After
the
verdict
on
'Blurred
Lines'
was
declared
by
the
jury,
musicians
Pharrell
Williams
and
Robin
Thicke
have
been
charged
over
the
lawsuit
and
the
singers
will
have
to
pay
USD
7.4
million
to
Marvin
Gaye's
family.
Thicke
and
Williams
will
now
appeal
the
order
that
they
have
to
pay
USD
7.4
million
to
artist
Marvin
Gaye's
family
for
infringing
copyright
in
making
"Blurred
Lines."
"We
owe
it
to
song
writers
around
the
world
to
make
sure
this
verdict
doesn't
stand," said
the
duo's
attorney
Howard
King.
"My
clients
know
that
they
wrote
the
song
'Blurred
Lines'
from
their
hearts
and
souls
and
no
other
source...
We
are
going
to
exercise
every
post
trial
remedy
we
have
to
make
sure
this
verdict
does
not
stand.
We
look
at
it
as
being
in
the
seventh
inning
of
a
game
that
could
go
into
extra
innings,"
he
said.
Gaye's
family
sued
Williams
and
Thicke
as
well
as
rapper
T
I
(aka
Clifford
Harris
Jr)
for
infringing
the
copyright
of
Marvin
Gaye's
1977
hit
"Got
to
Give
It
Up"
initially
seeking
USD
25
million.
The
verdict
was
reached
after
eight
days
of
trial
testimony
that
revealed
the
profit
made
by
"Blurred
Lines"
and
led
to
Thicke
admitting
to
drug
abuse
among
other
revelations.
With
questions
now
being
asked
about
Williams'
hit
song
"Happy"
and
its
supposed
similarities
to
Gaye's
1965
hit
"Aint
That
Peculiar,"
King
made
an
impassioned
defense
of
artistic
individuality.
"Pharrell
has
readily
admitted
that
Marvin
Gaye
is
one
of
his
idols,
but
it's
silk
and
rayon,"
King
said.
"If
this
is
the
way
the
law
is
going
to
go,
then
the
creator
of
rayon
better
look
behind
him
for
lawsuits
from
the
owners
of
silk,
because,
even
though
they
feel
the
same
they
are
structurally,
completely
different
just
like
these
songs,"
the
attorney
said.