Blurred Lines, but a clear cut verdict: Marvin Gayes estate awarded 7. 4 million dollars

Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke produced one of the most controversial songs of 2013. And controversy, in this instance, comes with a big price tag. Their charttopping single Blurred Lines has cost them 7. 4 million dollars in damages and copyright infringement costs after a court in Los Angeles ruled the hit plagiarised parts of another song. The judge found Thicke and Williams had lifted parts of the late Marvin Gaye s 1977 single Got To Give It Up. Marvin Gaye was fatal READ MORE