Guitarist Satriani accuses Coldplay of plagiarism

[Lord_of_the_Dense]

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Rock guitarist Joe Satriani has sued British band Coldplay, accusing the Grammy-nominated stars of plagiarizing one of his songs.

Satriani's copyright infringement suit, filed on Thursday in Los Angeles federal court, claims the Coldplay song "Viva La Vida" incorporates "substantial original portions" of his 2004 instrumental "If I Could Fly."

The 52-year-old guitar virtuoso is seeking a jury trial, damages and "any and all profits" attributable to the alleged copyright infringement.

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[DudeAsInCool]

Interesting - but I don't think they did. Fyi, a young American band accused them of the same thing not too long ago.

Joe Satriani - If I Could Fly

A Comparison

[Umma]

Sounds the same to me.

[DudeAsInCool]

Sounds the same to me.

Maybe Coldplay stole from both artists and combined them?

[Umma]

Maybe Coldplay stole from both artists and combined them?

There's a bit of a difference in an unknown US band making accusations that they cant back up and Joe Satriani claiming he wrote it first when he actually did. Whether it's a true rip off or just an amazingly inspired coincidence, there's no denying that the two tunes are a lot alike.

[DudeAsInCool]

There's a bit of a difference in an unknown US band making accusations that they cant back up and Joe Satriani claiming he wrote it first when he actually did. Whether it's a true rip off or just an amazingly inspired coincidence, there's no denying that the two tunes are a lot alike.

UK newspaper, American band .... what's the difference? Pop music is really a bastardization of other pop tunes - which is why I don't generally leap to the conclusion that something was plagiarized. But if I were an artist that was ripped off, I know I'd think differently about it.

[Umma]

Not much difference... just a twangier accent and a few thousand miles :)

You'd think differently as in... sue too or... think differently as in realise that plagiarism is the greatest form of compliment?

[DudeAsInCool]

Not much difference... just a twangier accent and a few thousand miles :)

You'd think differently as in... sue too or... think differently as in realise that plagiarism is the greatest form of compliment?

Whatever works!

The copyright laws need revamped. The songwriter might be right in this instance, but ... corporate powers have locked up copyrights of their artists work for years and are sue crazy. It's hurting emerging artists ...

[DudeAsInCool]

Coldplay denies plagiarism

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