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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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His full-version mash-up. |
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Why don't they just tour together. make a zillion dollars and call it a day. Hell might even make coldplay bareable for those of us who like a silky smooth vagina over a brazen hard asshole
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The letter of the law states "Lyrics and Melody". The melodies are nearly identical throughout, as is the tempo and arrangement. That is NOT accidental. Furthermore, while don't think this is "intentional", it did happen. Chris Martin probably heard the Satriani song in passing years ago, only to write his version years later. A lot of times, composers don't understand where the "music comes". I'm sure he wrote it not realizing that he'd heard that melody and song at some point in years past. Regardless, I'd be shocked if the judge didn't award 50% of the royalties and copyright credit to Joe Satch. |
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Yeah, its hard for me to see how Satch wouldn't receive some percentage of the royalties. And you would know more than I would.
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I just let my wife listen to this (she's a huge Coldplay fan) and she goes "They don't sound anything alike."
I called her reeruned, kicked her out of the room and now she's pissed at me. Oh well. It was worth it. |
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Here's one. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G57CgtX-BsI Once it gets to the verses. The guitar melody is the same for the first two chords. The rest is different enough that the casual listener won't compare the two, but the parts that are similar are the exact same parts. The same three notes being played over the same two chords for the same duration. It happens a lot. |
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VERY different. Again, letter of the law states "Lyric and Melody". Joe most certainly has a case. |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQCymJjKLsM Here's number two. The exact same chord progression. The vocal melody isn't the same, but the same three notes are the top line on the piano throughout. Same shit. |
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The only thing that is similar about the Coldplay/Satriani case is those three notes over the first two chords. I just pointed out another case where a song has those exact same three notes over the exact same first two chords. It doesn't matter how similar or how different the rest of the song is.
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Admittedly, I'm having trouble finding a 3rd or 4th. I've found plenty of songs that have the same progression, but none that use those exact three notes in the same spot. But I think the point is pretty clear that it's common enough that Joe shouldn't think he's got a patent on it. |
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Given Braincase's example, Joe Satriani ABSOLUTELY has a case. Not only can you lie the songs over each other to hear the similarities, they're the same exact tempo and same exact structure. Chris Martin's melody is a near perfect match for Satriani's guitar line. Huey Lewis won a similar case in the 1980's. The "Ghostbuster's Theme" was deemed a copy of "I Want a New Drug" and Lewis was awarded royalties and copyrights and IMO, Satriani has a stronger case. Again, I'd be absolutely SHOCKED if Satriani weren't granted 50% of the copyrights to the Coldplay song. |
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Yeah, the cord progression is pretty basic and if they were the same and that was all it was then that would be it. But because of the structure, tempo, melody being the f'ing same it's a rip job and Coldplay's sucktitude continues to be confirmed. I'm pretty sure Vanilla Ice ended up cutting a check to Queen for about 7 notes in Ice Ice Baby as well.
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