Joe Satriani sues Coldplay

[Hector]

Coldplay facing plagiarism lawsuit

An American rock guitarist has filed a lawsuit against British group Coldplay, accusing the popular band of plagiarising one of his songs on their latest hit album, according to court documents.

Joe Satriani, known for his instrumental compositions, alleges Coldplay's song "Viva la Vida" had "copied and incorporated substantial original portions" from his own track "If I Could Fly" recorded on an album released in 2004.

Satriani's lawsuit demands damages and "any and all profits" related to the alleged copyright infringement.

A representative for the band was not immediately available for comment.

Coldplay's latest album "Viva la Vida," released in June, has topped the charts in Europe and the United States.

The recording helped Coldplay win seven nominations for the 2009 Grammy awards.

Coldplay facing plagiarism lawsuit

[Hector]

I think Satriani has a good chance of winning...I mean come on...

YouTube - Did Coldplay copy Joe Satriani?

[toys2cool]

Hell yeah,they definitely copied it.he'll win Millions out of this

[thunderbolt]

Good, hopefully this will lead to the end of Coldplay. Blecchhh.

[saildog]

Don't read this as a defense of Coldplay and let me state that I like Joe Satriani's stuff, but when it comes to uncredited use of intellectual property, I know you all know this about Joe:

(regarding Satriani's Album "Surfing With the Alien)

The album cover depicts the Marvel Comics character the Silver Surfer on the front and the hand of Galactus on the back. The image is from Silver Surfer #1 (1982). The artist, John Byrne, has noted that the image was used without Marvel's permission and that he has never received payment for its use. The art is lifted from panel 1 of page 6 of SILVER SURFER #1 published in 1982.

Surfing with the Alien - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Hector]

But we are talking about a song here.

[saildog]

But we are talking about a song here.

Yeah, I get that and they have no defense, but......I just find it a little ironic.

[thunderbolt]

^^ The record cover rights issue is more than likely the art director or the label's problem. I doubt Satriani deals with all the legalities of that.

[saildog]

^^ The record cover rights issue is more than likely the art director or the label's problem. I doubt Satriani deals with all the legalities of that.

I get that, too and I'm not saying he's a bad dude because of the Silver Surfer thing, but still he's associated with something where someone didn't get paid for what they created.

And by the way, I love Joe Satriani, I'm just saying I find it a little ironic.

[kingdom warrior]

Damn!!! talk about stealing reminds me of Vanilla ice when he tried to explain away the Queen sample to his ice ice baby rap......

[Hulk]

Satriani should get the Grammy if it wins.

[thunderbolt]

It shouldn't win anything, its crap. And after the whole Milli Vanilli thing, I bet the grammy people won't give it to a plagerized song.

[BlackKnight]

Anyone catch "Where in Rome " ? There was this Rant the Guy gave about How Cold Play is the #1 Downloaded & Looked for Band on the net this yr.... He went on to say,.. that you Know we are in a state of Depression since thats happening.

[Zemo]

Check out the overlay this guy did.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVeqjZEzvYk