I Hope Your Ears Bleed » joe satriani http://www.ihopeyourearsbleed.com Music so good, you bleed. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:31:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Coldplay Sued For Plagarism http://www.ihopeyourearsbleed.com/2008/12/08/coldplay-sued-for-plagarism/ http://www.ihopeyourearsbleed.com/2008/12/08/coldplay-sued-for-plagarism/#comments Mon, 08 Dec 2008 19:40:45 +0000 Nathan http://www.ihopeyourearsbleed.com/?p=981 Apparently virtuoso rock guitarist Joe Satriani, or at least his legal representation, is sueing Coldplay for copyright infringement.  He is claiming that they took stole from his 2004 instrumental track “If I Could Fly” when writing the title track to Viva La Vida.  In court papers filed last Thursday, he said that the song used “substantial original portions” from his own original song (BBC).  Personally I don’t think the guy has a case.  Yeah I can hear similarities in the song.  But honestly, there is nothing new under the sun.  If Satriani wins its gonna be horrible for the music business.  As if artists aren’t already having a hard time making it, then they’ll have to be extremely careful that anything they write hasn’t been done in some similar fashion before.  But maybe you guys see differently.  Well, listen to the songs below and leave a comment letting us know what you think the verdict should be.

Joe Satriani – If I Could Fly

Coldplay – Viva La Vida

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