When the time comes for them to depart this mortal coil members of Led Zeppelin may need a Stair Lift to Heaven as they may not have access to their Stairway to Heaven. But not necessarily because of infirmity brought on by old age!!

A court in the US has ruled Led Zeppelin founders Robert Plant and Jimmy Page must face trial in a dispute regarding copyright of the song Stairway to Heaven.

A Los Angeles district judge said there were enough similarities between the song and an instrumental by the band Spirit to let a jury decide. The trial has been scheduled for 10 May.

The copyright infringement action has been brought by Michael Skidmore, a trustee for the late Spirit guitarist Randy Wolfe, who played on the same bill as Led Zeppelin in the late 1960s, and claims he should be given credit as a co songwriter on Stairway to Heaven.

US district judge Gary Klausner said a jury could find “substantial” similarity between the first two minutes of Stairway to Heaven and Taurus, explaining: “While it is true that a descending chromatic four-chord progression is a common convention that abounds in the music industry, the similarities here transcend this core structure. What remains is a subjective assessment of the ‘concept and feel’ of two works… a task no more suitable for a judge than for a jury.”

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