Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: Marvin Gaye Family Wants $3.4 Million More in “Blurred Lines” Lawsuit First off today, Eriq Gardner at The Hollywood Reporter Esquire reports that, in the Blurred Lines case, the Marvin Gaye family has petitioned the judge to grant them some $2.6 million in attorneys’ fees and $777,000 in expenses over the lawsuit. The lawsuit began when members of the Gaye Estate made claims that the Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams song Blurred Lines was based on Marvin Gaye’s song Got to Give it Up. That prompted Thicke and Williams to proactively sue but, when the case went to trial, the jury found in favor of the Gaye Estate and awarded them $7.4 million. That amount, however, was pared down to $5.3 million by the judge but included an ongoing 50 percent royalty rate of songwriter and publishing revenues. The lawsuit itself is on appeal. However, while the parties wait for the…
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