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Appeals court rules Led Zeppelin did not steal Stairway To Heaven riff
Accepted submission by Anonymous Coward
at 2020-03-09 20:00:07
from the Name That Tune In 5 Notes dept.
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 [bbc.com]
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