Content Ownership and Copyright

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CHAPTER 1 PROTECTING CREATIVE EFFORTS Marvin Gaye was a legendary singer and songwriter in the 1960s Marvin and 1970s Many of his hits remained popular for decades In 1977 Gaye wrote and produced Got to Give It Up which hit Number 1 on American charts Years later in 2015 the song gained renewed media interest when it became part of a federal court case Many people found the 2013 hit song Blurred Lines controversial because of its subject matter and video But from a legal standpoint the song was controversial because of its musical similarity to Gaye's Got to Give It Up Singer Robin Thicke and songwriter Pharrell Williams claimed Gaye's work had inspired their song Thicke recalled telling Williams We should make something like that something with that groove Gaye's children who had inherited rights to his songs after his death in 1984 threatened legal action against Thicke and Williams for copyright infringement Copyright infringement Blurred Lines by Pharrell Williams left and Robin Thicke right led many to question the line between inspiration infringement and