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Nirvana Will Be Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame: Morning Mix

Mike Wass | December 18, 2013 5:00 am
Mike Wass | December 18, 2013 5:00 am

DefMonkey57 May Have His Day In Court Yet

noah | May 19, 2009 11:00 am
noah | May 19, 2009 11:00 am


Joe Satriani’s plagiarism lawsuit against Coldplay, which pits his song “If I Could Fly” against their 2008 hit “Viva La Vida,” could theoretically use YouTube comments in its arguments, according to lawyers at the firm Kilpatrick Stockton. Writing in the trade journal Entertainment Law & Finance, Joseph M. Beck, Christopher P. Bussert, and James A. Trigg argue that the free-for-all on Google’s video-sharing site could help either side of the case: More »


Coldplay Drummer Wants You To Know That There Are 12,000 Songs From Which His Band Could Have Copied For “Viva La Vida”

noah | May 8, 2009 2:00 pm
noah | May 8, 2009 2:00 pm


Coldplay’s “Viva La Vida” has been attracting heat from a lot of musicians who feel that the British band ripped off their songs for the purposes of crafting the iTunes-shilling track. (A sampling of three songs that bear an undeniable similarity to Chris Martin & Co.’s track is above.) The band’s drummer, Will Champion, took some time out of his playing with drum machines to talk to Virginian-Pilot pop writer Malcolm Venable about the controversies, and how the problem isn’t his band’s lack of originality–it’s everyone’s! More »


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