article_snippet: An attorney for Robin Thicke and Pharrell has said a decision in favor of Gaye's heirs could have a chilling effect on musicians who try to emulate an era or another artist's sound.
article_snippet: This was no doubt in response to the fact that Pharrell and Robin Thicke had filed a lawsuit against Gaye's estate back in August 2013 in an attempt to stop his family from suing his family for copyright infringement. '
article_snippet: We did not start this fight… Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke started a lawsuit against Gaye's estate,” Busch said outside of the courthouse. '
article_snippet: Busch branded Pharrell and Thicke liars who went beyond trying to emulate the sound of Gaye's late-1970s music and copied the R&B legend's hit Got to Give the R&B
article_snippet: could to stop the jury from hearing Gaye's song during the proceedings, allowing the defense's legal team to just listen to certain snippets of the music.
article_snippet: For this reason the infringement charge only applied to the sheet music for the two songs, making the case against Thicke and Pharrell that much more difficult for the Gaye family.
article_snippet: Busch however pointed out during Busch argument that Thicke said in interviews while promoting the single that Busch and Pharrell were trying to write something like Gaye's Got to Give It Up.
article_snippet: The biggest hit of my career was written by somebody else, and I was jealous and wanted credit,' said Thicke.
article_snippet: Thicke also took time on the stand to play a variety of songs that sound similar in music and tone in an attempt to strengthen Thicke case .
article_snippet: An appeal of the ruling is already being considered by Pharrell and Thicke's lawyer.