Yesterday Judge Pregerson dismissed Joe's "Viva La Vida" copyright infringement lawsuit "upon Stipulation" which according to TwentyFourBit means the Chickenfoot guitarist got himself paid. Parse the dockets here if you can.... CONTINUE READING COLDPLAY V. SATRIANI CASE CLOSED»
Posted on September 15, 2009 (1 comments)
Tags: Coldplay | Joe Satriani
It's been over six months since guitar virtuoso Joe Satriani filed a copyright infringement suit against Coldplay, claiming the verse melody of "Viva La Vida" copies a guitar lick in his 2004 song "If I Could Fly." Coldplay still haven't... CONTINUE READING CNN ON SATRIANI V. COLDPLAY»
Posted on June 11, 2009 in (33 comments)
Tags: Chickenfoot | Coldplay | Dirty Projectors | Joe Satriani
No, that didn't happen. But they did issue a statement today acknowledging the guitar virtuoso's claim that "Viva La Vida" plagiarized his song "If I Could Fly. " Satriani's seeking a jury trial, damages and "any and all profits" attributable... CONTINUE READING COLDPLAY ASK JOE SATRIANI TO BUGGER OFF»
Posted on December 9, 2008 in (23 comments)
Tags: Coldplay | Girl Talk | Joe Satriani
Did you hear about how everybody wrote "Viva La Vida" before Coldplay wrote "Viva La Vida"? This summer Creaky Boards took to the internet to take the public's temperature on their claim of having written a preexisting song substantially similar... CONTINUE READING JOE SATRIANI ACCUSES COLDPLAY OF PLAGIARISM»
Posted on December 5, 2008 in (153 comments)
Tags: Animal Collective | Coldplay | Joe Satriani