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The rapey song resulted in a $7.9 million verdict [View all]
to Marvin Gaye's children.
Gaye's children — Nona, Frankie and Marvin Gaye III — sued the two singers in 2013.
Their lawyer, Richard Busch, branded Williams and Thicke liars who went beyond trying to emulate the sound of Gaye's late-1970s music and copied the R&B legend's hit "Got to Give It Up" outright.
The family "fought this fight despite every odd being against them," Busch said after the verdict, which could face years of appeals.
Thicke told jurors he didn't write "Blurred Lines," which Williams testified he crafted in about an hour in mid-2012.
Williams testified that Gaye's music was part of the soundtrack of his youth. But the seven-time Grammy winner said he didn't use any of it to create "Blurred Lines."
Their lawyer, Richard Busch, branded Williams and Thicke liars who went beyond trying to emulate the sound of Gaye's late-1970s music and copied the R&B legend's hit "Got to Give It Up" outright.
The family "fought this fight despite every odd being against them," Busch said after the verdict, which could face years of appeals.
Thicke told jurors he didn't write "Blurred Lines," which Williams testified he crafted in about an hour in mid-2012.
Williams testified that Gaye's music was part of the soundtrack of his youth. But the seven-time Grammy winner said he didn't use any of it to create "Blurred Lines."
http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/music/295778951.html
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