SCOTUS Refuses to Hear Stairway Heaven Lawsuit Spirit v Led Zeppelin

[Meathead]

Ya gotta admit, the intro is exactly the same:

Led Zeppelin's Stairway To Heaven copyright battle is finally over

The US Supreme Court refuses to hear an appeal, meaning the long-running copyright case is over.

www.bbc.com

 

[Meathead]

I always thought that Stevie Wonder's "A Place in the Sun" sounds remarkably like Gary Moore's "Still Got the Blues". At least the guitar solo:

 

[toobfreak]

Ya gotta admit, the intro is exactly the same:

Led Zeppelin's Stairway To Heaven copyright battle is finally over

The US Supreme Court refuses to hear an appeal, meaning the long-running copyright case is over.

www.bbc.com

Just a few notes. That's not enough to support a case of plagiarism.

 

[JoeMoma]

When you consider the many thousands of songs written by various people, there are bound to be parts of songs that are very similar or even the same. In some cases it could be random, in other cases it could be on artist remembering what he heard before when he is composing "a new song".

 

[Meathead]

Ya gotta admit, the intro is exactly the same:

Led Zeppelin's Stairway To Heaven copyright battle is finally over

The US Supreme Court refuses to hear an appeal, meaning the long-running copyright case is over.

www.bbc.com

Just a few notes. That's not enough to support a case of plagiarism.

Not lawyer or musician, but hell there are rifts which seem suspiciously similar especially with Stevie Wonder and Gary Moore.

George Harrison lost against some musician with "My Sweet Lord" many years ago. Oh, "He's So Fine" by the Chiffons I think.

 

[Meathead]

When you consider the many thousands of songs written by various people, there are bound to be parts of songs that are very similar or even the same. In some cases it could be random, in other cases it could be on artist remembering what he heard before when he is composing "a new song".

I get that. Still, that's what copyright is for. In Harrison's case the judge said the same thing.

 

[MisterBeale]

Ya gotta admit, the intro is exactly the same:

Led Zeppelin's Stairway To Heaven copyright battle is finally over

The US Supreme Court refuses to hear an appeal, meaning the long-running copyright case is over.

www.bbc.com

Just a few notes. That's not enough to support a case of plagiarism.

Led Zeppelin is known for plagiarizing EVERYONE.

Of course they plagiarized it and used it as a core to the song.

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All musicians are influenced by somebody else and it's normal to trace some slight influences but beyond certain extent it's already too much - it's called plagiarism.

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[MisterBeale]

But THIS is the reason it ain't going no where.

. . . and you folks call yourselves "Americans."

 

[toobfreak]

Led Zeppelin is known for plagiarizing EVERYONE.
Of course they plagiarized it and used it as a core to the song.

Led Zeppelin's 10 Boldest Rip-Offs

Whether or not Jimmy Page and Robert Plant stole “Stairway to Heaven,” their catalog is full of blatant musical swipes

www.rollingstone.com

The Real Reason Led Zeppelin Covered Dazed And Confused By Jake Holmes - Grunge

Led Zeppelin dominated the rock and roll scene in the seventies, with songs like Stairway to Heaven, Kashmir, and When the Levee Breaks. One surprising fact? One of their greatest hits of all-time, Dazed and Confused, arguably isn't a Led Zeppelin original at all.

www.grunge.com

Top 10 Songs That Led Zeppelin Ripped Off

All musicians are influenced by somebody else and it's normal to trace some slight influences but beyond certain extent it's already too much - it's called plagiarism.

www.thetoptens.com

Just How Much Of Led Zeppelin's Music Was Stolen?

Led Zeppelin often comes under fire for stolen music, but how valid is that claim? We go through the band's first four albums to find out.

liveforlivemusic.com

I was never a huge Zeppelin fan (I like them), but some of these seem to go beyond sheer plausible coincidence.

 

[miketx]

Ya gotta admit, the intro is exactly the same:

Led Zeppelin's Stairway To Heaven copyright battle is finally over

The US Supreme Court refuses to hear an appeal, meaning the long-running copyright case is over.

www.bbc.com

Don't sound nothing like it.

 

[Meathead]

Ya gotta admit, the intro is exactly the same:

Led Zeppelin's Stairway To Heaven copyright battle is finally over

The US Supreme Court refuses to hear an appeal, meaning the long-running copyright case is over.

www.bbc.com

Don't sound nothing like it.

Seriously?

 

[meaner gene]

Ya gotta admit, the intro is exactly the same:

Led Zeppelin's Stairway To Heaven copyright battle is finally over

The US Supreme Court refuses to hear an appeal, meaning the long-running copyright case is over.

www.bbc.com

Don't sound nothing like it.

Are you kidding. It's closer than most high school cover bands back in the day.

 

[Muhammed]

Ya gotta admit, the intro is exactly the same:

Only if you are a musically illiterate retarded tone deaf moron.

Even if you are a tone deaf musically illiterate moron, all you have to do is look at the sheet music to see the fucking difference.

SMH

 

[westwall]

Ya gotta admit, the intro is exactly the same:

Led Zeppelin's Stairway To Heaven copyright battle is finally over

The US Supreme Court refuses to hear an appeal, meaning the long-running copyright case is over.

www.bbc.com

It's a chromatic scale that goes back to the Baroque era. It's been around a LONG time.

Anyone with an interest in music knows this.

 

[Muhammed]

Ya gotta admit, the intro is exactly the same:

Led Zeppelin's Stairway To Heaven copyright battle is finally over

The US Supreme Court refuses to hear an appeal, meaning the long-running copyright case is over.

www.bbc.com

Don't sound nothing like it.

Are you kidding. It's closer than most high school cover bands back in the day.

In a few bars, there is a slight similarity. Taurus has a line that descends one semitone at a time.

In thee intro to Stairway to Heaven, there is that same simple line combined with another melody that ascends simultaneously. Contrapuntal and contrary motion that does not exist in Taurus. It is much more complicated that Taurus.

And they are both in the very common key of A minor. That's where the similarity ends.

This was a fucking ridiculous and frivolous lawsuit from the beginning. Whatever lawyer(s) brought this case to the court should be disbarred, tarred and feathered.

 

[Canon Shooter]

It's a four or five note progression, that's all. It's not even the chords. Spirit walked it down, whereas Page walked it down on the lower strings and, at the same time, walked it up on the higher strings.

They're similar, but they're definitely not the same. That'd be like saying that "Sweet Home Alabama", "Helpless" and "Can't You See" are all the same because they're all D, C, G chord progressions...

 

[Muhammed]

On the D string of the guitar you play fret 7 then 6 then 5 then 4.

Maybe they should try to sue NASA for copyright infringement.