Yeah I mean I don't know anybody who doesn't think they sampled Marvin Gaye. I thought it was a forgone conclusion. They knew what they were doing and they gambled that they'd get away with it.I'm not even a fan of Blurred Lines or Pharrell/Robin, but there are not enough direct similarities between that song and Marvin's for her to collect. At most, you can say it was "inspired" by Marvin's, but nothing was directly influenced or borrowed from the song. As a musician, this is scary, we aren't allowed to be inspired by other people's music when creating our own?
I have to disagree with you on the lack of similarities. When I first heard that song I thought of Marvin Gaye only to be dissapointed to hear Robin Thicke. Wasnt there a back story where he was nasty to the family when they initially confronted him about it?