Nile Rodgers Calls 'Blurred Lines' Verdict 'Shocking' — billboard.com

Musician Nile Rodgers says it is "shocking" that Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke have been found guilty of plagiarism in the "Blurred Lines" court case, adding that he believed the song's composition was not at all like Marvin Gaye's "Got to Give it Up." Gaye Family Wants 'Blurred Lines' Judge to Punish T.I. & Labels Too Rodgers, of the band Chic, has worked alongside Williams in Daft Punk's smash hit "Get Lucky." He said Gaye's 1977 song and Thicke's 2013 hit "didn't really sound alike."

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