The song allegedly plagiarized the song 'Taurus', written by guitarist Randy Wolf of the band Spirit.
A US court has reopened an alleged plagiarism case concerning the beginning of Led Zeppelin ." The accusation claims the song was created based on "Taurus," a song by guitarist Randy Wolf of the band Spirit .
The defendants in the lawsuit are the band itself, vocalist Robert Plant , and guitarist Jimmy Page .
In 2014, the band argued that the similar passage between the songs was limited to "a descending chromatic scale of tones" popular in the music world. This, according to them, was the reason why copyright protection did not apply.
A unanimous jury decision acquitted the band at the time. Now, an appeals court has reopened the case because of "errors made in the first instance.".
According to the court, the jury did not have access to a sound recording of the song because it was protected by copyright law.
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