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ManaByte

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Coldplay LOL
« on: December 05, 2008, 05:17:38 PM »
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1600770/20081205/coldplay.jhtml

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Not long after Coldplay's Viva la Vida album hit shelves this summer, the blogosphere exploded with suggestions that the title track bore a striking resemblance to a 2004 instrumental track by rock guitarist Joe Satriani titled "If I Could Fly."

Now, Satriani has accused the band of copyright infringement in a lawsuit filed on Thursday in Los Angeles federal court, according to a Reuters report.

A day after the Coldplay album was nominated for seven Grammys, including Record and Song of the Year for "Viva la Vida," Satriani's suit claims that "Viva" incorporates "substantial original portions" of his track "If I Could Fly," from the Is There Love in Space? album.


Satriani, 52, is seeking a jury trial in the dispute, as well as damages and "any and all profits" attributable to the alleged copyright infringement. The songwriting credit on the Coldplay song is attributed to the band's four members: singer Chris Martin, bass player Guy Berryman, guitarist Jonny Buckland and drummer Will Champion. A spokesperson for Coldplay could not be reached for comment at press time.

Satriani isn't the only artist who has claimed the Coldplay song was eerily familiar. Around the time of the album's release, a lesser-known New York band named Creaky Boards claimed that Martin had attended one of their gigs and would have heard the tune "The Songs I Didn't Write," which also bears a similar melody. At the time, Coldplay's spokespeople denied that Martin was at the gig and said the band had written "Viva" several months before that show.

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Re: Coldplay LOL
« Reply #1 on: December 05, 2008, 05:18:34 PM »
please start you own fark site instead of starting a million entertainment news clips a day.
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Re: Coldplay LOL
« Reply #2 on: December 05, 2008, 05:53:47 PM »
Satch <3
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Re: Coldplay LOL
« Reply #3 on: December 05, 2008, 05:55:35 PM »
I find it somewhat humorous that everyone is trying to take credit for such a horribly generic song.  I suppose the amount of money involved is well worth the sacrifice of artistic integrity.
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Re: Coldplay LOL
« Reply #4 on: December 05, 2008, 06:03:56 PM »
please start you own fark site instead of starting a million entertainment news clips a day.

maybe we can give Mana his own special thread in which he pretends to be an industry insider
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Re: Coldplay LOL
« Reply #5 on: December 05, 2008, 06:24:19 PM »
The people who wrote "Wild Thing" are eagerly awaiting the outcome so the litigation can start against all songs that go with the progression of G C D.
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Re: Coldplay LOL
« Reply #6 on: December 05, 2008, 06:26:58 PM »
You fuck with Satriani, you fuck with Vai and Malmsteen too.  They're going to cheesecock you to death with amazingly technically proficient but corny guitar solos.

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Re: Coldplay LOL
« Reply #7 on: December 05, 2008, 06:41:24 PM »
Joe Satriani is for fags, anyway

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Re: Coldplay LOL
« Reply #8 on: December 05, 2008, 06:42:03 PM »
I doubt Coldplay is scared of this guy.

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Re: Coldplay LOL
« Reply #9 on: December 05, 2008, 06:44:26 PM »
real talk:
Joe Satriani is for fags, anyway
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Re: Coldplay LOL
« Reply #10 on: December 06, 2008, 12:02:10 AM »
Joe Satriani is for fags, anyway
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Re: Coldplay LOL
« Reply #11 on: December 06, 2008, 12:09:52 AM »
that satriani song seriously sounds like some shitty B-reel for a Sonic level

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Re: Coldplay LOL
« Reply #12 on: December 06, 2008, 12:42:51 AM »
that melody is so generic, how could anyone take credit for it smh
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Re: Coldplay LOL
« Reply #13 on: December 06, 2008, 12:56:48 AM »
that satriani song seriously sounds like some shitty B-reel for a Sonic level
I thought it was from some Italian faux rock song used in a soap opera.
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