Led Zep's Stairway To Heaven battle finally ends

The copyright dispute was originally lodged by journalist Michael Skidmore in 2014 on behalf of the estate of Randy Wolfe, the late frontman of Spirit.

Lawyers for Wolfe's estate argued that Led Zeppelin became familiar with Spirit's song after the two bands played on the same bill at a club in Birmingham in 1970, a year before Stairway to Heaven was released. In the original trial, Spirit's bassist Mark Andes testified that he met Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant at the show and played snooker with him afterwards.

Plant insisted he had no memory of the night, partially attributing his lack of memory to a bad car crash on his way home. Both he and his wife suffered head injuries in the accident, he told the court, after the windscreen of his Jaguar was left"buried" in his face. Guitarist Jimmy Page testified he had been unaware of Spirit's song until people started posting online comparisons in the early 2010s."I knew I had never heard that before," he said."It was totally alien to me."

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BBCWorld Is this a jojo reference?

 🎼You need not listen very hard The tune will come to you at last When all are one and one is all To be a rock and not to roll They're denying certiorari this session🎤. 

Sounds like the spirit has led them to the stairway to heaven.

No Stairway. Denied

Didn't realise the stairway case was still going on. I thought it was settled years ago. Trouble is, any guitarist mucking around an A minor fifth fret chord is going to produce something similar sounding. If you want a blatant copy Blondie's Dini Dini is a total rip off.

I don't know about you, but I've always preferred the Rolf Harris version, he just owned that song

BBCWorld yeah I mean they totally stole it, like they did with many of their hits, but who really cares...?

BBCWorld When compared to say, “Blurred Lines”, it’s obvious there is more at play here. Stairways intro similarity is so obvious, more so than anything in “lines”.

BBCWorld Breaking the key news story here

BBCWorld Thankyou! Shouldn't have started.

BBCWorld yeah they only care about banning healthcare, abortion and proliferating guns.

The O'jays version iz just az good!💯👍🏿

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