The music business will experience collective déjà vu next week when Led Zeppelin goes back to court facing claims that it ripped off its signature “Stairway to Heaven” from Spirit’s ...

“Taurus” was written by guitarist Randy Wolfe, known as Randy California, in 1968 — three years before “Stairway to Heaven” was created. Wolfe died in 1997.

Music to be seen and not heard (in full) To the untrained ear, the recorded versions of the songs’ respective introductions have a similar sound, leading to speculation before the decision that ...

Like “ Stairway to Heaven ” itself, the copyright lawsuit against the iconic Led Zeppelin song is winding, dramatic and complex. While the first case seemingly wrapped in 2016, with a judge ...

Last week the en banc 9th Circuit heard argument in the case of Skidmore v. Led Zeppelin, involving the claim that the famous opening guitar riff in Led Zeppelin's classic "Stairway to Heaven ...

The “Stairway to Heaven” case illustrates that there are a lot of unsettled issues in copyright law when it comes to music, said Jacqueline Charlesworth, a former general counsel with the ...

Among the last few lines of Led Zeppelin’s rock ballad Stairway to Heaven are the lyrics “And if you listen very hard/The tune will come to you at last./When all are one and one is all…” ...

Cameron Crowe’s 2000 movie Almost Famous did almost everything he wanted it to. Regardless of the Oscar and all the other awards it won, it illustrated that love affair with rock music that you ...

The attorney who claims that Led Zeppelin ripped off the acoustic guitar opening in “ Stairway to Heaven ” faced tough questioning on Monday before an 11-judge panel of the 9th Circuit Court ...

“Stairway to Heaven” happens to be my favorite song or at least one of them, so I suppose, right or wrong, I am rooting for Led Zeppelin. We’ll keep you posted.