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Pharrell worried about entertainment industry after 'Blurred Lines' ruling

Pharrell Williams has voiced his concern over the future state of the entertainment industry following the controversial 'Blurred Lines' ruling.

As previously reported, a jury earlier this month ruled that Robin Thicke's 2013 song - which was co-written by Williams and TI - copied Gaye's 1977 track 'Got To Give It All'.

$7.3m (£4.8m) in damages is due to be given to Gaye's family.

Speaking to the Financial Times in his first interview since the ruling, Williams - who always denied plagiarism - said that the case sets a dangerous precedent.

He said: "There was no infringement. You can't own feelings and you can't own emotions...[in music] there are only the notations and the progression. Those were different.

"[The ruling] handicaps any creator out there who is making something that might be inspired by something else.

"This applies to fashion, music, design... anything. If we lose our freedom to be inspired we're going to look up one day and the entertainment industry as we know it will be frozen in litigation. This is about protecting the intellectual rights of people who have ideas...Everything that's around you in a room was inspired by something or someone. If you kill that, there's no creativity."

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Listen to the two tracks in question below: