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Word on the curb is that Marvin Gaye, III (son of singer Marvin Gaye) is planning a lawsuit against Empire co-creator Lee Daniels, the FoxTV network and others for stealing his show concept.
Gaye claims that ‘Empire’ was totally his idea. While Gaye’s show was titled ‘Diamonds & Ballads,’ he feels that network executives may have stole his concept while he was pitching the show a few years back.
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I guess it was bound to happen…. and finally it has. “Blurred Lines,” the hot song of the Summer which is currently holding its position on the billboard charts, is now at the center of a legal battle.
Robin Thicke‘s monstrous jam featuring Atlanta’s own Clifford “T.I.” Harris and Pharrell Williams now has legal documents attached to its name in a federal court. *sigh*
The lawsuit expresses similar sentiments:
“Plaintiffs, who have the utmost respect for and admiration of Marvin Gaye, Funkadelic and their musical legacies, reluctantly file this action in the face of multiple adverse claims from alleged successors in interest to those artists,” it states.
“Defendants continue to insist that plaintiffs’ massively successful composition, ‘Blurred Lines,’ copies ‘their’ compositions.”s attached. [Source]
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Who’s Talking?