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: 3, Interesting) by FatPhil on Tuesday March 10 2020, @02:52PM
Not many people state the "only the author has the copyright, everything else is a licence" line, it's nice to see it repeated as it's one idea I've thrown into discussions on the topic several times over the years, sometimes to much confusion, as it's a radical change from what we currently have. It would somewhat mess up the smooth running of the exploitative fairy-story-driven music business we currently have. Which is a good thing for almost everyone involved in music.
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