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Joe Satriani Sues Coldplay for Plagiarism
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/160...coldplay.jhtml
Dec 5 2008 9:27 AM EST Coldplay Sued By Joe Satriani For Allegedly Plagiarizing 'Viva La Vida' Melody Guitarist claims the Grammy-nominated song is a rip-off of his track 'If I Could Fly.' By Gil Kaufman Not long after Coldplay's Viva la Vida album hit shelves this summer, the blogosphere exploded with suggestions that the title track bore a striking resemblance to a 2004 instrumental track by rock guitarist Joe Satriani titled "If I Could Fly." Now, Satriani has accused the band of copyright infringement in a lawsuit filed on Thursday in Los Angeles federal court, according to a Reuters report. A day after the Coldplay album was nominated for seven Grammys, including Record and Song of the Year for "Viva la Vida," Satriani's suit claims that "Viva" incorporates "substantial original portions" of his track "If I Could Fly," from the Is There Love in Space? album. |
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12-05-2008, 11:39 AM | #2 |
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That's very difficult to prove in a court of law but I wish Joe all the best.
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12-05-2008, 11:42 AM | #3 |
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Jesus.
That's about as blatant as it gets. |
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12-05-2008, 11:42 AM | #4 |
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Apparently Gwyneth isn't that hip to them these days either.
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12-05-2008, 12:35 PM | #5 |
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I knew I had heard that song somewhere before -- so once I saw this earlier today, it was nice to learn I wasn't nuts.
Well, at least not when it comes to this issue. MM ~~
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12-05-2008, 12:43 PM | #6 |
Stay down bitch!
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No shit. Chicks love that band for some reason. Why do so many chicks have such aweful taste in music?
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12-05-2008, 01:10 PM | #7 |
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I saw coldplay live at the sprint center, they were amazing, but i like the previous albums
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12-05-2008, 01:20 PM | #8 |
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I've never heard of the first guy, but coldplay is pretty sweet. they rocked sprint center
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12-05-2008, 01:24 PM | #9 |
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What kind of guitarist doesn't know who Satch is?
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12-05-2008, 01:25 PM | #10 |
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song sounds great on the youtube link where they actually play the 2 songs at the same time.
the guitar fills out the song nicely
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12-05-2008, 01:25 PM | #11 |
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gah my avy spoiled my fishing attempt
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12-05-2008, 02:22 PM | #12 |
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I can totally believe that this wasn't intentional. I don't think for a second that anyone in Coldplay has listened to a Satriani record before.
So it probably isn't plagarism without any intent behind it. Who knows. Satch > Coldplay, btw. |
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12-05-2008, 02:23 PM | #13 |
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Yeah, it really did. There needs to me a full-on remix; I'd listen to it a lot.
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12-05-2008, 02:35 PM | #14 |
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This is totally accidental and there are probably at least 100 songs out there that are exactly the same as these two.
Here are the chords. C - D - G - emin The melody is only the same for three notes over the first two chords. After that, they are actually pretty different melodies, but of course the two harmonize together since they're played out of the same scale and over the same chords. Satch knows this wasn't done on purpose. He's well aware of how generic the two songs are and how common that melody is over these chords. |
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Name four other songs with that riff and that tempo and I'll side with your argument. If you check out the youtube link in the original post, you'll understand why Joe has a good case. You could have them both perform at the same time on the same stage... and you'd go away believing that at least one person on the stage knew what he was doing.
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