Marvin Gaye's family awarded $7.3m in Blurred Lines trial

Murray Stassen

A Californian jury has decided that Robin Thicke, Pharrell Williams and T.I.’s Blurred Lines breached the copyright of Marvin Gaye’s Got to Give It Up.

Gaye’s family has been awarded $7.3m in damages, and will be seeking “an injunction prohibiting the further sale and distribution” of the track, according to their lawyer, Richard Busch.

Speaking to Rolling Stone, Busch said that the court will be asked for an injunction ”unless and until [they] can reach an agreement… about how ...

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