MUSIC NEWS - Rock guitarist Joe Satriani has sued the British band Coldplay, accusing the Grammy-nominated band of plagiarizing his song, If I Could Fly. His copyright infringement suit was filed on Thursday (12/4/08) in LA federal court, claims the Coldplay song "Viva La Vida" incorporates "substantial original portions" of Satriani's 2004 instrumental tune ! He is seeking a jury trial, damages and "any and all profits" from the alleged copyright infringement. Coldplay, just received seven Grammy nominations on Wednesday, and is currently with the biggest selling album of the year, Viva La Vida. The song in question is credited to Coldplay's four members, singer/leader Chris Martin; bass player Guy Berryman; guitarist Johnny Buckland; and drummer Will Champion.
The Satriani tune is from his album "Is There No Love In Space?". No additional comment from Satriani or his attorney, or any reaction from Coldplay (currently on tour) was made. Check out news on Joe's new music project, here.
Listen and you make the comparison of the two songs (below) and comment to MNN on what you think--
UPDATE 12/9/08 - COLDPLAY has responded to Satrini's plagarism claim; in a post on their site today, the band has said that any similarities between their music and the American guitarist's was "entirely coincidental." "If there are any similarities between our two pieces of music, they are entirely coincidental, and just as surprising to us as to him," the band said. "Joe Satriani is a great musician, but he did not write or have any influence on the song Viva La Vida. We respectfully ask him to accept our assurances of this and wish him well with all future endeavours."
Cold Play has been dismissed.
http://dismissedblog.com/2008/11/11/coldplay-you-have-been-dismissed/
Posted by: meat hat | Dec 09, 2008 at 06:25 PM