all had an impact on marcus johnson. >> influence is key and i grew up listening to people like bobby lyle quincy jones, george duke. influence is very important. >>reporter: but how much influence is too much? that's what i jury decided in los angeles last tuesday in a landmark legal case. ♪♪ >>reporter: it involves this song released in 2013 called "blurred lines" written by pharell williams and robin thicke. the family of gaye charged they were not just inspired by his work but plagarized it. they claim the hit was too similar to gaye's 1977 hit "got to give it up." >> they thought the gaye family would not have the resources or ability or wherewithal to fight this fight. they learned wrong. >>reporter: the jury sided with the gaye family awarding his heirs $7.4 million as a result of the inflingmentringement. >> any clients know in their heart they wrote that song independently. >>reporter: still the accusation is not uncommon. earlier this year singer tom petty settled out of court that sam smith's song stay with me sounded like his hit i won't back down recorded in the 1980s. in

all had an influences on marcus johnson. >> influence is key. i grew up and listened to people quincy joan, george duke. influence is very important. >> reporter: how much influence is too much? that's what a injury decided tuesday in a land mark legal case. it involves this song released in 2013 called blurred lines written by farelwilliams and robin thicke. the family of the late soul singer of marvin gaye scai they plaijarrized his work on they qlaim the hit blurred lines was just a little too similar to gaye's hit got to give it up. >> they thought the gaye family would not have the resource, not have the ability and the where with all to fight this fight. they learned wrong. >> reporter: the jury sided with the gaye family awaring his heirs millions. >> they know they wrote that song innocently. independently. >> reporter: singer tom petty settled out of court, sam smith stay with me sounded like his hit i won't back down recorded in the '80s. in an industry where the majority of music is down loaded off the internet, johnson says copyright

johnson. >> we have a marcus books motion and second just making sure i agree with commissioner wu this is a little bit a will that loophole i don't want to see a project where you have shared bathrooms and other necessary space if you have your own self-contained space of it's miller. >> small i appreciate that change can i ask a followup question >> no. >> (laughter). >> i appreciate the changes commissioner moore. >> there's one thought a residential thought the western selma as well as our new emerging policies on alleys and i hope that director start to talk with sfmta and talk about how alleys are being used commissioner johnck's description of being one over i'll not be comfortable we have people living in the alleys lots of elderly people particularly around the yerba buena walking the alleys that's the only area to comfortably walk and as we're elevating the alley we need to have restrictions of only tenant live there. >> we'll have a joint hearing. >> joint hearing that's a very good idea but have a policy to work with the developers more. >> commissioner richards. >> one other com

johnson in the early hours of wednesday morning. so many have weighed in on this conversation. one of the latest to do it is marcus and last night he talked to anderson cooper after he spoke with johnson to get his side of the story. >> he told me when i saw him that he was on a corner and that's the area across from the university with other students. he was talking to the person at the front door of the particular pub. i guess the bouncer. and suddenly he was asked to come over to speak with an officer. the officer asked him for his i.d. he presented the i.d. and there was some confusion about whether the i.d. was fake or not. the i.d. was not fake. i saw his i.d. he has i.d. from the state of illinois. his birthday is listed correctly on the i.d. i think the officer asked him his zip code. he gave the zip code for his current home his mother just bought a new home recently but his i.d. from the state of illinois which is still valid through june when he becomes 21 had a different zip code. there was some confusion for the officer. then he was asked to go over and speak to another officer and he was asked about

marcus martin, chief officer for diversity and equity. joining us now, dr. martin, thank you for being with us. >> thank you. >> i understand you spoke to martese johnson. what did he tell you about the incident? >> that's correct. anderson, let me preface this by saying i'm a professor of emergency medicine at the university of virginia, but i was not in the emergency department when martese came in and so i don't have access to his medical records and i don't have access to the police records, but i spoke with him along with several other students in the office of dr. maurice, the dean of office of african-american affairs. i've known for three years, member of the honor committee, orientation leader, a mentor in the office for african-american affairs. he's an upstanding citizen and contributed a lot to the university and the community. he told me when i saw him that he was on the corner and that's the area across from the university with other students. he was talking to the person at the front door of the particular pub, i guess the bouncer. and suddenly, he was asked to come over to speak with an abc officer. the officer asked him for his id. he p