'Blurred Lines' has precedents from Beatles to Vanilla Ice

2015/03/11 08:22:49 @Entertainment News Headlines — Yahoo! News

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A jury has determined that singers Rob in Thicke and Pharrell Williams copied R & B legend Marvin Gaye's "Got to Give it Up" with their 2013 megahit "Blurred Lines." Thicke and Williams were ordered to pay Gaye's children nearly $7.4 million. The decision could have an unprecedented effect on the industry, but it was only the latest in decades of cases that have taken pop songs from the recording studio to the courtroom over plagiarism allegations. Here are some highlights.
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