A judge has trimmed more than $1m (£639,000) from the damages Pharrell Williams was ordered to pay after the Blurred Lines copyright trial.
The case revolved around the question of whether Williams and his co-writer Robin Thicke had copied Marvin Gaye's 1977 hit Got To Give It Up.
In March, a jury ruled that they had, and awarded Gaye's family $7.3m in damages.
But US District Judge John A Kronstadt has now slashed that to $5.3m.
The cut comprises a reduction in actual damages from $4m to just under $3.2m, and a drop in the profits that Williams has to turn over from about $1.6 million to about $358,000.
The judge also gave Gaye's family a 50% cut of future earnings from the song, but rejected a request that would have temporarily blocked sales and performances of the track.
Kronstadt's ruling [published here] also refused a request by Thicke and Williams' lawyers for a new trial.
In March, jurors found that rapper TI, who received a songwriting credit and a share of the royalties for his verse on Blurred Lines, did not commit copyright infringement - but Kronstadt ruled that other elements of the jury's verdict mean he must be included in the judgment.
He also found that found that Interscope Records, Universal Music Group and Star Trak Entertainment were liable.
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