Thats because there isn't one.
Somehow, someway, a combination of complete idiots on the jury and expert lawyering have convinced the aforesaid idiots there is a resemblance.

Correct you are.
The real story here isn't the jurys decision or copyright, blah, blah, blah...

The real story here, which isn't really surprising, is how incredibly fucking lame music is now that this song(if you can call it that), was the "big hit of 2013".
"Shite" is the right word.

I remember seeing an interview with Jim Martin from FNM where he said the same thing about "Come as you are", except he said the riff was from a band he was in before FNM.

I've been playing in bands(rock, metal, country, funk, blues, pop, etc), writing and recording music for a long time.
Reagan was president when I started.

I think I have a pretty good ear and can usually pick up songs pretty quick.
I don't have a degree in music, but have taken many music classes and played some classical and jazz pieces on guitar and bass in college.
Though my reading skills have diminished, I can play bass very proficiently, guitar pretty good, and a little piano and drums.
I can sing ok on some things and not bad on others...
I listen to a very wide variety of music, though at the moment its mainly ambient-trance, 70's hard rock or whatever they play on the Jazz station at night.

When I first started hearing the "buzz" about Pharell, etc I wasn't too impressed.
"Happy"? It should be called "Boring"...

Regardless, I think this ruling is a complete fucking joke.
If you think that song sounds like the Marvin Gaye tune, you've got your head way up your ass.
Ridiculous!
Rhythmically there is some resemblance, but that is a reach.
I imagine if you sit and listen long enough and try to rationalize a close enough resemblance to award some douche bags some money though they didn't do a fucking thing to deserve it(except the lawyers of course) then go ahead and award them.
The jury here are complete idiots IMHO.

I love that title: "Family Email Server"
Like it is some weird variant of MS SBS "for families".
You know, the email server that doesn't let bad things come through...

He's just waiting for the IPO.

Don't feel bad.
New apps come out all the time, and have the staying power of a fart in a hurricane.
Something else will come along to put yik yak out to pasture.

This panopticon will happen.
As the article says, it really has only just begun.

However, in my view, by the end of this century a "timeline" will be viewed as an incredibly narcissistic way to "live" and the vast majority of humanity won't partake in it.

There will come a time when people will want to live like human beings again, and not some kind of sad row in a table or formula in a spreadsheet.
Human beings with the understanding that "No one here gets out alive". and that life is for living, not re-living.

People will come to the realization that reality, experienced "in the moment" is incredibly richer and more fulfilling that being able to watch/listen/read a conversation you had with a friend twenty years earlier,

You need to watch "Breaking Bad" and then re-asses your position.

The ultimate example of what you describe are the "built narratives" used by sports commentators when they are describing a team who sucked at the beginning of the season and then comeback to make the playoffs then win the World Series/Superbowl/NBA Finals.

The highlights from games won and lost are played and edited to support the narrative.

I actually get a kick of out watching them rationalize how they knew the team in question was going to "overcome adversity" and "impose their will", etc;

Back in the early 90's a buddy and me would setup a gridded off 4'x8' piece of plywood on saw horses in this backyard and play WH 40K for hours. Damn that was fun! I loved the reactions the neighbors had...

Long live miniatures battles!

I hear the faint and cryptic laughter of Steve Jobs echoing in the distance...

Hiding Things?
Well of course, because modern UI design is all about obfuscating control over your device and interface.
Microsoft and the rest(this includes Linux desktops) don't want a "cluttered" user experience. UI designers seem to forget that people to need to modify and control their device and interface.

UI designers are too quick to "googlify" interfaces to such a degree that vast uncounted eons of time are wasted simply trying to modify simple things because UI designers have mandated a "spartan" and oh so Sprockets-like look and feel.
Users are tricked into thinking they shouldn't see the nuts and bolts.
Users are treated like idiots, and then become idiots.

My advice to anyone wanting to learn guitar?
Two Words: AC/DC

1. Any scene where he raises an eyebrow and has a mockingly surprised look.
2. Any scene where he uses the Vulcan nerve pinch or mind meld.
3. Any scene where he laughs or smiles.
4. Any scene from Amok Time when he fights Kirk and smiles at then end when he finds out Kirk doesn't die.
5. Any scene where he is dressed up in strange period costumes such as classical greek, nazi germany or 1930's gangster.