Marvin Gaye News

Marvin Gaye Family’s Music Copyright Verdict Reduced

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 percent royalty on …

Copyright Claim Against Led Zeppelin’s ‘Stairway to Heaven’ Moved to California

A lawsuit claiming that Stairway to Heaven was filched from an obscure song by the band Spirit has survived its first legal challenge. The Philadelphia judge in the copyright infringement case against Led Zeppelin ruled yesterday that the suit shouldn’t …