Music The final step in the copyrightzaak around the song ‘Blurred Lines’ is handled. According to Deadline, a judge in California the amount that Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams must send to the relatives of Marvin Gaye definitively established.
The musicians should jointly 2.848.846,50 dollars (about 2.5 million euros) to pay. In addition, they must each be a part of their personal income from the number to give. For Robin is that 1.768.191,88 dollars (1.55 million euro), Pharrell and his label are the family 357.630,96 dollars (about 315.000 euros) is payable. Since the lawsuit is already running for years, the Gayes also be entitled to interest up to the value of a small ten thousand dollars.
In the last statement was further laid down that the relatives from now on, half of the proceeds from the rights issue received.
The case, which in 2015 brought was, was one of the largest copyrightkwesties from the music industry. The relatives of Marvin Gaye took the song “Blurred Lines,” which Thicke a major hit scored in 2013, to look a lot like the song ‘Got To Give It Up’ in 1984 deceased singer and were given the right to be equal. The two composers had in the first instance, a record of 7.4 million dollars (6.5 million euros) to pay to the heirs-Gaye.