Yesterday, a jury found that the 2013 song „Blurred Lines“ was an infringement of Marvin Gaye‘s „Got to Give It Up“ composition from 1977. Following the 7-million-dollar verdict, professional musicians are waking up to a fact that ordinary Internet users have long known: our overbearing copyright laws are a threat to creativity. Numerous musicians are expressing disbelief at the verdict, seeing little similarity between the two songs aside from a general „feel“ or „vibe.“ According to the LA Times: