Perhaps it’s a stairway to legal hell for Led Zeppelin. A suit was filed last month in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania against the remaining members of the classic rock band and their record label by the estate of Randy California, alleging copyright infringement of perhaps the band’s most famous ballad, “Stairway to Heaven,” according to CNN.
Well, the blog Willard’s Wormholes says that Zeppelin’s “creative borrowing” techniques don’t stop there. “Led Zeppelin’s many incidents of copyright infringement are legendary,” the blog says. It cites an interview with Jimmy Page in Guitar Player magazine, where the band leader admits Led Zeppelin used various sources for “inspiration.”
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