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(65,805 posts) Mon Mar 9, 2020, 04:22 PM Mar 2020

Led Zeppelin did not steal Stairway To Heaven riff, appeals court rules [View all]

Source: BBC

Led Zeppelin did not steal Stairway To Heaven riff, appeals court rules

9 March 2020

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.

Stairway To Heaven regularly appears on lists of the greatest rock songs ever written, and the case has been one of the music industry's longest-running and closely-watched disputes.

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Led Zeppelin did not steal Stairway To Heaven riff, appeals court rules [View all] Eugene Mar 2020 OP

Is this thing still going on? Okay, not anymore. NT mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2020 #1

There's a few bars customerserviceguy Mar 2020 #2

I don't take this stuff seriously, since John Fogerty was accused of CaptYossarian Mar 2020 #3

That one was hilarious. Iggo Mar 2020 #5

They should do the same for George Harrison's "My Sweet Lord." Both suits were a load of bollocks. Nitram Mar 2020 #4

Twelve Tones Is All There Is ProfessorGAC Mar 2020 #7

And think of all the songs with the "Bo Diddley Beat." Nitram Mar 2020 #8

Great News SunshineState70 Mar 2020 #6

Check out this cover of "Good Times Bad Times" Elliot Waves Aug 2020 #9

Dueling intros Doc_Technical Sep 2020 #10