Civil Litigation,
Intellectual Property,
Entertainment & Sports,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Mar. 29, 2018
9th Circuit’s ‘Blurred Lines’ ruling will stifle future creativity
We wait, hoping, for the sake of the music industry, that the court will hear this case en banc, and ultimately do the right thing.
Edwin F. McPherson
Partner
McPherson LLP
Email: emcpherson@mcpherson-llp.com
Univ of San Diego SOL; San Diego CA
Ed specializes in music copyright litigation, general entertainment litigation, and crisis management.
In 2015, an eight-member federal jury rendered a verdict in favor of the heirs of Marvin Gaye and against Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke for allegedly infringing the copyright of Gaye's "Got to Give It Up" with their own chart-topping "Blurred Lines." In support of the subsequent appeal, I filed an amicus brief on behalf of 212 songwriters, composers, musicians and producers, all of whom expressed their "unmitigated outrage at the outcome of the trial, and how suc...
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