Marvin Gaye’s Family Wants More; Not Satisfied with $7.4 Million Jury Verdict

It was big news when Marvin Gaye’s heirs won their “Blurred Lines” copyright infringement lawsuit against Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke and were awarded $7.4 million in profits and damages, and although attorneys for Williams and Thicke stated their intention to appeal, does anybody really expect them to prevail?

Now, the Gaye family has filed motions to amend the jury verdict to include Universal Music, Interscope Records and Star Trak Entertainment to the list of infringers. They also want the court to hold rapper T.I. (real name, Clifford Harris, Jr.) accountable, contrary to the jury’s decision, and they want an injunction to halt further distribution of “Blurred Lines” and all copies impounded. The Gayes’ court papers say their intention is not to “interminably cease the exploitation of ‘Blurred Lines,’ but instead seek this injunction and impoundment in order to negotiate an agreement with Plaintiffs and Counter-Defendants for proper attribution of Marvin Gaye as a writer of ‘Blurred Lines’ and for the use of ‘Got to Give it Up’ in the infringing work, so that the Gayes may share in the copyright and all future proceeds of ‘Blurred Lines,’ as is their right.”

The Hollywood Reporter has the whole scoop on the aftermath of the jury verdict. Around here, we were jokingly wondering if they would revoke permission for Weird Al’s parody “Word Crimes.” Now we’re not so sure it’s a joke.