Robin Thicke gets out-of-court settlement rejected by Marvin Gaye's family after alleged copyright infringement

Robin Thicke has seen himself at the centre of much controversy over his recent mega-hit ‘Blurred Lines’. This time the subject isn’t the implied misogyny at the core of the massively selling track, instead Thicke has received criticism from the estate of Marvin Gaye over the alleged similarity of his song with that of Gaye’s ‘Got To Give It Up’.

Thicke had previously tried to settle the matter by countersuing Thicke, but now Billboard report that Gaye’s family have refused the compensation package the singer had in mind. Billboard’s source say that sum is thought to be a six figure pay-out.

Thicke has admitted in the past to being hugely influenced by Gaye’s classic, telling GQ that it was one of his favourite songs and remarking that he told Pharrell: “Damn, we should make something like that, something with that groove”, but denies copying it.

‘Blurred Lines’ has been at the top of the U.S singles chart for 10 consecutive weeks. You can check out both tracks below:

[via Clash]