Category: Led Zeppelin

A Judge Has Ruled That Led Zeppelin Didn’t Rip Off “Stairway To Heaven”

June 23, 2016 / Posted by:

If you haven’t been following music lawsuit news or have a middle-aged Dad in your life who is really into both classic rock and plagiarism, then this will be new to you. Two years ago, a lawyer representing the estate of guitarist Randy Wolfe, formerly of a band called Spirit, filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Led Zeppelin. In it, they alleged that the guitar intro to Led Zeppelin’s 1971 song “Stairway to Heaven” had been stolen from an instrumental song Spirit released in 1968 called “Taurus.” However, the Associated Press says a jury didn’t agree, and earlier today they decided Led Zeppelin didn’t steal shit.

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