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The similarities weren’t that blurry after all. A Los Angeles federal jury found Tuesday that Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams copied Marvin Gaye’s 1977 hit “Got to Give It Up” when they wrote and recorded their hit song “Blurred Lines.” The eight-person panel awarded Gaye’s heirs more than $7.3 million. Williams and Thicke quickly issued an ominous warning through their reps, saying the verdict could have a chilling effect on future creativity. "While we respect the judicial process, we are extremely disappointed in the ruling made today, which sets a horrible precedent for music and creativity going forward," the statement...

For the last year and a half, the music industry has been gripped by a lawsuit over whether Robin Thicke’s 2013 hit “Blurred Lines” was merely reminiscent of a song by Marvin Gaye, or had crossed the line into plagiarism.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Gv0H-vPoDc

It's funny.

Hello, I’m Barack Obama [Intro] Kerry get up Hey, Hey, Hey Hey, Hey, Hey Hagel get up Hey, Hey, Hey [Verse 1] If you can't hear what I'm trying to say If you can't read from the front page Maybe they’re using gas, Maybe they’re going crazy, Maybe they crossed my Red line. Media get up [Bridge] OK now Assad was close, tried to eliminate them But they're a terror group, fighting’s in their nature Just let me liberate them Hey, hey, hey My resolve is in the papers Hey, hey, hey That man will meet his maker [Hook] And...