybe that was the case though, since I never really bothered to look Blurred Lines up
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Originally posted by J-esper
I must say that Blurred Lines sounds like a complete ripp-off from one of Marvin's song, I never really like to call out a rip-off since I feel music never is and never was original, but that one Marvin song sounded too similair to it, like Robin sampled it in Blurred Lines, maybe that was the case though, since I never really bothered to look Blurred Lines up
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Blurred Lines doesn't have any samples in it
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I heard that marvin gayes family had a cease and desist order placed on the song which is why we saw it disappear from iTunes and radio for a day. before the label stepped in and got it placed back
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The ego comments
Did these dummies even read the article?
And singling Robin out when it's the three of them that took legal action together.
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Originally posted by BadBitches
Shouldn't it be the other way around?
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Wow, the Gaye family is desperate for some money. 
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