Coldplay Sued By Joe Satriani For Allegedly Plagiarizing 'Viva La Vida' MelodyGuitarist claims the Grammy-nominated song is a rip-off of his track 'If I Could Fly.'Not long after Coldplay's Viva la Vida album hit shelves this summer, the blogosphere exploded with suggestions that the title track bore a striking resemblance to a 2004 instrumental track by rock guitarist Joe Satriani titled "If I Could Fly." Now, Satriani has accused the band of copyright infringement in a lawsuit filed on Thursday in Los Angeles federal court, according to a Reuters report.A day after the Coldplay album was nominated for seven Grammys, including Record and Song of the Year for "Viva la Vida," Satriani's suit claims that "Viva" incorporates "substantial original portions" of his track "If I Could Fly," from the Is There Love in Space? album. read on here...http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1600770/20081205/coldplay.jhtml
12/11/2008 2:19:12 PM
I do not care about this.....at all
12/11/2008 2:20:06 PM
this is older than old
12/11/2008 2:21:21 PM
oldoldoldoldoldoldodl
12/11/2008 2:21:33 PM
What does Warren Zevon and Lynyrd Skynyrd think of this?
12/11/2008 2:22:39 PM
^just because some artists don't sue for infringement doesn't mean that no artist has the right toif they didn't pay him to sample it, or ask for his permission to use something of his the he has every right to sue
12/11/2008 2:25:05 PM
12/11/2008 2:27:15 PM
FACT: They should've been sued by U2 forever ago.
12/11/2008 2:31:44 PM
^^^^ warren and lynyrd are probably thinking "Man it's dark and quiet down here...."[Edited on December 11, 2008 at 2:32 PM. Reason : ]
12/11/2008 2:31:58 PM
i will always side with Satch
12/11/2008 3:25:24 PM
Satriani just made that song better when the guy spliced them together
12/11/2008 3:43:06 PM
i will always side with satch
12/11/2008 3:51:18 PM
One overrated musical act, sues anotherI'm Big Business and i approved this message.
12/11/2008 3:53:15 PM
There sounds like there's some inspiration there, but isn't that the nature of the music biz? How many different catchy melodies can there really be?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdxkVQy7QLM
12/11/2008 3:58:39 PM
yeah i'm sure none of satriani's music sounds like anything that he was ever inspired by.I'm Big Business and i approved this message.
12/11/2008 3:59:29 PM
this really isn't how art should work
12/11/2008 4:03:11 PM
12/11/2008 6:27:26 PM
12/11/2008 6:27:41 PM
nearly every song has been written over and over again
12/11/2008 6:34:46 PM
I'll side with pretty much anyone over Coldplay
12/11/2008 6:35:07 PM
^^ this is patently false ]
12/11/2008 6:35:17 PM
Copyright is fundamentally flawed. The intellectual property bubble will pop. Hopefully america will survive.^et tu brute?
12/11/2008 6:36:21 PM
i think there's a difference between influence and stealing. i don't know how i feel about this instance yet.
12/11/2008 6:37:05 PM
i cut together "since u been gone" and "maps" last night and everyone had a mini flip-out'twas good times
12/11/2008 6:38:14 PM
12/11/2008 6:38:17 PM
The lawsuit can't possibly be valid. It's based on the premise that someone actually listened to a recent Joe Satriani album.
12/11/2008 6:39:01 PM
what about nickelback? they rewrite their own songs. does that count?
12/11/2008 6:39:12 PM
^fucking WINNER
12/11/2008 6:40:05 PM
12/11/2008 6:41:16 PM
COME ORIGINAL
12/11/2008 6:41:35 PM
sounding the same and actually being the same are two different things.
12/11/2008 6:41:55 PM
I'm pretty sure artists have been sued for infringing on their own earlier work.
12/11/2008 6:44:43 PM
^ john fogerty
12/11/2008 6:45:13 PM
kurt cobain was actually.. ended up being innocent.
12/11/2008 6:45:20 PM
that reminds mei never saw last days
12/11/2008 6:47:41 PM
12/11/2008 6:52:14 PM
12/11/2008 7:31:48 PM
i concur with the duke on all countsespecially wanting good things to happen to satriani and bad things to happen to coldplay
12/11/2008 7:35:52 PM
12/11/2008 7:39:07 PM
Hey chembob.
12/11/2008 7:40:09 PM
satriani > coldplayThat being said, many capitalists oppose intellectual property, similar to how they oppose slavery.
12/11/2008 7:47:34 PM
12/11/2008 8:39:34 PM
I like slavery
12/11/2008 8:40:03 PM
never heard of Satriani, so....not caring.
12/11/2008 8:44:39 PM
he's pretty good, i have one of his cd's
12/11/2008 8:45:10 PM
12/11/2008 8:47:52 PM
he's an incredible technical guitar playerand wholly boring
12/11/2008 8:49:21 PM
12/11/2008 8:56:17 PM
anyone have that video that has the two nicklback songs playing in the left and right channel to show they are the same? i cant find it
12/11/2008 8:58:40 PM
almost[Edited on December 11, 2008 at 8:59 PM. Reason : asdf]
12/11/2008 8:59:22 PM