![]() ![]() The copyright for “Taurus” is under the Copyright Act of 1909, only covers sheet music, not sound recordings, which weren’t protected until 1972. Malofiy argued that the copyrighted version of Taurus should include the song as it was recorded and not just the sheet music. “The trial and appeal process has been a long climb up the Stairway to Heaven,” Judge Margaret McKeown wrote in the 73-page decision for the court.ĬNN has reached out to Skidmore’s attorney, Francis Malofiy, and representatives for Led Zeppelin for comment.ĭuring the trial, Malofiy requested to play the sound recordings of “Taurus” and “Stairway to Heaven” for the jury, which Klausner declined. That request was granted and a panel of 11 judges heard the appeal in September 2019. ![]() Led Zeppelin appealed that decision and asked for a larger panel of judges to rehear the case. The panel ruled that trial Judge Gary Klausner gave the jury incorrect instructions. Skidmore became a co-trustee in 2006.Ī jury ruled against Skidmore in 2016, but the case was revived in 2018 by a three-judge panel from the 9th Circuit, which ordered a new trial. The original lawsuit was filed by journalist Michael Skidmore on behalf of the Randy Craige Wolfe Trust. Randy Wolfe, a guitarist for Spirit and writer of “Taurus,” passed away in 1997 and had no hand in the lawsuit. The original lawsuit filed in 2014 claimed that the guitar introduction to “Stairway to Heaven” – yes, the one you’re singing in your head – infringed on the copyright of the instrumental of “Taurus.” In doing so, the court overturned a controversial precedent the 9th Circuit has used in copyright cases. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a jury verdict that found that “Stairway to Heaven” did not infringe on the 1968 song “Taurus” by the rock band Spirit. That gave extra confidence for us to go into the studio, which was what we did, more or less after that - straight into Olympic Studios.The legendary rock band Led Zeppelin won a major copyright battle on Monday over claims that parts of their signature song “Stairway to Heaven” were stolen. We could make it live and breathe and learn by that experience, playing to an audience and see the reactions. He continued, “We were able to play the new material we were going to record. ![]() Something which you couldn’t not concentrate on or listen to because it just had so many characters to it, so many different shades and dynamics and points of interest,” Page said. “We had the chance to play in Scandinavia in front of a live audience, a band with the sort of power that’s inescapable, with dynamics to really catch them out and sort of push them back with the energy of it. Speaking with Rolling Stone, Page went into detail about what it was like to tour as soon as the band was formed. RELATED: Led Zeppelin: Robert Plant Says Old Rock Bands Look ‘Decrepit’ What Jimmy Page thinks of the band’s early shows ![]() But I remember that particularly, as far as the first concerts,” Page shared. “I’m not sure that I remember that particular show, but we played a university or high school, and they showed us to a room where we could sleep, and I slept in the cupboard, because I wasn’t afraid of the dark. Page then revealed that after a gig, he “slept in the cupboard.” In a 2020 interview with Rolling Stone, Page was asked about one of the band’s concerts as the New Yardbirds. Jimmy Page | Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin once ‘slept in’ a ‘cupboard’Īfter forming in 1968, Plant, Page, Bonham, and Jones performed under the name the New Yardbirds to finish up the Yardbird’s unfinished tour. In a 2020 interview with Rolling Stone, Page revealed he “slept in the cupboard” after one of Led Zeppelin’s early concerts. Before taking on the name Led Zeppelin, the group completed the Yardbirds‘ tour under the name the New Yardbirds. In 1968, Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Bonham, and John Paul Jones formed the famous rock band, Led Zeppelin. ![]()
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