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Funkadelic element of Blurred Lines songs theft squabble settled
By Chris Cooke | Published on Friday 28 March 2014
The Funkadelic element of the ongoing ‘Blurred Lines’ litigation in the US is no more, after reps for Robin Thicke et al reached an out of court settlement with Bridgeport Music, which controls a chunk of the George Clinton and Funkadelic catalogue.
As previously reported, when it first emerged that Thicke and his collaborators on the controversial hit, Pharrell Williams and TI, had been accused of improperly lifting elements from existing tracks, both Marvin Gaye’s ‘Got To Give Up’ and Funkadelic’s ‘Sexy Ways’ were mentioned.
Though Clinton – who is often critical of Bridgeport – quickly said he didn’t hear anything in Thicke’s record that could constitute infringement of one of his tracks, and most of the subsequent legal shenanigans has centred on the Gaye family’s claims.
And as that legal dispute goes through the motions, it’s now been confirmed that Thicke’s reps and Bridgeport have reached a settlement, terms of which are not known.
