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Stairway to Zeppelin... It's been said that Led Zeppelin was the greatest cover band of all history and recent news has Jimmy Page & Robert Plant going to court. This time it's to defend charges against them that their 1971 classic song "Stairway To Heaven" copied the introduction from "Taurus" a song previously recorded by the band Spirit. Alleged copyright infringement is nothing new to Zeppelin. More than a dozen songs have made it to the list. A handful of YouTube videos give comparisons if you need proof. look up the video: Led Zeppelin Examples of Plagiarism About 2 minutes into the video you will hear a God awful song by Joan Baez... Yeah, they clipped her song and did the world a favor !! I did read there is some coincidence that Zeppelin had often performed (or toured) with at least two of the artists who claimed infringement. Hmmmm.... Thanks for reading... |
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Ahhh... yes, then how do you explain out-of-court settlements if they didn't copy the work of other artists? However long ago, if they had made deals up-front to buy the rights for a small fee to little known blues singers, they wouldn't have to pay so much in attorneys fees down the road.
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