Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke lose song battle

Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke have been ordered to pay Marvin Gaye's family $7.3 million for copyright infringement.

Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke lose song battle

Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke have been ordered to pay Marvin Gaye's family $7.3 million for copyright infringement.

A jury in Los Angeles ruled today that the 41-year-old producer and the 38-year-old singer's 2013 hit 'Blurred Lines' plagiarised the late Motown legend's 1977 hit 'Got To Give It Up'.

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