How Led Zeppelin ‘Stairway’ Win Could Affect Music Copyright Liability By Edvard Pettersson | June 27, 2016 Email This Subscribe to Newsletter Email to a friend Facebook Tweet LinkedIn Print Article Article 1 Comment June 29, 2016 at 7:45 am Michael McCarthy says: Like or Dislike: 0 0This case never should have made it to court, because chord progressions can not be copyrighted. Otherwise, there would be only one Blues song. There is nothing of the “Stairway” melody taken from “Taurus”, and obviously no lyrical similarities. Reply Add a Comment Cancel reply Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked * Name * Email * Comment ΔNotify me of comments via e-mail
This case never should have made it to court, because chord progressions can not be copyrighted. Otherwise, there would be only one Blues song. There is nothing of the “Stairway” melody taken from “Taurus”, and obviously no lyrical similarities.