Reuters — NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Tuesday cut a copyright infringement verdict by more than $2 million against recording stars Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams over their 2013 smash hit "Blurred Lines," but offered Marvin Gaye's heirs a 50 perce... more info

Time — The judge's ruling also gives Marvin Gaye's family 50% of the song's future royalties more info

Stereogum — Back in March, a jury ruled that the Robin Thicke, Pharrell Williams, and T.I. hit “Blurred Lines” is similar enough to Marvin Gaye’s 1977 single “Got To Give It Up” to constitute copyright infringement, and Thicke and Williams were ordered... more info

Stereogum — To begin his tweet-spree defending Bill Cosby against immense, overwhelming rape allegations, Chuck D notes that we are living in a “wild bizarre time.” That might be the only sentiment in the Public Enemy member’s ensuing stream-of-conscious r... more info

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Stereogum — Last week, in an effort to avoid the kind of litigation that resulted in Marvin Gaye’s family prying millions of “Blurred Lines” dollars from Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams’ fingers, the publishers of Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars’ record-... more info

MTV.co.uk News — Sky News has released another hilarious lip-synch video of David Cameron and Co singing along to Marvin Gaye... more info

Soul Sides — Marvin Gaye: Stubborn Type of Fellow (Tamla, 1962, 7″) Don’t tell anyone this but I’ve never spent much quality time with Marvin’s ’60s catalog. Even this, Marvin’s first chart-topper, is one that I’ve always heard somewhere in the... more info

MTV.co.uk News — See the US rapper take on the 1982 classic in new release ‘Good For Us’ more info

Stereogum — Begging Please is an album that will come to you when you need it. Maybe you don’t need it right now, or maybe you do. It doesn’t really matter. Sculpted after Marvin Gaye’s iconic ode to lost love Here, My Dear, the grace and speed of Begging ... more info