Led Zeppelin is going to trial for allegedly lifting the opening chords to ‘Stairway to Heaven’

12 Apr 2016 Leave a comment

by Ed Cyphers in General Posts Tags: , , ,

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(via The Week)

Led Zeppelin’s 1971 classic “Stairway to Heaven” is taking them straight to court. A U.S. judge ruled Friday that the song has “substantial” enough similarities to the instrumental piece “Taurus,” written by the band Spirit in 1967, that a jury should decide whether Led Zeppelin’s members are liable for copyright infringement…

Read more: http://theweek.com/speedreads/617902/led-zeppelin-going-trial-allegedly-lifting-opening-chords-stairway-heaven

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