Led Zeppelin Did Not Lift 'Stairway To Heaven' Riff, Appeals Court Rules
Led Zeppelin did not steal the opening guitar riff of the band's song "Stairway to Heaven" from the defunct Los Angeles group Spirit, a federal appeals court ruled Monday.
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Led Zeppelin did not steal the opening guitar riff of the band's song "Stairway to Heaven" from the defunct Los Angeles group Spirit, a federal appeals court ruled Monday.
A U.S. appeals court on Friday ordered a new trial in a lawsuit accusing Led Zeppelin of copying an obscure 1960s instrumental for the intro to its classic 1971 rock anthem "Stairway to Heaven."
Led Zeppelin may have won the copyright war over its creation of "Stairway to Heaven," but it lost its battle Monday to recoup nearly $800,000 in defense fees.
A federal jury Thursday rejected a lawsuit alleging that Led Zeppelin stole the opening guitar riff of its classic hit "Stairway to Heaven" from an obscure tune by the defunct Los Angeles group Spirit.
Closing arguments are scheduled Wednesday in the federal copyright infringement lawsuit that claims Led Zeppelin stole its biggest hit "Stairway to Heaven" from the late Randy Wolfe, founder of the band Spirit.
Led Zeppelin's lawyers asked a judge to throw out a case accusing the band's songwriters of ripping off a riff for "Stairway to Heaven."
Led Zeppelin works that include "Stairway to Heaven" had revenues of nearly $60 million over the past five years, an economist testified Friday in a lawsuit accusing the band of lifting a passage from another songwriter's tune.
The guitarist says he had never heard the song his band is accused of ripping off until a few years ago.
The plaintiff's attorney claims the opening guitar riff of "Stairway" was stolen from a song by the defunct band, Spirit.
Generations of aspiring guitarists have tried to copy the riff from Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven."
A judge says a trial is needed to determine if Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" copies its opening notes from a song by the rock band Spirit.
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