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posted by martyb on Sunday September 22 2019, @03:20PM   Printer-friendly
from the http://www.spiderrobinson.com/melancholyelephants.html dept.

https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2019/09/20/led-zeppelin-stairway-to-heaven-copyright-lawsuit-resumes/

The latest battle has been over their classic song "Stairway to Heaven," and amazingly, court proceedings are now in their fifth year. On September 23rd, the battle continues — once again — in federal court.

That's when the full 'en banc' panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit is scheduled to hear oral arguments in the copyright infringement lawsuit that the descendants of Randy Wolfe initially filed against Led Zeppelin. The descendants insist that the opening cords of "Stairway to Heaven" were stolen from a song that the late guitarist wrote called "Taurus," which was performed by the band Spirit.

[...] In August, more than 120 music artists filed an amicus brief in support of the band. The artists have said that if the lawsuit against Led Zeppelin succeeds, it could seriously hamper creativity in music. Even more impressively, the U.S. government also filed an amicus brief on behalf of Led Zeppelin, citing the need to "foster innovation and creative expression."

Previously:
Led Zeppelin Appear in Court Over Stairway to Heaven Vs Spirits Taurus Dispute Music Copyright Laws Worsen as Artists Give Up


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  • (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Monday September 23 2019, @09:18AM

    by FatPhil (863) <pc-soylentNO@SPAMasdf.fi> on Monday September 23 2019, @09:18AM (#897475) Homepage
    Oh, man, you so deserve a -0 disagree - I'd never heard the Kafka thing before, and it was so obvious he was just chopping together bits of the first 4 ELP albums - some less subtly than others (the Tarkus bit was hilariously unsubtle). However, because you piqued my interest, it's with a heavy heart that you'll only get my disagreement in verbal terms.

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