Pharrell Williams performs at the iHeartRadio Music Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. (Chris Pizzello, AP)
The song's co-creator, along with singer Robin Thicke, were ordered to pay $7.3m to Marvin Gaye's estate for similarities based on inspiration, which is something the 41-year-old star says means artists have lost their "freedom to be inspired".
Speaking for the first time since the verdict was revealed, he said: "The verdict handicaps any creator out there who is making something that might be inspired by something else.
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