LOS ANGELES — Hans Zimmer has received more than just a win in a copyright infringement case – he also received an apology from a fellow composer who now says he mistakenly sued the Oscar-winner over the music to “12 Years a Slave.” Richard Friedman…
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Judge finds claim by Randy California’s estate was not frivolous. LOS ANGELES — Led Zeppelin may have won the copyright war over its creation of “Stairway to Heaven,” but it lost its battle Monday to recoup nearly $800,000 in defense fees. Judge R. Gary Klausner…
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Jury decided in June that “Stairway to Heaven” did not infringe on 1969 Spirit song “Taurus” The legal saga over the iconic Led Zeppelin song “Stairway to Heaven” is going into extra innings — or extra verses, if you prefer. The attorney for Michael Skidmore…
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Music spoke louder than words of witnesses for a jury that decided Led Zeppelin did not lift a riff from an obscure 1960s instrumental for the intro to its classic 1971 rock anthem “Stairway to Heaven.” The panel had heard the faded memories of rock…
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Blues and folk music have long been full of borrowing. But so has pop and rock — and the legal standard is blurry The poet T.S. Eliot had this to say about the creative process: “Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal; bad poets deface what…
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LOS ANGELES —A trial is needed to determine if the British band Led Zeppelin’s Stairway to Heaven copies its opening notes from a song performed by the American rock band Spirit, a federal judge has ruled. U.S District Judge R. Gary Klausner ruled Friday that lawyers for…
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