Coldplay sued by Joe Satriani
BBC News - Joe Satriani claims the band’s song Viva La Vida uses one of his riffs. In court papers filed in Los Angeles on Thursday, he said the song used “substantial original portions” of his 2004 instrumental If I Could Fly.Satriani, 52, wants a jury trial and is seeking damages and “any and all profits” for the alleged plagiarism.
You be the judge - Here’s a video.
I’ve never been a fan of this whole “you stole my riff and chord progressions!” business. But damn son, that’s dead on. It really makes you think why would Coldplay need to steal music? They have a big enough fan following that would buy their music crap or not. Or even is this the first time Coldplay has done this? Should they be discredited for this if proven guilty?
