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Originally Posted by MikeVega
your way off .. they got sued for using the entire beginning of the song ( one of the most famous riffs ) and settled by giving writing credits on the best of albums. Spirit didn't get any royalties for the original and on the original they weren't listed in the credits. only on the newer copies are they given credit. they stoled that song along with all but one on there first album. go read the site and see the proof.
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"Stoled"? They were NOT sued by Spirit. And yes, I already looked at your link. That is not a "riff" BTW, that is called a chord-progression.
As for the other songs, yes I've heard about that many times before. This isn't anything new. They did borrow, but not steal. I agree that the old blues musicians should have been given better credit than they did back then. But that's exactly it, "back then." Things were done a lot differently back then. Led Zeppelin had nothing to hide. Nor did any of the other rock bands from that era that similary borrowed from old blues songs.
I don't blame the band at all, whomever was in charge of Led Zeppelin's management should be held responsible. Things have changed since then.