Led Zeppelin Climbed ‘Stairway to Heaven’ on Their Own, Jury Finds
Led Zeppelin, the’70s rock supergroup led by Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, was cleared of copyright claims over it’s classic 1971 song “Stairway to Heaven,” in a case that could have had massive implications for artists and the music industry. Michael Skidmore, trustee for the estate of musician Randy Craig Wolfe, claimed in a lawsuit that Page and Plant lifted the introduction to “Stairway to Heaven” from “Taurus,” a 1968 tune written by Wolfe for his group Spirit. ...