blurred lines by pharrell williams and robin thicke has become more controversial. the gaye family saying they copied his hit "give it up" and have to pay their family $7.3 million. >> reporter: the big summer hit of two years ago, but just how blur ed blurred is the line between this and the 1977 song "got to give it up" by marvin gaye? ♪ too similar, according to a jury in los angeles, which decided pharrell williams and robin thicke had crossed that line and breached copyright to the tune of more than $7 million. ♪ >> reporter: damages that didn't just bring tears to their eyes, was an emotional court case for marvin gaye's family. >> i feel free, free from honestly, free from pharrell williams and robin thicke's chains and what they tried to keep on us and the lies that were told. >> we did not start this fight. the jury wasn't allowed to know this, but pharrell williams and robin thicke filed this lawsuit against my clients in the gaye family for having the temerity to question whether "blurred lines" was an original song. >> reporter: pharrell williams wro

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frankly, the credibility of pharrell who is at the top of his game. nischelle turner is at the courthouse for tonight's "top story," blurred lines, the final note. >> i think pharrell williams' testimony is most critical. he's the one who created the song. he wrote the song in an hour by himself. so if anybody knows the intention behind the song, it's pharrell. >> i was in court today as attorneys went through points of contention on the jury form and prepared for closing arguments. there is still one central question, is blurred lines a copy of this marvin gaye song.

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robin thicke, pharrell williams and marvin gaye situation. well, it turns out that a jury is not siding with those guys. finding that the two copied parts of marvin gaye's 1977 hit "got to give it up," for their song, "blurred lines.” the two must pay marvin gaye's family more than $7 million in damages. >> right now, i feel free. free from pharrell williams and robin thicke's chains. and what they tried to keep on us. and the lies that were told. >> the verdict ends more than a year's worth of legal maneuvers between robin thicke and gaye's estate. they were seeking $25 million in damages. >>> well, television personality montel williams is taking a stand against predatory lending. the former daytime talk show host is refusing to be a pitchman for payday lender money mutual. the las vegas-based lender has been blasted with a $2 million penalty by regulators. they say it targeted low-income new yorkers with short-term loans with interest rates. some topping 1,300%. >>> britain newest cruise ship is ready to sail after a royal blessing. quee

robin thicicke and pharrell hear from the jury tonight. >>> and the miracle baby. the car in the water, 14 hours upside down in her car seat. we just heard from the hospital tonight. >>> good evening. and it's great to have you with us here on a tuesday night. and we begin with hillary clinton, talking for the first time about her e-mails. the private account she used during her time as secretary of state. arguing she was like so many others who simply used one e-mail account out of convenience. mrs. clinton saying before the cameras, looking back it would have been better if i'd used a second e-mail account. she said she's turned over any e-mail pertaining to work to the state department. but who decided what should be turned over? she faced a sea of reporters with many expecting mrs. clinton running for president again soon will this affect her run? abc's chief white house correspondent jonathan karl in the room today and asking the tough questions. >> reporter: a full week after the story first broke, hillary clinton tonight finally explained why she never used

[music] >> copyright ruling against robin thicke and pharrell williams that could change the music industry. >> hello, iraqi government forces and shia militia are advancing into the city of tikrit. their aim is to recapture the city from the islamic state in iraq and the levant, which has held it since last june. iraqi forces are said to move from the north where they're in control of a military hospital. also pushing towards the center of the city. the video shows troops and militiamen along side heavy vehicles in the neighborhood, recapturing tikrit giving a supply link against isil in the major northern city of mosul. >> this is northeastern tikrit iraqi army and sunni tribesmen are trying to push isil out of the city. >> we want to tell the iraqi people that tikrit will be liberated and retaken from isil troops. we will liberate tikrit from isil. and from there we'll move to mosul. >> they shot footage on wednesday. tikrit is controlled by isil. the city is on the highway linking baghdad to mosul further north. progress has bid slow here. partly because of boobie traps left by isil and

the jury must be satisfied that pharrell and thicke had access to the work. it's clear from the faces of the gay family they are happy they took this to court. for once pharrrkell williams probably isn't. >> i'm disappointed, and i am sure my clients are disappointed by the verdict. we know in our hearts that blurred lines is an independent creation from the heart and soul of pharrrkell williams and to one else. >> it doesn't end there. the family of marvin gay is acting for an injunction to stop the sung and pharrell and robin are considering an appeal. >> a lot of money is involved. >> i'm antonio mora, thank you for joining us. "inside story" is next. have a great night. >>> hi, i'm lisa fletcher. female genital mutilation and cutting is illegal in the united states. safe. a travelling tradition is in place in africa and the middle east it's impacted half a million in the u.s. and more than 130 million women worldwide, it's a difficult topic, but an immigrant from gambia who endured it travels

pharrell williams robin thicke t.i. absolutely firmly know that "blurred lines" was created from their hearts and souls and no other source. >> so they didn't think of marvin gaye's song at all when they came up with that? >> that's 100% accurate and that's what their sworn testimony was at trial. >> hasn't pharrell though said he's a big fan of marvin gaye? listened to his music and that he has been inspired or influenced by marvin gaye? >> absolutely. marvin gaye is one of his biggest heroes. he stood on the shoulders of marvin gaye in creating his music. like all musicians do. they're always inspired by somebody. the bottom line is no one owns the style or genre of marvin gaye as much as we admire him. >> a lot of people who have said that this verdict could hurt the music industry may not be looking at the other side in which, couldn't this help protect artists like pharrell williams like robin thicke in terms of protecting their creation? their creations? >> robin thicke and pharrell williams are happy. they're del

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a spokesperson for pharrell says this is a horrible precedence. linsey davis, abc news new york. >> this happens a lot. you say you're influenced. and the jury says flat-out stealing. >> it's a great song. i hope they don't cancel the song. >> you can't stop that song. that's a good song though. >> it is. >>> coming up a biker gang up to some good saving something small and precious. >>> and a flight attendant giving her talk in style.ou ties unprotected. nearly half a million cars were stolen in 2012, but for every car stolen 34 people had their identities stolen. identity thieves can steal your money, damage your credit and wreak havoc on your life. why risk it when you can help protect yourself from identity theft with one call to lifelock, the leader in identity-theft protection? lifelock actively patrols your sensitive, personal information every second of every day, helping to guard your social security number, your bank accounts and credit, even the equity in your home -- your valuable personal assets. look. your bank may alert you to suspi

matthew, pharrell williams says that the songs just sort of have the same feel. how do you distinguish between being influenced by another artist like marvin gaye creating a song that has the same feel as another song and basically stealing copyright infringement? >> that' what we've seen today. the jury found it was plagiarized. but they found it wasn't willful, which means they didn't find they purposefully went out to try to steal this song only that they incorporated elements and ultimately plagiarized the song even subconsciously, to create their version. >> so they did it subconsciously. but does this set an interesting precedent? are we going to see more lawsuits like this? >> that's the big question whether the flood dates will open to more of these types of case. now we live in an age where every song is searchable and everyone who owns a very famous song is going back and looking saying, is it similar to something that has come after it and become successful? the fine line between influence and infringement is very thin. >> i'm guessing this is going to

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>> pharrell is a child of sample based hip hop. he can play the songs that he was interested in sampling. most producers can't. when pharrell and the neptunes became really popular, what they are benefitting from is the people who want the sounds from the past but can't afford. live music was part of the sonic palette. what pharrell did for the thicke was an extension of what he was doing for the neptunes which is post-sample rap. >> i want to talk about trademarking whether it is katy perry and left shark and taylor swift. how much of that is informed by declining record sales? big artists are looking to any space they can to secure a profit. >> the question becomes what are you losing along the way. when taylor swift is shutting down shops on etsy for beer coolers with her lyrics, are use losing a fan? when i see them shutting down small creators who are inspired by them what they're telling those people is don't be inspired by them at least on my watch. >> it's great to see you, my friend. thank you for your time. >>> coming up

williams and no one else. >> reporter: pharrell thicke and rapper t.i. released a statement saying the ruling "sets a horrible precedent for music and creativity going forward." some in the music industry say the case could create a new standard when judging similar cases. >> the one and only part of a composition that's really protected by copyright is the melody of the song. ♪ i know you want it ♪ ♪ >> rear nowwe're now able to look at lawsuits on the inspiration and feel of previous songs that could potentially open up the door for all kinds of different cases. >> reporter: the trial lasted more than a week both williams and thicke testified. jurors never heard full versions of either song. instead they were told to focus solely on the sheet music. expert witnesses called musicologists compared the song note by note and came to different conclusions but gaye's attorneys decided to focus on similarities in phrases. the hook -- ♪ you're a good girl ♪ >> reporter: and the lyrics. >> this was about the copying of melody of harmony, it was about

but first, it is one of the most popular songs ever, but a jury says pharrell and robin thick could be i had -- copied it. how many millions they now have to pay up. (live look at old city. sue serio will have more in just a moment. jurors from the boston trial were shown a handwritten note inside the boat where tsarnaev dzhokhar was captured. three photos showed the blood stained note, which was also dotted when bullet holes prosecute remembers pushing for jurors to see the boat, too, yesterday the judge went to see it himself to decide whether or not to let the jury visit. >> two of the biggest names in music, robin thicke, pharrell williams, they must pay up. >> marvin gay's muse nick their hit song, blurred lines now, gay's family calling the ruling a victory, but others say such a bad precedent for the music industry in general. here's more. >> jury in los angeles awarding marvin game's -- gay ' children, $7.4 million in the so-called blurred lines trial. >> the jurors determining singers robin thicke, and pharrell williams, copied gay's music blurred lines which was l biggest sel

>> i already told pharrell. every time i see pharrell, "i say, pharrell, i love your station. i love your pandora station." and he's so humble. he's like, "thank you." you know, he's just a sweet guy. >> seth: have you heard that song "happy"? [ laughter ] it's really good. if you get a chance, you should try to listen to that. i'm pretty good with music. i think it's going to be a hit. [ laughter ] thank you so much for being here. >> thank you for having me! >> seth: mary j. blige, everyone. her album, "the london sessions", is available now. and you can watch her on "empire." i can't wait, march 11th. we'll be right back with stephen amell. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ and, uh, i just can't fight it anymore ♪ ♪ it's bundle time ♪ bundle ♪ mm, feel those savings, baby and that's how a home and auto bundle is made. better he learns it here than on the streets. the miracle of bundling -- now, that's progressive. when you take advil you get relief right at the site of pain. wherever it is. advil stops pain right where it starts. relief doesn't get any better than thi

pharrell's other big hit? >> i talked to marvin gaye's family. do they have a problem with his song "happy," too? ♪♪ ♪♪ >> do you think that it has similarities? >> is the family mad enough to take aim at "happy"? >> what they told me after winning millions in court. >> then we have just-released video of the fatal "midnight rider" train accident. see how kurt russell's son narrowly escaped death. >>> and a woman accusing "7th heaven" stephenol clins. >> and jim parsons, this is your life. we flashback with his mom. >> reality tv's "neighbors with benefits". >> we are swingers. >> help yourself to everything in the house. >> we weren't ready to settle down specifically with one person. >> and bieber's new old look. >> justin a buddy floyd mayweather, jr. is here

rulings seemed to be going in the favor of pharrell and robin thicke. the judge said let's look at the compositional elements. this is not about playing the song back to back where they seem to have a market similarity but on the sheet music are these the same song. there's a lot of testimony. the injury believed the experts who say there was a market similarity. >> but pharrell williams is known as one of the best songwriters in the business. >> who is a fan of pharrell williams. could it be you? >> it could be me. it could be you. >> i think that the line here is one that was found in a court of law. i'll tell you. i can't define it for you. i know it when i hear it and i thought there was market similarity between these songs. i was the guy in our office early on when this song came on and said don't you hear it don't you hear it. >> it's a dangerous precedent however. >> it ace dangerous press department. there's a lot of concern that this could have a chilling effect on creativity in the music industry and i'm not sure it will but i do think that l

howard king is williams' attorney. >> the song "blurred lines" came from the heart and soul of pharrell williams, and no one else. >> reporter: richard bush is the gaye family's attorney. >> and throughout this case they made comments about how this was about eye groove and about how this was an error and how about this was about a genre. it wasn't. it was about the copying of "got to give it up." >> reporter: the jury awarded marvin gaye's family $7.4 million for the copyright infringement. scott, pharrell williams and robin thicke have each made about $5 million from "blurred lines." >> pelley: john blackstone in our san francisco newsroom, john, thanks very much. two teens foil a child abduction when we come back. you owned your car for four years. you named it brad. you loved brad. and then you totaled him. you two had been through everything together. two boyfriends. three jobs. you're like "nothing can replace brad!" then liberty mutual calls. and you break into your happy dance. if you sign up for better car replacement, we'll pay for a car that's a model year newer with 15,000 f

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. >> and robin thicke and pharrell and did they rip off marvin gaye? tonight, i will talk to marvin gaye's wife, and we will talk about that. >> now i want to talk about the latest from ferguson missouri and everybody knew it was coming and today, the police chief thomas jackson announced he is residing. today, sara sidner is joining us us, and we spent a lot of time in ferguson. and he sent me this statement this is the final piece that i hope that ferguson can e emerge to be the best small town it can be. it is going to be tough work, and do you believe this is the best step that be done to restore the faith in ferguson? >> yes, and no. those protesting have been out, and this is the first thing they wanted to ask for, and they wanted punishment toward officer darren wilson who have to be e saying that the d.o.j. said no charges, and no civil rights or criminal charges, and that is the way the law is and that is the way it is, because two groups have said that he is exonerated, but the police chief admits himself that mistakes were made after the sho

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pharrell and robin thicke got to give it up. a jury says they are too much from a 1970's soul song and it will cost them millions of dollars. welcome to "market makers." i am stephanie ruhle. my partner, erik schatzker, will be here shortly. let's take you to the bulletin the top business stories of the morning. we haven't seen the dollar this strong against the euro in almost a dozen years. it is now approaching parity. earlier today, the euro crashed through the 106 bubble and the dollar is up 11% this year, 22% since last june. the stronger dollar will hold down inflation and consumers will see lower prices on important -- imported products. bond guru on the west coast has a message for the fed -- raise rates at your own risk. even janet yellen may make the same mistake as counterparts in europe, raising too soon and then having to cut again. in an investor presentation, he also predicted that gold could climb 20% this year, and he says you should not bet against the strong u.s. dollar. airlines in the u.s. are expected to ha

and pharrell. i think pharrell is a genius myself. what he does with music -- >> why? >> do you call an artist who borrows a lot of different things and puts them together i'm saying the style of collaging is taking source. james brown ripped himself off. >> this is a claim for synthetic genius. because msnbc, we talk a lot about genius and trying to reflect on it. we have a tendency to believe only originality. >> no idea is original. >> the last original person was god. >> first of all, you just made god a person. >> i will stick with that all morning. but you're right, people borrow from each other. in the 17th century they had no conception of what this was about. there's a sweet promiscuity about creativity. they can uncon -- the point is i feel the same vibe when i feel that song. that's either homage or that's thievery at a certain level. >> a quick break. i also want to ask somebody who only produces intellectual property, how do you protect it? >>> but before we do let's pause please as this is after all nerdland. we must at least acknowledge that today is pi

it was pharrell williams and robin thicke and t.i. who preemptively sued robin -- marvin gaye's family. they sued not only that family but also funkadelic because they thought they were about to get hit themselves. in turn, these people countersued. funkadelic settled last year. anna: what has been the reaction of the artists involved? caroline: they say it evoke an era. they set it is starkly different. i would have loved to have been in the courtroom. you have robin thicke at times playing certain songs, trying to show how familiar and similar certain sums are. he played a medley of u2 the beatles, bob marley, as well as michael jackson. he tried to show that there are similarities between songs and medleys. you take inspiration, you don't out and out copy. we heard from lawyers howard king supporting pharrell williams saying they are extremely disappointed by the ruling. they say it set a horrible precedent or the music industry. they say pharrell play this with his heart, his mind, his soul. they are considering other legal option

robin thicke and pharrell williams must now pay $7.4 million unless they appeal. a jury decided "blurred lines" sounded too much like marvin gay's 1977 hit, "got to give it up." gay's family today announcing they are seeking an end to the sale and distribution of the song unless of course they reach an agreement with thicke and pharrell on how to split the profits. christopher john farley joins me senior editor at the "wall street journal" and author of "game world." first let's compare the two. i want you to listen to the introductions of both songs lumped together, no lyrics. ♪ the '70s feel and he looked up to marvin gay. my question is where's the line between inspiration and just stealing? >> here's the thing. the music industry is built on love and theft. in fact bob dylan once had an album called "love and theft." you go back through music history, james brown borrowed from little richard. michael jackson borrowed from james brown. justin timberlake borrowed from all of them. if you read the biography of marvin gay, "divided soul," marvin gay says he was

. >> this afternoon jury ruling against pharrell williams and robin thicke finding they copied marvin gay classic. >> see if you hear any similarity. blurred line then got to give it up. >> on the stand sing robin thicke seep here outside the california court reiterated his admiration for gay music in this vh 1 interview. >> favorite song was marvin quay got to give it up. so he tried to get a little groove like that going. >> jurors heard gay song played off sheet music to compare the beat and apparently it struck a chord. now awarding gay family a portion of blurred lines nearly 17 million dollars profit. legal analyst say this verdict sends a loud message to the music industry. >> i think will lead any musician inspired by another song to think twice about. this is a big legal ruling. >>reporter: attorney for the gay family says the family now has the right to ask the court to prohibit future sales of blurred lines meanwhile spokesperson for pharrell says this sets horrible precedent for music and that he and thick are weighing their options. lindsay davis abc news new york lindsay

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at issue was the robin thicke and pharrell song "blushed lines." it sounds like this. ♪ ♪ if you can't hear what i'm trying to say ♪ >> relatives of marvin gaye claimed it was too similar to his 1977 hit "gotta give it up." listen. ♪ the jury agreed with the gaye fell. attorneys for thicke and pharrell say they may appeal the decision. it's really similar. >> the robin thicke song not just bad but illegal it turns out. a double whammy. >> you said that all summer of 2013. >> i'm not a giant fan of robin thicke. >> you could not live in this country and get away from that song for the entire summer of 2013. and now they've got to pay $7.3 million. >>> kicked out of school pleading for forgiveness. two students picking up the pieces after the video of their racist chants spread around the world. we have the latest developments from the university of oklahoma next. nobody told us to expect it... intercourse that's painful due to menopausal changes it's not likely to go away on its own. so let's do something about it. premarin vaginal cream can

then gaye's song. ♪ hey hey hey ♪ ♪ hey hey hey ♪ ♪ >> reporter: pharrell, robin thicke and rapper t.i. telling abc news in a joint statement the ruling "sets a horrible precedent for music." these types of conflicts are not unusual. led zeppelin accused of stealing the melody of the 1968 spirit song "taurus" for "stairway to heaven." listen to the comparison. first zeppelin, then spirit. ♪ >> reporter: meanwhile, another recent case quietly resolved out of court. listen to sam smith's "stay with me" and then tom petty's "i won't back down." ♪ oh won't you stay with me ♪ ♪ well, i won't back down ♪ >> linsey is with us now. i've been reading a lot of what you have been tweeting from home. a lot of people have very strong opinions on both sides about this, whether it's stolen or inspiration. and you point out that marvin gaye's family tonight, trying to stop the sales of "blurred lines"? >> reporter: that's right. and it's very possible that the sales could be stopped, although it likely would only be temporary until both sides are able to come to an agreement on how to split

the trial forced thicke to admit that he didn't actually write the song pharrell did. "blurred lines" has made more than $16 million. he got paid $5.6 million than that. pharrell a little less with $5.1 million. >> i imagine those are figures a record company does not like to be airing. >> oh, absolutely not. record companies guard this stuff like ft. knox. >> if a jury comes back and says, yes, this is copyright effect and, yes, you did rip off this song do you think it's going to have a chilling history. >> there's going to be a floodgate where every artist is going to look at songs that came out and say, you know what? maybe we have a claim here. >> reporter: the jury could decide the case at the end of the week. ben tracy, cbs news los angeles. >> they're both great songs. you can hear the similarities and i hear differences too. >> how do you measure the difference of what is and what is not. >> i they're all talented musicians putting out great music. we'll see. >> we'll see. >>> this morning another los angeles hospital is reporting cases of a deadly super bug.

the lawyers for robin thicke and for pharrell are going to examine their options. there are still a few more steps they would need to take before they got to a court of appeals. but there will definitely be back-and-forth between them. the lawyer for marvin gaye's family told me he was going to try to get an injunction so the song couldn't be sold until they came to an agreement over money. , until they're making sure they are getting paid. so it kind of depends on the way that goes. but it is sort of a murky area. but i'm sure-- being the music industry, they'll kind a way to go forward. but, yes the gayes i would imagine, the way, with this verdict holding, the gayes would be getting a portion of "blurred lines." >> ifill: what happens now with that song every time it plays? do lawyers have to get involve the at the front end instead of the back end? >> i hope not. i believe that people should be able to create compositions that they feel are unique. i think that it's possible that lawyers might be reviewing things but i think it's also a very hard thing to prove

after the verdict came down, pharrell said the ruling sets horrible precedent for music going forward. >> we know in our hearts that blurred lines is an independent creation from the heart and soul of pharrell williams and no one else. >> marvin gay's children say they are relieved that robin and pharrell's attorneys say they're reviewing the court's decision and considering a possible appeal. >> coming up: bringing back the firing squad. utah lawmakers vote to make it an option for prisoners n death row. why they say they want >> do you s&p moving into negative territory for the year, do you down 333 points, s&p down 35 points, the nasdaq down a full 82 points. target laying off 1700 workers, and permanently closing another 1400 open positions. the announcement putting a number, our last week's announcement that the company would eliminate several thousand jobs, this is part of the restructuring, aimed at saving $2 billion in costs over the next two years. target's spokeswoman says the cuts will come primarily at headquarters locations in the minneapoliser. >> good news for the ladie

to parties ♪ >> both thicke and pharrell denying copying the hit. during a two-week trial, farrell said he understood why fans connected the two songs but said soul music sound like soul music. ben fong torres doesn't believe this is a cop case of copyright infringement. >> yeah, okay, it's the same groove. and it is that kind of almost like percussion and that's it. there are so many dance songs with that same beat and with kind of a party atmosphere. that's why i'm surprised at the verdict. >> pharrell said he's disappointinged in the -- disappointed in the ruling. no comment from robin thicke. at least not yet. both of them earned more than $5 million off of that hit song. >> the producer and publisher made millions as well. >> oh, yeah. >> it was the number one song in 2013. it's amazing how many musicians say they've been influenced by other musicians in the past. you kind of wonder how far can you go -- >> yeah. interesting, tori. >>> 8:22. let's check in with brian who is in for sal. i believe sal is back tomorrow. >> yes. >> with having a ne

pharrell williams and robin thicke, ordered by a u.s. jury to give up $7.4 million in compensation to the children of the late marvin gaye. lord lines was found to be too similar to give it up. we will talk about what this means for young musicians who want to sample older songs with joe libby. stay tuned for that. 30 minutes until the close of trading, let's go back to the breaking news desk, where scarlet fu is taking a look at some of the mood -- movers on this snoozer of a day. >> perhaps there will be more excitement after the close. the banks responded to the fed stress test results and ahead of that we are seeing rallies from big names like citigroup, goldman sachs, and bank of america, all of them posting their best day in a month. last week goldman sachs came pretty close, the closest under some regulatory minimums where bank of america told us last month that they had demanded changes to some of their models. we want to tell you about shake shack, reporting its first financial results as a publicly traded company. can it live u

and i think the hubris of robin thicke and pharrell. >> people are mad at me for saying i think it is a bad verdict between marvin gaye is beloved. and they basically, as you heard jack ashford just say when i initially heard the songs, i didn't think there was an issue, but then when i heard them talking about how much they love marvin gaye. >> you say that it is essentially legally garbage. >> i think the judge made a mistake. he lied to oprah winfrey, it is over for robin thicke. you see that the family now is saying we own all of these songs. >> why should i care. what is the stakes? >> for a famous artist it is not a big deal and for someone new, maybe the style of the rolling stones, they will get sued right away? it's a serious issue. >> and jack was sort of saying that right? you made a point to me in the studio that it has to be the notes, can we look at the baseline for a second. when i saw this the baseline was one of the things that they contended were ripped off, but they're not the same baseline. just as a factual matter. look at them, those are not the same. but the rhy