Led Zeppelin did not steal Stairway To Heaven riff

[MummyChunk]

Led Zeppelin did not steal Stairway To Heaven riff, appeals cour
rule
Led Zeppelin have triumphed in a long-running copyright disput

afte

a US appeals court ruled they did not steal the opening riff i
Stairway To Heaven
The British rock legends were accused in 2014 of ripping off

son

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 ha

upheld

2016 trial verdict that found Led Zeppelin did not copy it
Stairway To Heaven regularly appears on lists of the greatest roc
songs ever written, and the case has been one of the musi

industry'

longest-running and closely-watched disputes
Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant and guitarist Jimmy Page, wh

wrot

the song, could have faced a bill for millions of dollars i

damage

if they had lost
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-5180590

Than
God there is still some sanity in the court systems of the world


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Led Zeppelin did not steal Stairway To Heaven riff, appeals court
rules
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.
Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant and guitarist Jimmy Page, who
the song, could have faced a bill for millions of dollars in

damages

if they had lost.
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-51805905

Thank
God there is still some sanity in the court systems of the world.

The Appeals Court knew of their reworkings of old blues songs on half if not more of their discography? LOL! They were probably a bunch of old curmudgeons who had never even heard of Zep. The ruling means absolute bupkess!