Link (http://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/apr/12/stairway-to-heavens-opening-chords-may-have-been-stolen-judge-says)
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Led Zeppelin's lead singer Robert Plant and guitarist Jimmy Page must face a US jury trial over whether they stole opening chords for their 1971 classic Stairway to Heaven (http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/oct/22/stairway-to-heaven-unreleased-mix-led-zeppelin-iv-remastered).
(https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2014/10/21/1413887767697/dfbb075e-d779-4997-8cc0-70aa0ad5d9af-2060x1236.jpeg?w=460&q=55&auto=format&usm=12&fit=max&s=23a2dbd73bec592cc7e89fedc2828a4d) Read more In a decision on Friday, US district judge Gary Klausner in Los Angeles said the song and the 1967 instrumental Taurus by the band Spirit were similar enough to let a jury decide whether Plant and Page were liable for copyright infringement.
A trial is scheduled for 10 May.
The lawsuit was brought by Michael Skidmore, a trustee for the late Randy Wolfe, also known as Randy California, who was Spirit's guitarist and the composer of Taurus.
While it may be true, I'm always a little suspicious of such claims when made so long after the initial release of the song. I mean, is there someone in the music industry that never heard the song until very recently?
Well, yes old news.
Be your own judge.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFHLO_2_THg
I agree with good old Mr. Bumble.
I wonder if anybody in 1971 was suing over a song made in 1926.
Quote from: Valmy on April 12, 2016, 11:04:58 AM
I wonder if anybody in 1971 was suing over a song made in 1926.
Probably not; but then, I suspect no songs made in 1926 made a metric fuckton dollars(1). ;)
(1) Number is approximate. It may have made two or three metric fucktons of dollars. :P