article_snippet: (CNN)Marvin Gaye's children have penned an open letter in the hope of "set[ting]
article_snippet: Even though the outcome of the lawsuit favored the Gaye family, the children claim that all of this could have been avoided if Thicke and Williams had approached the Gaye family before releasing the single, especially since the similarities were deemed to be not coincidental.
article_snippet: Since the proceedings, Marvin Gaye's family had noted some similarities between Gaye's "Ain't That Peculiar" and
article_snippet: " Read the full open letter from Marvin Gaye's children below: .
article_snippet: An Open Letter from the Children of Marvin Gaye 3/18/15 .
highlights_snippet: Marvin Gaye's children wrote an open letter about the "Blurred Lines" lawsuit .
  