"Blurred Lines" Was Not Plagiarized Off Marvin Gaye, Claims Preemptive Complaint By Robin Thicke

Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams have made no qualms about the fact that their summer anthem Blurred Lines was heavily influenced by Marvin Gaye’s Got to Give It Up. So far, neither the Gaye family, nor Bridgeport Music Inc., have raised any official copyright claims based on the song, however Thicke, Williams and collaborator Clifford Harris Jr. (aka T.I.) have filed a preemptive complaint to protect themselves against future disputes.

And thus, Blurred Lines was born. Unfortunately for the Gaye family “feel” and genre are not protected under copyright law. Unless they manage to prove that the melody or lyrics to Blurred Lines are substanTIally similar to Got to Give It Up or any other Gaye song, the claim just doesn’t hold water.