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Thicke Vs. Gaye Case Study

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Thicke vs Gaye In August 2013, a lawsuit was filed against Robin Thicke, Pharrel Williams, and T.i. According to the Gaye estate, the song “Blurred Lines” is the same as Marvin Gaye’s “Got To Give It Up”. The outcome of this lawsuit ended better than expected. In March of 2015, Judge John A. Kronstadt of the U.S. District Court of California ruled that he would not award The Gaye Estate any legal fees. In April of 2016, he made it official. Judge John ended up giving the Gaye Estate 7.4 million dollars but later changed it to 5.3 million. Critiquely speaking, this case was not that bad. Robin Thicke payed less than half of what was orginally declared. I believe that the people

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