"Stairway To Heaven" Plagarism court case

And the new case over the Ed Sheeran song is another one without merit.  It's a pretty common chord progression, and more importantly,  it's only a chord progression.

It's a small portion of the song overall.  It's accompanimental and not melodic.  There shouldn't be much of a case here IMO but look what happened with the Robin Thicke/Marvin Gaye suit--those people on the jury must have ignored every instruction pertaining to the particulars of copyright law.  I'd say there was less ground for a suit there than in the the Stairway case.  Anyway, it's a shame that a great talent like Randy California will be known better for this rather than for all the great guitar parts he laid down over the years.  The first four Spirit albums contain a lot of fine material.

onhwy61, I disagree ("the feel can now be infringed")?  I think the jury ignored the letter of the law in the M. Gaye case and I predict the ruling will be reversed on appeal for that reason.

Otherwise, expect inmate Phil Spector to sue Brian Wilson ("Don't Worry Baby")  and the estate of Bo Diddley to sue half of creation.