Maybe I'm missing something but hasn't Pharell confirmed that he was totally responsible for the song? If so then why are people doubting it? Both "collaborators" are saying the same thing. Whatever his past sins it seems Thicke is coming clean now.

And let's be clear this is not just a "modern" industry practice. This shit has been happening throughout the entire history of the music industry.

Chancellor said:

nd33 said:

Chancellor said:

You havent been following the suit..A settlement was made..It definitely wasnt a waste of The Gaye estate"s time...

Source?

It's true that Robin's parent company, Sony, reached a settlement with Gaye's estate in January.

Sony Settles Blurred Lines

Identity said:

You're correct, the dispute is ongoing. The estate is still arguing that Robin and Pharrell blatantly infringed a copyrighted work.

Chancellor said:

nd33 said:

There was no sample used. And no melody copied. That's why this lawsuit is a waste of all their time...

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You havent been following the suit..A settlement was made..It definitely wasnt a waste of The Gaye estate"s time...

SETTLEMENT? I thought the court date was set to for Feb 2015, to fight the case against Pharrell and Robin & the record company...

Identity said:

You're correct, the dispute is ongoing. The estate is still arguing that Robin and Pharrell blatantly infringed a copyrighted work.

RE: Sampled & Altered...very cut & dry...

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

SETTLEMENT? I thought the court date was set to for Feb 2015, to fight the case against Pharrell and Robin & the record company...

Correct... the battle with the two Thicke as thieves is coming...

would he have said this if he wasn't being accused of theft? Now it's Pharrell's song?

For Pharrell, none of this bodes very well now that Thicke has basically absolved himself of any misconduct. He didn't throw Pharrell under the bus, rather he thrusted him in front of a speeding train.

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Identity said:

For Pharrell, none of this bodes very well now that Thicke has basically absolved himself of any misconduct. He didn't throw Pharrell under the bus, rather he thrusted him in front of a speeding train.

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Who has the actual writing credit? Both or just Pharrell?

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''Blurred Lines''

Writers:
Clifford 'T.I' Harris
Robin Thicke
Pharrell Williams

Publishers:
Deyjah's Daddy Muzik
I Like 'Em Thicke Music
More Water From Nazareth Publishing, Inc.
Sony/ATV Tunes LLC

Source: ASCAP

Identity said:

''Blurred Lines''

Writers:
Clifford 'T.I' Harris
Robin Thicke
Pharrell Williams

Publishers:
Deyjah's Daddy Muzik
I Like 'Em Thicke Music
More Water From Nazareth Publishing, Inc.
Sony/ATV Tunes LLC

Source: ASCAP

Then legally he is still on the hook right?

Yep. This is one of those instances when short term financial gain proved not worth the future price.

Identity said:

Yep. This is one of those instances when short term financial gain proved not worth the future price.

very very true

purplethunder3121 said:

there's no way to be legit and hijack the music an all time musical luminary, arguably the greatest R&B artist in Marvin Gaye.......

the name of the very song Robin Thicke hijacked offers great words of wisdom in this case

GOT TO GIVE IT UP.....

Graycap23 said:

Identity said:

''Blurred Lines''

Writers:
Clifford 'T.I' Harris
Robin Thicke
Pharrell Williams

Publishers:
Deyjah's Daddy Muzik
I Like 'Em Thicke Music
More Water From Nazareth Publishing, Inc.
Sony/ATV Tunes LLC

Source: ASCAP

Then legally he is still on the hook right?

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What's crazy is that I read that Pharrell voluntarily gave Robin like 20% of the publishing even though he wrote the song himself. Is Robin still on Pharrell's Star Trak label? Those official credits will doom Robin no matter what he try to say now publicaly.

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http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-robin-thicke-blurred-lines-deposition-high-vicodin-alcohol-20140915-story.html

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"The singer had previously told GQ that the songwriting was much more of a collaborative effort, and Thicke was given a co-writer credit that awarded him around 20% of publishing royalties. It's not certain whether Thicke's latest statements constitute an attempt to distance himself as part of the Gaye estate lawsuit, or simply admitting the true story about the song's authorship. Thicke also claimed to have been drunk during almost all his media appearances to promote the song.

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In his own deposition, Williams corroborated Thicke's account that the song was all but completed by the time Thicke performed his vocal. Williams said he let Thicke take more public credit because it would be good for sales.

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"This is what happens every day in our industry," he said. "You know, people are made to look like they have much more authorship in the situation than they actually do. So that's where the embellishment comes in."

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Williams' testimony got especially heated during a moment when the Gaye estate's attorneys asked him to sight-read sheet music, to which Williams repeatedly responded that he wasn't comfortable doing so. And regarding his opinion of Gaye?

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"He's an Aries. I respect him," Williams said."

"He's an Aries. I respect him," Williams said." That's all he had to say about one of the greatest R'n'B singer/songwriters ever to grace our ears with music?!

purplethunder3121 said:

"He's an Aries. I respect him," Williams said." That's all he had to say about one of the greatest R'n'B singer/songwriters ever to grace our ears with music?!

very sad.......

Scorp said:

purplethunder3121 said:

"He's an Aries. I respect him," Williams said." That's all he had to say about one of the greatest R'n'B singer/songwriters ever to grace our ears with music?!

very sad.......

Pshhh! My friend and i walked home from a free music festival singing Pharell's Happy 'cause it made us happy after an old school group covered it. This comment doesn't make me happy. Ima put on Marvin's I Want You album and blast the cobwebbs away!

Identity said:

For Pharrell, none of this bodes very well now that Thicke has basically absolved himself of any misconduct. He didn't throw Pharrell under the bus, rather he thrusted him in front of a speeding train.

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purplethunder3121 said:

Scorp said:

very sad.......

Pshhh! My friend and i walked home from a free music festival singing Pharell's Happy 'cause it made us happy after an old school group covered it. This comment doesn't make me happy. Ima put on Marvin's I Want You album and blast the cobwebbs away!

good idea

Identity said:

Yep. This is one of those instances when short term financial gain proved not worth the future price.

Thicke learned that the hard way when his last album tanked. I imagine that a large portion of his fanbase was not amused with his skullduggery.

purplethunder3121 said:

"He's an Aries. I respect him," Williams said." That's all he had to say about one of the greatest R'n'B singer/songwriters ever to grace our ears with music?!

Scorp said:

purplethunder3121 said:

Pshhh! My friend and i walked home from a free music festival singing Pharell's Happy 'cause it made us happy after an old school group covered it. This comment doesn't make me happy. Ima put on Marvin's I Want You album and blast the cobwebbs away!

good idea

I remember several years ago when my neighbor knocked on my door when I was blasting my stereo and asked if I was playing Marvin and I said yes and hoped it didn't bother her. She said she loved Marvin and I burned her a copy of the double greatest hits album. She was so over-joyed and grateful that she drove away blasting Marvin so loud you could hear it blocks away.

purplethunder3121 said:

Scorp said:

good idea

I remember several years ago when my neighbor knocked on my door when I was blasting my stereo and asked if I was playing Marvin and I said yes and hoped it didn't bother her. She said she loved Marvin and I burned her a copy of the double greatest hits album. She was so over-joyed and grateful that she drove away blasting Marvin so loud you could hear it blocks away.

awesome stuff

someone should ask Robin Thicke

"Hi Jack, let me get this straight, you said you was "high" jack when you hijacked"....

Musicslave said:

Williams' testimony got especially heated during a moment when the Gaye estate's attorneys asked him to sight-read sheet music, to which Williams repeatedly responded that he wasn't comfortable doing so.

BULL. SHIT.

Come on Pharrell, there's no shame in it. Paul McCartney can't read music either.

At this point, Robin Thicke can kiss his career goodbye. You wanna talk a sudden fall from grace? This is it right here! Last year, this man had the biggest hit in the world! It was "No Diggity" all over again because everywhere you went you heard "Blurred Lines." Then he drops that sappy ass Paula LP and couldn't give it away! Now that he has this hanging over his head, he can forget it. Stick a fork in this dude because he's done and I have no pity for this sorry bastard! You can't have your cake and eat it too!