Update: COLDPLAY Responds To JOE SATRIANI Lawsuit
December 9, 2008, 15 years ago
The Toronto Sun has posted the following report, courtesy of The Associated Press:
COLDPLAY is firing back against accusations they copied another artist’s work for their hit 'Viva La Vida'.
In a statement released Tuesday, the band responded to a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by guitarist JOE SATRIANI last week. That lawsuit says the Grammy-nominated song contains “substantial, original portions” of his 2004 song, 'If I Could Fly'.
Says Coldplay: “If there are any similarities between our two pieces of music, they are entirely coincidental, and just as surprising to us as to him."
Read more at The Toronto Sun.
