Folks, remember we got the exclusive insight right here on AML from Robert Busch, attorney for Marvin Gaye, that they would be going after Clifford Harris aka T.I., and the music record labels who distributed ‘Blurred Lines’ for infringing on the copyright of the Gaye family. The Marvin Gaye family has in fact made good on that promise.
You can read their latest filing below and of course revisit my interview with Attorney Busch.
-Ms. Uduak
My Interview with Attorney Robert Busch
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“Now that the trial is over, the winning side asks that the jury’s verdict be corrected and demands an injunction.
If a jury’s decision to award $7.4 million in profits and damages to Marvin Gaye’s family represents the “bottom of the sixth” as an attorney for Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke says, the game continued on Tuesday night with new motions for the “Blurred Lines” judge to consider.
The Gaye family is now pushing for the judge to “correct” the jury’s verdict to add Universal Music, Interscope Records and Star Trak Entertainment to the list of infringers. Additionally, the judge is also being asked to set aside the jury’s decision to give Clifford Harris, Jr. (aka T.I.) a pass and hold him accountable too…”
THR, Esq. has the full story.