Priya

The issue of plagiarism has been in the headlines recently following the recent trial involving the musicians Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams, who were accused of plagiarising a 1977 Marvin Gaye song in their 2013 hit song “Blurred Lines”. This week, a federal jury in California ruled that “Blurred Lines” had plagiarised the Gaye song “Got to Give it up” and ordered a $7.4 million payout to Gaye’s family. According to the Hollywood Reporter, the jury heard testimony from musicologists on the signature phrases, hook, [...]