Thread: Music 'Blurred Lines' verdict......good or bad for music?
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Old 03-17-2015, 08:02 PM   #100
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Originally Posted by eDave View Post
Zeppelin next:

Back in May, family members of Spirit frontman Randy Craig Wolfe (a.k.a Randy California) filed the suit against Zeppelin, seeking monetary damages and a writing credit for the now-deceased Wolfe, NBC Philadelphia reports. Wolfe’s family claims that Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page ripped off the chords for “Stairway to Heaven” from Spirit’s 1968 tune “Taurus.” (The two bands at one point toured together and had thus become familiar with each other’s music.)

http://time.com/3528555/led-zeppelin...eaven-lawsuit/
They'll have a tough case against Zeppelin.

Once again, the law of the land is Lyric and Melody. You can have the same exact chord progession, which is why Blues music exists, as long as the melody and lyrics are different.

I have no doubt the Gaye verdict will be overturned.
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