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Robin Thicke, T.I & Pharrell Williams in the Blurred Lines music video (YouTube)
Robin Thicke, T.I & Pharrell Williams in the Blurred Lines music video (YouTube)

Los Angeles - Singers Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams lied about how they crafted the 2013 hit Blurred Lines and should be financially punished for using music by Marvin Gaye, a lawyer for the late singer's family told a jury Thursday.

An attorney for Williams and Thicke, however, said his clients did nothing wrong in evoking the feeling of Gaye's music, and determining they improperly copied his work would have a chilling effect on musicians and other artists.

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