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Language
English
ISWC
T-070.141.490-5 ASCAP, ISWC, JASRAC
Tags
disputed in trial episodic composition
Comments
The opening riff of Stairway to Heaven bears a strong resemblence with the instrumental track Taurus by Spirit [US] (1968). In 2014 Led Zeppelin was even sued for copyright by the estate of Randy California , the late frontman of Spirit [US] . However the latter lost the lawsuit because according to musicologists the descending musical pattern shared by both songs had been a common musical device for centuries.
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SUPERHYPE PUBL INC ASCAP
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Adaptations

An adaptation is a musical work, which uses elements (music or lyrics) from another musical work.