Led Zeppelin have triumphed in a long-running copyright dispute after a US appeals court ruled they did not steal the opening riff in Stairway To Heaven.
The British rock legends were accused in 2014 of ripping off a song called Taurus by the US band Spirit.
Taurus was written in 1968, three years before Stairway To Heaven.
Now, the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco has upheld a 2016 trial verdict that found Led Zeppelin did not copy it.
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-51805905
(Score: 2, Insightful) by anubi on Tuesday March 10 2020, @09:14AM (1 child)
We don't have mod for sad.
This a good example of what happens when a few have been entrusted to represent the public, then special interests game the laws they lobbied to have passed.
"Prove all things; hold fast that which is good." [KJV: I Thessalonians 5:21]
(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Tuesday March 10 2020, @02:00PM
I blame Hillary....ALWAYS blame Hillary.
She probably deserves it.
:)
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