Just weeks ago, Led Zeppelin defeated a Los Angeles federal copyright infringement lawsuit claiming the opening to the 1971 classic “Stairway to Heaven” was a rip-off of the 1968 instrumental song ...
Led Zeppelin has claimed another round in the lengthy copyright dispute over "Stairway to Heaven." The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals today affirmed a lower court decision of no copyright infringement ...
Led Zeppelin have been embroiled in a long legal battle over copyright infringement, but after many years they can finally lay the accusations to rest. ’60s LA band Spirit claimed Led Zeppelin ripped ...
The infamous case between Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" and Spirit's "Taurus" continues. Zeppelin's lawyers requested an appeal for the case to be heard by a larger group of judges, which has ...
LOS ANGELES (CBSNewYork/AP)-- A trial is needed to determine if Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" copies its opening notes from a song performed by the rock band Spirit, a federal judge has ruled. U ...
“Stairway to Heaven” is about to take a brief detour through court. The estate of Randy Wolfe — guitarist of the American band Spirit — has finally succeeded in bringing a case of copyright ...
Led Zeppelin's classic 1971 song "Stairway to Heaven" is heading back to court. A U.S. appeals court has ordered a new trial regarding copyright issues with the song that stem from a 2016 case in ...
In 2014, Led Zeppelin was taken to court over a copyright dispute on behalf of the estate of the late frontman of Spirit, Randy Wolfe. According to the BBC, Wolfe’s lawyers argued that the band had ...
Classic rock was sometimes seen as the devil’s music but it knew how to get biblical. For example, Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven” resembles a famous Bible story. Interestingly, “Stairway to ...
Starting Tuesday, one of rock and roll’s most iconic songs, “Stairway to Heaven,” will be scrutinized by a federal jury tasked with deciding whether the 1971 Led Zeppelin song—which has generated some ...
LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A federal jury in Los Angeles has found the band Led Zeppelin did not steal the opening to its classic anthem "Stairway to Heaven." The eight-person jury reached its verdict ...
After less than a day’s deliberation, an 8-person Los Angeles jury decided that Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway To Heaven” did not copy from Spirit’s 1968 instrumental, “Taurus.” The verdict came Thursday ...