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Focus (Forum & Focus)

Dec. 18, 2008

Viva La Lawsuit

Coldplay will have to face the music for their mega-hit "Viva La Vida" when they meet guitar legend Joe Satriani in court over allegations of plagiarism, writes Diane Klein. - Focus Column

FOCUS COLUMN

By Diane Klein

In a June 2005 interview with Rolling Stone, Coldplay lead singer Chris Martin remarked, "We're definitely good, but I don't think you can say we're that original. I regard us as being incredibly good plagiarists." While their detractors would agree that the band is unoriginal, they might not concede that the members of Coldplay are such "incredibly good plagiarists." On Dec. 4, 2008, just one day after the band was nom...

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