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Appeals Court Rules Led Zeppelin Did Not Steal Stairway to Heaven Riff

posted by martyb on Tuesday March 10 2020, @03:25AM   Printer-friendly
from the Name-That-Tune-In-5-Notes dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

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

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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by FatPhil on Tuesday March 10 2020, @11:42AM (3 children)

    by FatPhil (863) <{pc-soylent} {at} {asdf.fi}> on Tuesday March 10 2020, @11:42AM (#969002) Homepage
    The country music industry, like the pop industry, has been a sausage machine for decades. It's still frightening to see it demonstrated so clearly, though.
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  • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday March 10 2020, @03:48PM (2 children)

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Tuesday March 10 2020, @03:48PM (#969105) Homepage Journal

    Yup. Cookie-cutter pop stars in boots singing the same six songs with nothing but cosmetic and gender changes.Zero storytelling. I miss Marty Robbins and Hank Williams. Willie and Dolly still write the occasional gem but they're not gonna be around forever.

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    • (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Wednesday March 11 2020, @12:03AM (1 child)

      by FatPhil (863) <{pc-soylent} {at} {asdf.fi}> on Wednesday March 11 2020, @12:03AM (#969350) Homepage
      Respect for Hank and definitely Dolly - I think Jolene is an amazing song, even though it doesn't fit into the prog/metal/punk nexus I orbit around.
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