Pharrell: 'Blurred Lines' Ruling 'Is About Protecting the Intellectual Rights of People Who Have Ideas' — billboard.com

After a Los Angeles jury earlier this month found Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke had ripped off Marvin Gaye's "Got to Give It Up" on their hit "Blurred Lines," Williams is still adamant in his stance his song was original.  "There was no infringement," he told the Financial Times in his first interview since the ruling.  Nile Rodgers Calls 'Blurred Lines' Verdict 'Shocking' "You can't own feelings and you can't own emotions ... [in music] there are only the notations and the progression," he added. "Those were different."

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