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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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Appeals Court Rules Led Zeppelin Did Not Steal Stairway to Heaven Riff
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(Score: 2) by martyb on Tuesday March 10 2020, @01:44PM (3 children)
One could argue this is different, but along the same lines I would like to offer up this all-time-favorite example of mine.
Rapture Riders [youtube.com] = Rapture - Blondie [youtube.com] + Riders on the Storm - The Doors [youtube.com]
I can still, vividly, recall when I first heard this on the radio while driving through town. I had to pull over to the side of the road! My brain kept struggling and alternating between giving primacy to the melody and then the lyrics and back again!
Wit is intellect, dancing.
(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Tuesday March 10 2020, @02:15PM
Man! The Doors ripped off Blondie! Shame! Harumph harumph!
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(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday March 10 2020, @03:54PM
Kid Rock did a pretty damn good job meshing Werewolves of London [youtube.com] and Sweet Home Alabama [youtube.com] and to create something entirely new and worthwhile in All Summer Long [youtube.com] as well.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 3, Informative) by Bot on Tuesday March 10 2020, @11:14PM
Hehe then enjoy this label, https://www.junodownload.com/products/mashed-up-funk-vol-7/1543818-02/ [junodownload.com]
The trick for the song you posted is that both songs are harmonically quite plain. And possibly already in key (nothing librubberband can't fix)
Good matches are kid creme's "Doing my own thang" loop with Seymour Bits (which should be a system analyst/programmer) "Bonparapara Attack!" or Tony Rallo's "Holdin' on" loop with "Street Player" (Chicago) remix loop... same
I had myself two unknown tracks that matched perfectly, https://www.mixcloud.com/do7ob/all-vinyl-mix-march-2000-future-boogie-nu-disco-house/ [mixcloud.com] from 19:38 to 21:38 are simply overlayed. No editing, no re cue no pitch shift. All you needed to do was keeping the beat in sync.
It's more rewarding when harmonic variations match, my fave vinyl era live mashup was with one song that had a distinct progression, that is Cerrone's Je suis music (cappella) with michael gray's The weekend (the original version, which was mostly instrumental). When I find the two records I post it somewhere.
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