Well, they didn't ripoff THAT band...
Well, they didn't ripoff THAT band...
Great, Stairway To Heaven was not stolen. Now Whole Lotta Love on the other hand.....
How old are u Zep haters?
Run along to your Beebers
Zeppelin are World Class Thieves. The made millions on stolen songs while the writers died in poverty. Thieves.
Does this mean that they can still play it on the radio for the next 45 years?
And if you listen very hard, the truth will come to you at last.
I knew the plaintiffs case was lost when I’d heard yesterday on BBC World Service that the plaintiff’s lawyer had Robert Plant on the stand and asked him if he didn’t remember a moment in 1970 when he personally met members of the band Led Zeppelin is accused of stealing from at a nightclub famous for hosting rock shows.
Robert Plant replied he absolutely didn’t remember anyone he’d hung out with during those days. The courtroom exploded into laughter while the plaintiff’s attorney stood there flaring his nostrils.
If you look at a lot of Pop, Country, or Blues Music, so many either borrowed or even stole certain chords, Riffs or whatever, anybody could bring suit against anyone.
Led Zeppelin won the suit probably because of sentimentality and being better known or a lot of subjective reasons. They won and don’t have to share or give up royalties.
So if you go to a satan-worship meeting and record it and play it backwards do you hear “Stairway to Heaven”?
Good! There is no such thing as stealing music.
All music is built on using previous riffs and melodies.
That riff in no way sounds like ‘Stairway’.
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.
