Marvin Gaye’s Family Reject ‘Six-Figure’ Blurred Lines Settlement

Marvin Gaye's family have reportedly rejected a six-figure settlement offer from Robin Thicke in the dispute over Thicke's international hit Blurred Lines and the late Gaye's Got To Give It Up.

After it emerged recently that Thicke “reluctantly” filed a lawsuit against Bridgeport Music and members of Gaye's family, Billboard have reported that the latter have rejected a six-figure amount that as designed to stave off a copyright showdown.

Bridgeport and the Gaye family members (Frankie Christian Gaye, Marvin Gaye III and Nona Marvisa Gaye) have accused Blurred Lines, which features Pharrell and T.I. of plagiarising Gaye's Got To Give It Up. The argument has raised issues of if a song is obviously “inspired” by the another, then are there copyright implications legally.

Thicke is on record as saying the track was inspired by Gaye's, and in his lawsuit his team claim that the defendants are “claiming ownership of an entire genre.”

Listen to the tracks here.