We are witnessing a time of low hours in the music industry, and The tendency to search for coincidences between current and past success themes multiplies. At stake there are millionaire figures that give vertigo.
A California jury has ruled that "Stairway to heaven", the song that has generated the most profitability for Led Zeppelin, is not plagiarism. It is not only the relief for this demand, but for the fears of the risk that the complaints will spread in a chain effect.
Within popular music, plagiarism is disguised as versions that are made in order to honor certain pieces with great success and repercussion, at the time. It is clear that the economic consequences are important,
Prior to this well-known Led Zeppelin case, in 2000 Johnnie Johnson claimed to have composed many classics from his repertoire with Chuck Berry.
In 2013 the singer Thicke gave one of the bombings of the year with "Blurred lines". However, "by the mouth the fish dies", as they say. He was interviewed by the number one magazine on the music scene, Billboard and assured that he himself had suggested to the producer, Pharrell Williams, that they create something along the lines of «Got to give it up », one of the great dance music hits of the great Marvin Gaye.
Gaye's heirs did not hesitate for a moment. A jury ruled that there was an infringement of intellectual property, converting the damage to 6.600.000 euros. The sentence is still on appeal.
Other known cases are the song "Loca" by Shakira, a copy of a song by a Dominican composer, Ramón Arias Vásquez. Once the sentence was known, Shakira's representatives said that when the Colombian singer recorded "Loca" she did so without imagining that the song would become the subject of a copyright lawsuit.
It was also very well-known at the time the demand of the musician Chuck Berry to the Beatles claiming that John Lennon had copied the lyrics and music of the song "You Can't Catch Me" in his song "Come Together".