The rock classic “Stairway to Heaven” by Led Zeppelin is not plagiarism – to this conclusion a jury in Los Angeles has come. Robert Plant and Jimmy Page, singer and lead guitarist of the legendary band and composer of songs from 1970, were acquitted. They were in the court attended and took the judgment outwardly unmoved note.
To be exact, in the spectacular trial to the melancholic guitar sequence at the beginning of the eight-minute piece to a sad little arpeggio of about 15 seconds. The US rock band Spirit had Led Zeppelin accused the sequence “Taurus” plagiarized from her song.
The six-member jury found, however the conclusion that the two songs “substantially similar”. The jury bekmaen but not to listen to the songs themselves. As to 1976, only scores of pieces were protected by copyright and non-original photographs, no recordings left Judge Gary Klausner to the process. Musicologist played to the jury the pieces from the sheet off.
Page and Plant had argued in the process, the chord progression used by them spend it in music for centuries. The music from Spirit they then unaware belongs. Led Zeppelin had occurred late sixties as the opening act of Spirit in the US
The late Spirit guitarist Randy Wolfe alias Randy California, who composed “Taurus” had never even filed a plagiarism lawsuit -. He lacked the Money. Shortly before his death in 1997, he said in an interview, however, he felt “ripped off” by Led Zeppelin. The band have made millions of dollars with the song, but never thanked. Two years ago, then handed his trustee Michael Skidmore lawsuit.
Skidmore had wanted to achieve that Wolfe is mentioned in the song writing of “Stairway to Heaven” to make in the future of the royalties. The rehearsed the song million stick with the decision to continue in the hands of Led Zeppelin.
Against the band had existed earlier accusations of plagiarism, including the hit “Whole Lotta Love”. It came to each extrajudicial agreements.
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