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Jury Finds Led Zeppelin Did Not Steal Intro to Rock Epic 'Stairway to Heaven'
NBC News ^ | 6-23-2016

Posted on 06/23/2016 10:38:55 AM PDT by Snickering Hound

A Los Angeles jury has decided the band Led Zeppelin did not steal the opening to its classic anthem "Stairway to Heaven."

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ledzeppelin; spirit; stairwaytoheaven; taurus
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To: VerySadAmerican

I just used Sting as an example; of course there are others.


101 posted on 06/23/2016 12:24:03 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Peter Griffin on THE FAMILY GUY says Stink mumbles a bunch of stuff then you can only understand the last few words.


102 posted on 06/23/2016 12:34:20 PM PDT by VerySadAmerican
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To: Eddie01

Somebody owes George Harrison a big apology.


103 posted on 06/23/2016 12:35:14 PM PDT by eddie willers
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To: ealgeone
Could care less. Never liked Led Zeppelin and never like Stairway to Heaven. Sounded like a druggie song.

At the beginning of the 1970s, probably a third of the top-40 airplay was made up of "druggie songs". It's a byproduct of the era.

104 posted on 06/23/2016 12:42:34 PM PDT by Charles Martel (Endeavor to persevere...)
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To: circlecity
" Born under the wrong Sign"
105 posted on 06/23/2016 12:57:32 PM PDT by gigster (Cogito, Ergo, Ronaldus Magntown of horton bat, which is about seven miles from me in us Conservatus)
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To: MUDDOG
"Skinny legs and all". *Joe Tex ping*
106 posted on 06/23/2016 1:00:46 PM PDT by gigster (Cogito, Ergo, Ronaldus Magntown of horton bat, which is about seven miles from me in us Conservatus)
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To: circlecity
But, did you listen to "Jet Lag"?
107 posted on 06/23/2016 1:06:12 PM PDT by gigster (Cogito, Ergo, Ronaldus Magnus Conservatus)
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To: wardaddy
Run along to your Beebers. I can't. I'm busy Stuning It.
108 posted on 06/23/2016 1:09:15 PM PDT by gigster (Cogito, Ergo, Ronaldus Magnus Conservatus)
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To: lone star annie
Led Zeppelin 3 "Since I've been loving You."
109 posted on 06/23/2016 1:12:51 PM PDT by gigster (Cogito, Ergo, Ronaldus Magnus Conservatus)
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To: gigster

Help! My previous tagline was hijacked!


110 posted on 06/23/2016 1:16:16 PM PDT by gigster (Cogito, Ergo, Ronaldus Magnus Conservatus)
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To: DLfromthedesert

Money.


111 posted on 06/23/2016 1:16:37 PM PDT by gundog (Help us, Nairobi-Wan Kenobi...you're our only hope.)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

The alternative was disco.


112 posted on 06/23/2016 1:18:41 PM PDT by gundog (Help us, Nairobi-Wan Kenobi...you're our only hope.)
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To: Snickering Hound

Good. I heard the recording of the song they supposedly ripped off, and at most it has a similar sounding opening - similar instruments and so forth, but the actual melody was entirely different. Creating a song that sort of sounds like another, in style, is not copyright infringement - in fact I hear music used in various shows all the time that is clearly meant to be reminiscent of some well known song, while staying far enough away in terms of the actual melody to avoid copyright issues.


113 posted on 06/23/2016 1:24:40 PM PDT by -YYZ- (Strong like bull, smart like tractor.)
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To: gundog

But isn’t there a statute of limitations?


114 posted on 06/23/2016 1:36:13 PM PDT by DLfromthedesert
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To: DLfromthedesert

Maybe it restarts every time someone downloads Stairway.


115 posted on 06/23/2016 1:41:12 PM PDT by gundog (Help us, Nairobi-Wan Kenobi...you're our only hope.)
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To: gigster

“Gallows Poll” Hauntingly beautiful


116 posted on 06/23/2016 1:42:08 PM PDT by lone star annie
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To: lone star annie

Hang me on the Gallows Pole.


117 posted on 06/23/2016 2:01:58 PM PDT by gigster (Cogito, Ergo, Ronaldus Magnus Conservatus)
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To: Nicojones
This is consistent with the screwed up Supreme Court decisions today. Of course they copied it. It’s virtually identical. Unreal.

Obviously you are not a musician. There is not a single melody written in the last 50 years that wasn't written before by someone else. The opening lead to Stairway to Heaven is a common Baroque theme so it has been around literally for hundreds of years. Just about every blues song and every country song and most rock and roll songs are all built on the same simple chord progression that dates back hundreds of years in folk music and tavern songs. The Beatles ripped off tons of these progressions from the ragtime era, early Jazz, and swing era.

Nobody has a copyright on chord progressions. It is almost impossible to write a song today that can't be traced to a song that was written before.

Frankly I am shocked that this case ever went to trial. It should have been tossed out in pre-trial motions. I hope the loser pays through the nose for costs. This kind of nonsense has no place in the courts.

118 posted on 06/23/2016 2:31:15 PM PDT by P-Marlowe (Freep mail me if you want to be on my Fingerstyle Acoustic Guitar Ping list.)
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To: gigster
Skinny legs and all

I had it on an Atlantic Records superhits album. His label had a distribution deal with Atlantic. So did Stax. Atlantic put together some great superhit albums.

119 posted on 06/23/2016 3:03:14 PM PDT by MUDDOG
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Il7JIRCe1zo


120 posted on 06/23/2016 6:35:01 PM PDT by Albion Wilde ("We can't fix a rigged system by relying on the people who rigged it." --Donald Trump, 6/7/16)
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