Read on for everything you should probably know about the case.
Whats the beef?
Do the two songs actually sound the same?
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Enough to warrant a trial.
Stairway came out nearly 45 years ago.
Why hasnt this dispute been settled sooner?
Wolfe died in 1997, but had already flagged the perceived similarities between Taurus and Stairway.
Its like a hobby.
Nobody had any money, and they thought the statute of limitations was done.
Whats Zeppelins defense?
Whether or not the jury buys that explanation, Spirits surviving members may be sealing their own fate.
Hasnt Zeppelin been down this road before?
Zeppelin have acolorful historywith appropriating the work of others, to put it mildly.
