LOS ANGELES, United Kingdom, jun. 23, 2016.- Led Zeppelin won the trial in the United States about an alleged plagiarism of “Stairway to Heaven”, his most famous song, after a jury ruled in favor of the famous British rock group, local media reported.
the decision was taken unanimously by the group of eight men and women who made up the jury in a court in Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Times said.
led Zeppelin was accused of the famous introduction guitar song, published in 1971, was copied directly from the instrumental song “Taurus”, created by the Spirit band in 1968.
in a statement overall, cited by US media, guitarist Jimmy Page and vocalist Robert Plant, Led Zeppelin, expressed his satisfaction at the outcome of the trial.
“we are grateful for the painstaking work of the jury and happy because it has ruled in our favor, dispelling the controversy about the origin of ‘Stairway to Heaven’ and confirming what we knew for 45 years. They appreciate the support of our fans and we want to leave behind this legal matter, “they said in the note.
The lawyers of Led Zeppelin defended on Monday that the applicants had failed to show evidence of the alleged illegal copy of the issue .
they argued, among other things, that the applicants have failed to demonstrate the similarities between the two songs, or Led Zeppelin hear “Taurus” before writing his legendary song.
Page himself rejected the accusations of plagiarism and said he had not heard the song Spirit until a few years ago.
the lawsuit against the British group was admitted in April by district judge Gary Klausner in Los Angeles, who at the time said that there were enough similarities between the two songs as for the case to be resolved in court.
the events date back to 2014, when the administrator Michael Skidmore, on behalf of the late guitarist Spirit, Randy California, filed the lawsuit by the similarity between the two issues.
Spirit and Led Zeppelin played together on several occasions in the late 60s of last century.
according to Skidmore, Jimmy Page asked California to teach him the chords of “Taurus”.
Page, Plant and bassist John Paul Jones, members alive Led Zeppelin, argued that the similarities between the two songs are limited to, popular in the world of music and can not be protectable by copyright “chromatically descending tone.”
Considered one of the most charismatic and influential bands rock history, Led Zeppelin began his career in the late 60s and swept over the next decade when he edited, among others, the album “Ledzeppelin IV” (1971), in which “Stairway to Heaven” was.
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