gaye s family was awarded $7.3 million. they deny taking it from gaye s song. they plan to review legal options. the gaye family hopes to file an injunction to stop the sale of the song. listen the melodies aren t the same. some of the percussion the same. it s really pretty stunning. do you hear it. by the way i m a huge marvin gaye fan. and i don t like the other dude. but thicke. in don t get it. they sound a little alike but it just doesn t rise to copyright infringement so says the expert lawyer. ecstasy, crystal meth and other drugs have been legalized
yeah, might be marvin gaye fan, and it s just so happened in the back of his mind he did michigan that ended up copying the guy. i think it s more intentional. you can hear the beat. it s clearly a sampling. i don t think the producers of the song can say we heard and it were inspired. neil: why risk it knowing lawyers would say this? it happens all the time where songs are sampled and they re facing lawsuits. neil: obviously if you think about it, thicke was pro-active. he is going after them, saying essentially this is besmirching any name. he is trying to head the lawsuits off at the pass. the courts said you can use an idea but you can t copy something exactly. so it s almost like the obscenity laws. the judges have to decide on a