LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Rock guitarist Joe Satriani has sued British band Coldplay, accusing the Grammy-nominated stars of plagiarizing one of his songs.
Satriani's copyright infringement suit, filed on Thursday in Los Angeles federal court, claims the Coldplay song "Viva La Vida" incorporates "substantial original portions" of his 2004 instrumental "If I Could Fly."
The 52-year-old guitar virtuoso is seeking a jury trial, damages and "any and all profits" attributable to the alleged copyright infringement.
Coldplay, whose soaring atmospheric tunes are often compared to those of Irish rock band U2, received seven Grammy nominations on Wednesday, second only to rapper Lil Wayne.
Among its mentions were nominations in the key record and song of the year categories for "Viva La Vida," which comes from the band's chart-topping album "Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends."
The song is credited to the band's four members, singer Chris Martin; bass player Guy Berryman; guitarist Johnny Buckland; and drummer Will Champion. The title was inspired by a painting by Mexican artist Frida Kahlo.
The Satriani track comes from his album "Is There Love in Space?" Further comment from Satriani's attorney, or reaction from Coldplay's management was not immediately available.
(Reporting by Dean Goodman; editing by Todd Eastham
This post has been edited by echobrainproject: Dec 5 2008, 06:02 PM
I have to agree that after hearing that sound clip, it sure sounds a HECK lot similar. But then again, Canon in D has been done in everything...... sooooooooooo..........
I have to agree that after hearing that sound clip, it sure sounds a HECK lot similar. But then again, Canon in D has been done in everything...... sooooooooooo..........
in my opinion, its not the chord progression. if it is, everyone will get sued. i guess its the melody thats gotten them into trouble.
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Just feel like a fool being conned. Sent my MT-2 for repair due to a single electronic component failure which cost me RM90...... ><
ok so im finally getting a new guitar to down tune to D thing is, im currently using d addario 10-52 for standard tuning/drop D tuning and i want roughly the same feel of the strings when i downtune to D/drop C. anybody knows what gauge would come closest to that? i think 11-56 would be great but those aren't common at all so its either 11-52 or 12-54 never tried 12's on a drop tuned guitar before, so i have no idea if it would be hard to bend or not. need some otai help here :bow:
Just watched the Linkin Park Road to Revolution DVD...... Glad they decided to mix up their guitars. Still love the vintage sound of the strat though.......
Yeah. I still listen to Linkin Park....... don't ask me why. I just do.
Just watched the Linkin Park Road to Revolution DVD...... Glad they decided to mix up their guitars. Still love the vintage sound of the strat though.......
Yeah. I still listen to Linkin Park....... don't ask me why. I just do.
im thinking of getting that DVD too just to see the diff guitars and how they use it in their band context. (haha. sounds more like a uni assignment research). where did u get it? worth the money spent?
ok so im finally getting a new guitar to down tune to D thing is, im currently using d addario 10-52 for standard tuning/drop D tuning and i want roughly the same feel of the strings when i downtune to D/drop C. anybody knows what gauge would come closest to that? i think 11-56 would be great but those aren't common at all so its either 11-52 or 12-54 never tried 12's on a drop tuned guitar before, so i have no idea if it would be hard to bend or not. need some otai help here :bow:
Whee finally you're getting a new guitar! So what guitar issit gonna be? Spill the beans mou..