As I have previously discussed, after Marvin Gaye’s estate threatened legal action against Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams for intentional copyright infringement of Gaye’s song “Got to Give it Up”, Thicke and Williams replied with a preemptive lawsuit. Depositions for the lawsuit were taken from Thick and Williams in April. In Thicke’s deposition, he explains under oath that he had little to do with the creation of the song “Blurred Lines”, but chose to take credit for the hit after the fact. Thicke blamed his behavior and comments made to the press regarding wanting to make a song like Gaye’s ‘Got to Give It Up,’ on heavy drug and alcohol use at the time.
See Sean O’Neal, Robin Thicke Says He Can’t be Blamed for “Blurred Lines” Because He Was High, AV Club, Sept. 15, 2014.
