UPDATE: Marvin GAYE estate refuses settlement from Robin THICKE, continues with lawsuit

[UTUSN]

Just for my own reference, the Robert PALMER videos are below.

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http://gawker.com/marvin-gayes-family-declined-huge-settlement-in-blurr-1194243422

[font size=5]Marvin Gaye's Family Declined Huge Settlement in "Blurred Lines" Suit[/font]

The lawsuit over the song of the summer just got a little hotter: Marvin Gaye's family reportedly turned down a six-figure settlement and have decided to continue with a planned lawsuit, believing that a court will find that "Blurred Lines" is a blatant ripoff of Gaye's "Got to Give It Up" (it kind of is).

Last week, Robin Thicke and the other "Blurred Lines" songwriters filed a preemptive lawsuit against the Gaye family, to try to pressure them to drop a planned lawsuit against the songwriters. Considering this came after the rejection of a sizable settlement, it seems like the Thicke camp also believes they might be found guilty of some level of infringement if the case goes to trial. The songwriters would like to clear up any lawsuits as quickly as possible so they can widely license the song to films, advertising, etc.

"We’re not happy with the way that he went about doing business, let alone suing us over something where he clearly got his inspiration from at the least," Marvin Gaye III said in an interview with TMZ.

In the lawsuit last week, Thicke argued that "being reminiscent of a 'sound' is not copyright infringement. The intent in producing 'Blurred Lines' was to evoke an era."

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[kwassa]

1. I immediately thought of "Got To Give It Up" the first time I heard "Blurred Lines"

but it is a stylistic imitation, not a copy of the melody at all. Robin Thicke is not Marvin Gaye.

I also thought the high-pitched yells in the song were ripoffs of Micheal Jackson, who in turned ripped off Jackie Wilson before that.

[UTUSN]

4. I had never heard of Robin THICKE until he started making the rounds of the talk shows with this hit

and I am no connoisseur of pop culture so I appreciate knowledgeable comments like yours, but when I heard/saw the THICKE presentation with the back-up models, besides the rhythm and style of the song itself, Robert PALMER came to my mind. Is there anything to that? When I got on this topic a couple of days ago, I was surprised to learn from Wiki that PALMER died in the early 2000s in his early 50s. So many estates in this reference.

[kwassa]

6. Here is Marvin Gaye's original ...

[kwassa]

7. I think you should watch this version of Robin Thicke's video

Oh my.

[UTUSN]

8. Oh my is right!1 O.K., I listened to both, the Marvin twice (before & after) and the beat sounds

about the same, a fast 4/4?, but I don't hear the melodies the same although I think THICKE's could be superimposed on GAYE's background without much alteration.

In the previous news item the THICKE legal team said that the GAYE complaint was trying to lay claim to A WHOLE GENRE instead of to actual infringement of a specific song.

Now that I've done the laborious part of my homework, I'm still bugeyed in shock at the video. When I looked into YouTube there were several versions that were lyrics-only: Was there a particular SOUND you wanted me to hear on THIS VISUAL??????!1 Hahaha!1

Since I had only seen the t.v. appearances, I was not prepared for this visual. My PALMER associations were based on the t.v. appearances.

[kwassa]

10. Yeah, yeah, the sound, I was only listening to the sound.

Just like subscribing to Playboy just for the articles.

[jakeXT]

9. So Colbert wasn't that much off when he used the word naked. /nt

[Tuesday Afternoon]

2. thanks for the update

[UTUSN]

3. You're welcome!1 Somehow I've become the custodian of this topic, but better this than

the great SNOWDEN divide in GD!1

[Tuesday Afternoon]

5. Amen, Brother!