Robin Thicke Sues to Protect 'Blurred Lines' from Marvin Gaye's Family

[LUClEN]

Could imagine if you really could copyright the "feel" of songs, and subgenres though? I think the only good thing would be it would force artists to be original

Trap artists would be fucked

 

[blackrain]

Could imagine if you really could copyright the "feel" of songs, and subgenres though? I think the only good thing would be it would force artists to be original

Trap artists would be fucked

music in general would be fucked because there's plenty songs that remind me of other songs but aren't samples at all yet because the melodies are similar if you want you can swap the lyrics out for one another

 

[Valentinez A. Kaiser]

I wonder if people would start suing each other because they stole their singing/rapping style?

 

[goldenja]

*face palm*

 

[LUClEN]

I wonder if people would start suing each other because they stole their singing/rapping style?

One lawsuit stench never has to worry about

 

[TrueGodHS]

Funkadelic doesnt have a case at all, but Marvin's estate would. He's quoted as making something like it but giving it no sample credit(where the beginning of the songs are the same and pieces are interpolated too). Got To Give It Up IS the basis of Blurred Lines.

 

[StoneColdMikey]

the thing is this song been out SINCE THE WINTER TIME. what took so long for gaye's family to sue? only cuz its the number 1 song now?

 

[StoneColdMikey]

of course you hear the similarities but suing now when the song been out since january is bullshit

 

[MR.CJ]

the thing is this song been out SINCE THE WINTER TIME. what took so long for gaye's family to sue? only cuz its the number 1 song now?

That's what usually happens

 

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[DarthRozay]

i dont give a fuck. these white boys/girls need to come up off them duckets if they wanna partake in our culture.

simple as that.

cause they fucking it up.

you can't blame the white singers when the black singers are all off doing techno/euro pop. at least the younger mainstream ones that actually get attention from the radio.

 

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[aka_OG]

GQ interview from May 7, 2013
http://www.gq.com/blogs/the-feed/20...z-and-kendrick-lamar-mercy.html#ixzz2cBLRWxUc

GQ: What's the origin story behind your new single "Blurred Lines"?

Robin Thicke: Pharrell and I were in the studio and I told him that one of my favorite songs of all time was Marvin Gaye's "Got to Give It Up." I was like, "Damn, we should make something like that, something with that groove." Then he started playing a little something and we literally wrote the song in about a half hour and recorded it. The whole thing was done in a couple hours—normally, those are the best ones. Him and I would go back and forth where I'd sing a line and he'd be like, "Hey, hey, hey!" We started acting like we were two old men on a porch hollering at girls like, "Hey, where you going, girl? Come over here!" That's why, in the video, we're doing all these old men dances. It was great.

vs

 

[rantanamo]

It might not be the black thing to say, but this is not a sample. If this case wins, its the same bullshit that Huey Lewis did to Ray Parker Jr. That's not good for black people or music, because in every era of music, there is a "sound". That's just the way life is. Bullshit like this is like Apple owning the whole idea of touchscreen phones with icons and rounded edges when blackberry and sony did it before them. Marvin Gaye did not give monetary credit to Johnny Taylor for his influence on the song.

 

[red_ahh]

the thing is this song been out SINCE THE WINTER TIME. what took so long for gaye's family to sue? only cuz its the number 1 song now?

the gaye family hasnt filed suit against anyone. robin, pharrell and clifford filed suit against them. seems like someone is feeling guilty. so they decided to sue first.

 

[blackrain]

the thing is this song been out SINCE THE WINTER TIME. what took so long for gaye's family to sue? only cuz its the number 1 song now?

the gaye family hasnt filed suit against anyone. robin, pharrell and clifford filed suit against them. seems like someone is feeling guilty. so they decided to sue first.

No it's called preemptive strike.

 

[lighthearted26]

I didn't realize how close they were until a radio station played them back to back. Sounds like a sample to me. Lol@ the vanilla ice reference, that was hilarious when he said that shit.

 

[alvarez_313]

When I first heard it come on I was like "oh shit they remade Marvin's song!!!" then I was like "oh"..

 

[a.mann]

I'm looking at the bigger picture here. Not even a real fan of Robin Thicke or that song (it's ok for what it is) , but I know chumped up charge when I see one.

And it's a slippery slop this one..lol But it bores down to Thicke and Pharrell doing what some of our favorite hip hop producers have been doing since the "birth" of it. But instead Pharrell did not actually sample the original record, but was "inspired" by the groove and vibe of it.

And some people are hastily calling foul and automatically taking Marvin Gaye's estate side in this solely because Marvin's name is attached, and he is such a legend. But they are just ignorant to the legality of what's happening . Thicke and Pharell have a right to protect themselves here.

They are not suing for money. Just making it were they can not be sued . That's fair game. The fact they offered a 6 figure $$$$, was more than generous , because they were not legally obligated to do that .