Now, however, the hit single is the subject of a legal battle about the indistinct boundaries between influence and artistic theft. In August, Thicke filed a pre-emptive lawsuit to head off allegations that the song borrowed illegally from Gaye. Then he started playing a little something and we literally wrote the song in about a half hour and recorded it. Though the Gaye family holds the rights to the two Marvin Gaye hits in question, EMI presently controls the administration and protection of their copyrights. The claims have yet to be tested.
Robin Thicke on 'Blurred Lines': I won't make 'videos like that ever again'
King and Ballow press release, October source: Reuters. The two basslines are transcribed below. When compared note for note like this, the dissimilarity is obvious. These basslines use different notes, rhythms and phrasing from each other. Gaye uses the following cowbell riff, which plays pretty consistently through the track.
Robin Thicke on ‘Blurred Lines’: I won’t make ‘videos like that ever again’
Gaye's family initially won the case in , claiming Thicke and Williams' hit song copied Gaye's song "Got to Give it Up", but the pair appealed. A California court upheld the verdict in March this year, and the new amended judgement has since confirmed the settlement. They are also entitled to royalties going forward from the song, for 50 per cent of the songwriter and publishing revenue.
Before this verdict, we staged a mock trial on the Blurred Lines case. After we finished hashing out the detailed legal and musicological arguments, I asked the class, based on the law, which side should prevail. They offered a unanimous verdict for Thicke. Then I asked who they thought would prevail.
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