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 ...

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 ...

“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.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Led Zeppelin didn’t steal the opening bars of “Stairway to Heaven," a federal appeals court ruled in a decision that music executives hope will slow claims that some of the most popular songs ...

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 ...

The court upheld a jury’s verdict that the band did not copy the opening to its classic 1971 hit from another band, Spirit. By Ben Sisario “Stairway to Heaven” is an original — no new ...

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 ...