{"id":16997,"date":"2013-10-31T12:53:11","date_gmt":"2013-10-31T16:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=16997"},"modified":"2013-10-31T12:53:11","modified_gmt":"2013-10-31T16:53:11","slug":"in-dispute-over-a-song-marvin-gayes-family-files-a-countersuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=16997","title":{"rendered":"“In Dispute Over a Song, Marvin Gaye\u2019s Family Files a Countersuit”"},"content":{"rendered":"

No kidding. We all knew this would happen, right? Indeed, I hoped<\/em> it would happen after I noted that Robin Thicke had “pre-emptively” sued Marvin Gaye’s family over “Got to Give It Up.”<\/a><\/p>\n

Difficult for me to grasp the “pre-emptive” concept when it comes to lawsuits. I’ve always thought you sue because something bad happened to you and you have legal support for the idea that the bad that happened is someone else’s fault.<\/p>\n

So this “pre-emptive” Robin Thicke thing is, um, I dunno…innovative?<\/p>\n

Here’s the beginning of the current New York Times piece:<\/p>\n

Robin Thicke\u2019s song \u201cBlurred Lines\u201d is one of the year\u2019s biggest hits, but behind the scenes the song is the focus of a bitter dispute that led Wednesday to the family of Marvin Gaye filing a copyright lawsuit. <\/em><\/p>\n

In August, Mr. Thicke and his two fellow songwriters, Pharrell Williams and Clifford Harris Jr. (also known as the rapper T.I.), sued the family of Marvin Gaye in a pre-emptive strike, saying that they expected Gaye\u2019s children to claim that \u201cBlurred Lines\u201d copied Gaye\u2019s 1977 hit \u201cGot to Give It Up.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n

The similarities between the songs \u2014 among them a smooth, retro beat and lots of falsetto \u2014 have been noted by critics and Mr. Thicke has acknowledged \u201cGot to Give It Up\u201d as an inspiration. But \u201cbeing reminiscent of a \u2018sound\u2019 is not copyright infringement,\u201d the men said in their suit. <\/em><\/p>\n

And here’s the full story: In Dispute Over a Song, Marvin Gaye\u2019s Family Files a Countersuit – NYTimes.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

No kidding. We all knew this would happen, right? Indeed, I hoped it would happen after I noted that Robin Thicke had “pre-emptively” sued Marvin Gaye’s family over “Got to Give It Up.” Difficult for me to grasp the “pre-emptive” … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[337],"tags":[573],"class_list":["post-16997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-legal-news","tag-copyright-lawsuit"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t