Satriani vs Coldplay Lawsuit

Bassplayer · 01-08-2009, 11:23 AM

Well if ya didnt know Coldplay is being sued by Guitar virtuoso Joe Satriani for copying parts of his song.

The resemblance is striking! Satriani wrote his song in 2005.
The chord structures are close and the Coldplay chorus is Satriani's verse.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvB9P...eature=related

The break down... (music theory)
(skip if you dont want all the music theory over to next video)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEGGF...eature=related

pt 2 the melody (fastforward to 3:52)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJWLf...768&feature=iv

I think he has a decent case. Artists copy eachother all the time, but they do obtain rights and permissions, when they dont thats when they have problems.

Trip · 01-08-2009, 12:45 PM

yeah its a ripoff, probably mistakenly, but still a ripoff. They should just settle it and give him some royalties for the song.

Bassplayer · 01-08-2009, 01:05 PM

yea, whether on purpose or not,
Ive written songs that sound familiarly close to artist, cuz you get the tune in your head, and it can come out in your playing (conscious or not)
sometimes it can very similar to what was already written.

Just give credit where its do, and pay royalties.

xx CURVE xx · 01-08-2009, 01:11 PM

Both songs suck dick

Bassplayer · 01-08-2009, 01:13 PM

ok...

PhiSig1071 · 01-08-2009, 04:56 PM

I kinda like the line "I used to roll the dice, feel the fear in my enemy's eyes"

Captain Morgan · 01-08-2009, 10:47 PM

Heard about this on Bob and Tom. I don't know why Coldplay is denying it as much as they are.

01-08-2009, 11:23 AM	#1
Bassplayer No, I dont play drums too Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: East Bay, Cali Moto: SV 650 Posts: 608	Satriani vs Coldplay Lawsuit Well if ya didnt know Coldplay is being sued by Guitar virtuoso Joe Satriani for copying parts of his song. The resemblance is striking! Satriani wrote his song in 2005. The chord structures are close and the Coldplay chorus is Satriani's verse. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvB9P...eature=related The break down... (music theory) (skip if you dont want all the music theory over to next video) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEGGF...eature=related pt 2 the melody (fastforward to 3:52) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJWLf...768&feature=iv I think he has a decent case. Artists copy eachother all the time, but they do obtain rights and permissions, when they dont thats when they have problems. __________________ Just Your Neighborhood Friendly Bassplayer Last edited by Bassplayer; 01-08-2009 at 11:27 AM..

01-08-2009, 01:05 PM	#3
Bassplayer No, I dont play drums too Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: East Bay, Cali Moto: SV 650 Posts: 608	yea, whether on purpose or not, Ive written songs that sound familiarly close to artist, cuz you get the tune in your head, and it can come out in your playing (conscious or not) sometimes it can very similar to what was already written. Just give credit where its do, and pay royalties. __________________ Just Your Neighborhood Friendly Bassplayer

01-08-2009, 01:13 PM	#5
Bassplayer No, I dont play drums too Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: East Bay, Cali Moto: SV 650 Posts: 608	ok... __________________ Just Your Neighborhood Friendly Bassplayer

01-08-2009, 04:56 PM	#6
PhiSig1071 Let go of my ears. Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Jacksonville, FL Moto: '03 GSX-R600, '04 625SMC Posts: 1,394	I kinda like the line "I used to roll the dice, feel the fear in my enemy's eyes" __________________ Entia non sunt multiplicanda necessitatem

01-08-2009, 01:11 PM	#4
xx CURVE xx SMELL MY LEVER Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Texas Moto: Tards Posts: 1,034	Both songs suck dick

01-08-2009, 10:47 PM	#7
Captain Morgan Let's do another U-turn Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Indiana Moto: 2009 V-Strom Posts: 3,816	Heard about this on Bob and Tom. I don't know why Coldplay is denying it as much as they are.