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Old 05-17-2015, 11:52 AM  
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Originally Posted by Rochard View Post
I came across this article where someone was suing Led Zeppelin complaining to rip off Stairway to Heaven. At first I thought "what bullshit". But when I listen to the song.... Oh wow. Then factor in that Led Zeppelin used to open for this band in 1968.....

this one isn't as blatant, but definitely possible/probable Led Zeppelin influenced by this song.
I forget but the specifics about the law regarding song plagiarism but there's a legal standard where a certain number of bars of music has to be identical to be declared plagiarism.
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