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 Supreme Court will not hear the copyright dispute over Led Zeppelin 's "Stairway to Heaven," handing the English rock band a victory by default. According to Variety and Bloomberg Law, the ...

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 ...

“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.

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 ...

1. “Stairway to Heaven,” Led Zeppelin. A classic great song. One of the best. If you listen closely, it's about a lady seeking a false god.

Reporting from San Francisco — “Stairway to Heaven” will get another hearing, this time to a packed house. A panel of 11 judges from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed Monday to ...

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 ...

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 ...

Yet “Stairway to Heaven” wasn’t just a show of force for Bonham. He sits out more than half the song and makes a gentle entrance with a delicate snare-tom fill.

"People always ask me why 'Stairway to Heaven' sounds exactly like 'Taurus,' which was released two years earlier," California said in the liner notes of a 1996 reissue of Sprit's self-titled ...