re: Robin Thicke & Pharrell Lose 'Blurred Lines' Lawsuit, Owe Gaye Family $7.3MM

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This is a bull shite decision, as far as I can tell.

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Bro, do you even measure fair use?
The four factors judges consider are:

1. the purpose and character of your use.
The purpose of the use was to make money off of a song.

2. the nature of the copyrighted work.
Marvin Gayes song was already a published piece of work

3. the amount and substantiality of the portion taken
He sampled the hook but didn't sample the words.

4. the effect of the use upon the potential market.
Pharell made Millions off this song.




I'd say this decision was fair.