{"id":243061,"date":"2016-08-26T03:49:07","date_gmt":"2016-08-26T03:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=243061"},"modified":"2016-08-26T03:49:07","modified_gmt":"2016-08-26T03:49:07","slug":"robin-thicke-and-pharrell-appeal-against-blurred-lines-copyright-ruling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/08\/robin-thicke-and-pharrell-appeal-against-blurred-lines-copyright-ruling\/","title":{"rendered":"Robin Thicke and Pharrell appeal against Blurred Lines copyright ruling"},"content":{"rendered":"
Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams are appealing against a court’s decision that their single Blurred Lines copied Marvin Gaye’s song Got To Give It Up.<\/p>\n
In March 2015, a judge initially ordered the pair to pay the Marvin Gaye’s family more than $7m (\u00a35.3m) in damages for copyright infringement.<\/p>\n
The family was also awarded a 50% interest in royalties from Blurred Lines, the biggest single of 2013.<\/p>\n
The pair’s lawyers are now seeking to appeal against the ruling.<\/p>\n
They say the case should never have gone to trial and that the verdict should be overturned, or a new trial ordered.<\/p>\n