I have no idea if the song was taken or not but question why the law would allow the estate to make a claim this long after the event. It just makes no sense to me.
Per an article with Business Insider: “They are legally allowed to bring it up now because Led Zeppelin reissued ‘Stairway to Heaven,’ so there was a new master recording created [and] they got around the statute of limitations that way,” Josh Kaplan, a lawyer and manager of musicians, told Business Insider.
I have no idea if the song was taken or not but question why the law would allow the estate to make a claim this long after the event. It just makes no sense to me.
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Jury has ruled. Led Zepplin did not steal the song.
Apparently – all that glitters is NOT gold.
Can anyone tell me why the statute of limitations wouldn’t apply in a case such as this?
Per the article: “a 2014 U.S. Supreme Court decision that allows for copyright infringement lawsuits after years of delay.”
Per an article with Business Insider: “They are legally allowed to bring it up now because Led Zeppelin reissued ‘Stairway to Heaven,’ so there was a new master recording created [and] they got around the statute of limitations that way,” Josh Kaplan, a lawyer and manager of musicians, told Business Insider.
The suit was filed in 2014.