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10 March 2020CopyrightEdward Pearcey

Led Zeppelin didn’t steal ‘Stairway To Heaven’ riff says appeals court

British rock legends Led Zeppelin did not steal the opening riff in "Stairway To Heaven", the band’s most famous song, following the rejection of a long-standing copyright lawsuit by the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

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