Jimmy Page and Robert Plant have been in court the past few days (and JP Jones made a visit, too), to fight a lawsuit that they plagiarized Spirit's "Taurus" when writing "Stairway to Heaven". Of course, they have a reputation of "using" old blues tunes, but this one seems really a stretch. One wonders why now, over 40 years later...
"Money" seems like a reasonable answer.
Here's the song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHaEAanPDpc
And here's the latest update on the trial:
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/n...s-ugly-as-plaintiffs-rest-their-case-20160618
It's actually sort of interesting, but as as been said before - all music is in some ways derivative of other music, so one hopes lawsuits don't take over the music writing industry.
walrus
"Money" seems like a reasonable answer.
Here's the song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHaEAanPDpc
And here's the latest update on the trial:
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/n...s-ugly-as-plaintiffs-rest-their-case-20160618
It's actually sort of interesting, but as as been said before - all music is in some ways derivative of other music, so one hopes lawsuits don't take over the music writing industry.
walrus