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Led Zeppelin Wins

Accepted submission by frojack at 2016-06-23 17:56:32
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frojack [soylentnews.org] writes:

CNBC [cnbc.com] and others report Led Zeppelin prevailed in the great Riff Robbery case:

Led Zeppelin did not steal a riff from an obscure 1960s instrumental tune to use for the introduction of its classic rock anthem "Stairway to Heaven," a federal court jury decided Thursday.
The verdict in Los Angeles settles a point that music fans have debated for decades but didn't find its way to court until two years ago, when the trustee for the late Randy Craig Wolfe filed a copyright lawsuit.

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