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Led Zeppelin Wins ‘Stairway to Heaven’ Plagiarism Case

U.S. Supreme Court declines to take up case

Joseph Curl
Led Zeppelin Wins ‘Stairway to Heaven’ Plagiarism Case
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It’s perhaps the most iconic opening guitar riff in rock history — the beginning of Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven.”

But that riff has been part of a long-running legal battle over claims that the British super band stole it from another band for its 1971 hit. Now, that war may finally be over.

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