Ngemuva kwamasonto amabili okuqulwa kwecala, inkantolo yase-US ithole ukuthi u-Robin Thicke, u-Pharrell Williams kanye nomrepha u-TI bakopela ingoma yakudala ka-Marvin Gaye ethi 'Got to Give It Up' ngesikhathi beqamba ingoma eshisa izikhotha ethi 'Blurred Lines'. Ngalesi sinqumo, amajaji anqume ukuthi ngokukopela kwalolu daba umndeni kaGaye uzothola isinxephezelo esilingana ne Ama-dollar ayi-7.3.
Howard King, ummeli walaba baculi, wayexwayise inkantolo ezinsukwini ngaphambi kwalokho "Isinqumo esingalungile singalimaza abaculi nezinkampani zokuqopha ezibaxhasa ngezimali, ngokuqonda ukuthi awukwazi ukuhlonipha uhlobo oluthile, isitayela noma isigqi", enezela lokho “Lokhu kubaluleke ukwedlula imali. Kuthinta ubuhlakani babaculi abasebasha ".
Ngemuva kokulalela isinqumo sejaji, abaculi bakhiphe isitatimende lapho bathi: “Nakuba siyaluhlonipha uhlelo lwezobulungiswa, siphoxeke kakhulu ngesinqumo esithathwe yinkantolo, esibeka isibonelo esibi emculweni nasekusunguleni izinto. 'Imigqa Efiphele' yadalwa kusuka ezinhliziyweni nasezingqondweni zika U-Pharrell Williams, uRobin Thicke no-TI futhi ayizange yebiwe kunoma ubani noma kuphi. Sibuyekeza isinqumo, sicabangela izinketho zethu futhi maduze uzoba nezindaba eziningi ezivela kithi ngalolu daba ".