Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke are APPEALING the ruling that their track 2013’s Blurred Lines copied Marvin Gaye’s 1977 hit Got To Give It Up.
Williams and Thicke lost a $7.3 million lawsuit on Tuesday. They were sued by the late Marvin Gaye’s family, with a judge ruling the pop duo should pay $7.3 million in damages.
Well, the songs do sound suspiciously similar.
But Williams and Thicke’s lawyers are adamant that Blurred Lines is an original track, and not a rip-off.
Howard King told Fox News: "We owe it to songwriters around the world to make sure this verdict doesn't stand.
"My clients know that they wrote the song Blurred Lines from their hearts and souls and no other source.
"We are going to exercise every post-trial remedy we have to make sure this verdict does not stand."
The lawyer added that expert evidence in the case from a musicologist, that shouldn’t have been included, might have swayed the jury into finding against Williams and Thicke.
"Clearly the jury relied on what that expert said in reaching their conclusion," he said.
Looks like another lengthy court battle is about to happen…