'Stairway to Heaven' cleared by judge for trial in copyright case
By Associated Press in Los Angeles | China Daily | Updated: 2016-04-13 08:33
Legendary rock band Led Zeppelin accused of stealing opening notes from Taurus, a song performed by Spirit
A trial is needed to determine if Led Zeppelin's Stairway to Heaven copies its opening notes from a song performed by the rock band Spirit, a federal judge has ruled.
US District Judge R. Gary Klausner ruled on Friday that lawyers for the trustee of late Spirit guitarist Randy Wolfe had shown enough evidence to support a case that Stairway to Heaven copies music from the Spirit song Taurus.
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