#CrowdSourced: “Blurred Lines” vs. “Got to Give it Up”

Tyler Young,

[gtxvideo vid=”276dRPpQ” playlist=”” pid=”Bbt3TRDe” thumb=”http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/276dRPpQ.jpg” vtitle=”Crowdsourced – 3/11”]

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — If you play “Blurred Lines” by Robin Thicke, Pharrell Williams and T.I.’s followed by Marvin Gaye’s “Got to Give it Up”, you are basically hearing the same song. A jury agrees and now $7.3M will go to Gaye’s estate. Today’s #CrowdSourced lookings into copyright infringment and how today’s artists handle previous musical influences.