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‘Blurred Lines’ Infringed on Marvin Gaye Copyright, Jury Rules (NYT)
For the last year and a half, the music industry has been gripped by a lawsuit over whether Robin Thicke’s 2013 hit “Blurred Lines” was merely reminiscent of a song by Marvin Gaye, or had crossed the line into plagiarism. THR / Hollywood, Esq. The verdict was reached after eight days of trial testimony examining whether “Blurred Lines,” one of the most successful songs of the young century, was improperly drawn from a soulful hallmark from the prior one — Marvin Gaye’s 1977 hit “Got to Give It Up.”

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