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Led Zeppelin win ‘Stairway To Heaven’ copyright appeal case
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nme.comThe band were accused of copying a song by '60s band Spirit on the classic track Led Zeppelin have been cleared again of copying a song by the band Spirit on their classic track ‘Stairway To Heaven’.
Michael Skidmore, a trustee for the estate of Spirit guitarist Randy California, first filed a lawsuit against the British band in 2014.
He claimed that their 1971 hit ‘Stairway To Heaven’ had violated the copyright of Spirit’s 1968 track ‘Taurus’. However, a judge ruled in favour of Led Zeppelin in July 2016.
A new trial was later ordered by the US appeals court in September 2018. Now, the 9th US Circuit Court Of Appeals in San Francisco has once again ruled in favour of Led Zeppelin, saying Robert Plant and Jimmy Page did not infringe the
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