Entertainment & Sports
Apr. 16, 2016
In 'Stairway' suit, 'Raging Bull' and 'Blurred Lines' cast shadow
The lawsuit, made possible thanks to Petrella v. MGM, could help set legal music precedent.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
What took so long?
That's the question on the minds of many music attorneys after a federal judge allowed a lawsuit alleging infringement in Led Zeppelin's classic "Stairway to Heaven" to proceed to trial.
"My question is, why wait 40 years?" said Bennett A. Bigman, a partner at Liner LLP. "They obviously knew the song. Everybody knows the song."
The lawsui...
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