Multi-Grammy singers Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams, who wrote and created the hit 2013 song 'Blurred Lines' may be facing a tarnished career after the jury awarded Marvin Gaye's children an ample amount of nearly US$7.4 million after determining that Thicke and Williams copied their father's music.

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The decision was declared by the jury last March 10, according to CBC Ca News.

Nona Gaye, Marvin Gaye's daughter, shed tears of joy as the verdict was being read by the attorney. She was hugged by her legal representative, Attorney Richard Busch.

"Right now, I feel free," said Nona, after the verdict was announced.

"Free from Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke's chains and what they tried to keep on us and the lies that we're told," she further added.

Williams and Thick expressed their disappointment, according to their lead attorney, Howard King.

"They're unwavering in their absolute conviction that they wrote this song independently," says King.

Both Thicke and Williams have earned more than US$7 million apiece on the song, according to the official testimony.

King also expressed the 'chilling effect' it can have on musicians who try to emulate a similar tune of an artist's song.

Larry Iser, an intellectual property attorney known to represent musicians in copyright cases was critical of the final decision.

"Unfortunately, today's jury verdict has blurred the lines between protectable elements of a musical composition and the unprotectable music style or groove exemplified by Marvin Gaye," Iser said.

"Although Gaye was the Prince Of Soul, he didn't own a copyright to the genre. And Thicke and Williams' homage to the feel of Marvin Gaye is not infringing," he further added.

However, in Gaye's childrens' side, they already branded Thicke and Williams' 'a liar' who tried to emulate their father's music.

"They fought this fight despite every odd being against them," said Busch about the Gaye family outside the court.

Canadian born singer Robin Thicke made a testimony that he didn't write the song while Williams created the song at least in half an hour about 3 years ago.

The process of comparing Gaye's music with the 'Blurred Lines' song focused on detailed analysis of the chords and notes in both songs.

The Jurors didn't actually hear Gaye's original song but rather they heard another version, which was solely based on the sheet music passed to gain copyright protection.

An expert hired by the Gaye family claimed that there were eight distinct elements from the original song,but another expert from Thicke and William's camp denies the similarities.

Three of Gaye's children sued the two singers in 2013 and they were all present when the final verdict was announced.

The verdict faces a possibility of years of appeals.

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