Jury Rules Led Zep Created Stairway To Heaven

A copyright infringement case that had been brought against Led Zeppelin about the origin of the rock classic “Stairway to Heaven”‘ has been decided in the band’s favor. The case was brought by the trust of Randy Wolfe alleging that the opening riff of the song was actually taken from the song “Taurus” that Wolfe wrote for the band Spirit. Although the trust was able to show that Led Zeppelin did have access to that song way back in 1968, the jury ruled in Led Zeppelin’s favor. It was going to be a pretty tough case to win as relying on aging rocker’s memories of what happened in the late 1960s and 1970s is always going to get a pretty foggy result.