Led Zeppelin not guilty of theft

[specialk]

"Not Guilty", says the jury. Which we all know is not the same thing as "innocent"

http://www.sfgate.com/news/crime/article/Jury-could-rewrite-history-of-Led-Zeppelin-s-epic-8320052.php#photo-10419929

Some cool pics of the band from Sam Houston Arena as well. 

[it's me HHB]

Proper verdict

[ARM OF HAMER]

                                                                                     As it should be!

[Hamerica]

SInce Randy "California" never wanted to pursue this - it should have been left alone.  

Don't agree with the jury and I hope there is no appeal.

Hamerica  

[hamerhammer]

It's awfully hard not to "steal" something from someone.  

There's only a handful of notes and I'm surprised there are any new ways left to arrange them.

[LordsoftheJungle]

So, the song remains the same? ba dump bump,,

[django49]

28 minutes ago, LordsoftheJungle said:

So, the song remains the same? ba dump bump,,

And it leaves you Dazed and Confused(?)

[Steve Haynie]

1 hour ago, django49 said:

And it leaves you Dazed and Confused(?)

Jake Holmes gave up on that one 45 years ago. 

[veatch]

1 hour ago, Steve Haynie said:

Jake Holmes gave up on that one 45 years ago. 

Just tell him "Your Time is Gunna Come"

[unfun75]

2 hours ago, Steve Haynie said:

Jake Holmes gave up on that one 45 years ago. 

Why? They clearly ripped him off.

[The Shark]

I liken this to the concept of "original thought".  There hasn't been much of it for a long, long time.  And I believe Zep stole the basic foundation of Taurus.  I'm not, however, upset by the verdict.  This case should have happened in the seventies.   

[tomteriffic]

Roger McGuinn put it succinctly many moons ago, lamenting that "You can't copyright a riff".  That simple.  The whole trial was just so much musical masturbation and a tin of red herrings where the law is concerned.

At least Randy California won't be blamed for the volumes of bad riffage emanating from a Guitar Center near you.

[Dave Scepter]

http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2016/04/27/breaking-led-zeppelin-has-already-won-the-stairway-to-heaven-infringement-case/

[prototype-fan]

BUT what about the shark incident (www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/the-10-wildest-led-zeppelin-legends-fact-checked-20121121/led-zeppelin-once-defiled-a-groupie-with-a-mud-shark-19691231)?  Is the jury just going to ignore that?

 

[Steve Haynie]

Pics or it didn't happen!