If Viva La Vida hadn't been as successful we never would have heard from Satriani

Furthermore, Coldplay's attorneys also say that Joe's song "lacks originality" and so shouldn't receive copyright protection.

 

Buuuurrrrrnnnn.

Beugh Satriani. I'm so sick of him. Stupid guy :angry:

For anyone not following John Mayer on Twitter I bring you this quote:

 

"Wouldn't it be cool to call a universal melody reset? All melodies are new and unused again. Come on! Please?!" (he's working on a new album)

 

I just thought that was a little humorous considering this situation. As many of you have brought up before, there are only so many notes there are only so many ways they can be put together to make a harmonious song. This entire lawsuit is absolutely outrageous and it just seems to me to be an attack on a band that happens to be popular.

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I just saw that on their website.didn't watch it though.I'm sure it's gonna make me angry

I'm sick and tired of all these stupid accusations by both Satriani and the know-it-alls on YouTube.

So did Coldplay steal the riff? No. They probably never heard the song, as can be said for 90% of music listeners - honestly, Satriani's a great player and all, but outside of music aficionados, he was relatively unknown until this suit. But, there is a distinct chord similarity. I figure the court will find in Satch's favor, but don't expect him to receive nearly as much as he's seeking.

If he ever win this, it will really hurt the boys so much...

They will forever be 'the band who stole other people's artwork'..

Not that they haven't had enough hatred from half of the world already...

 

It makes me nervous waiting for the verdict :\

I hate this so much.They did NOT steal it.THINK people, THINK

omg how pathetic like prince charles alexanda said

you get your music from your inspirations

then just mash it up into your own

i know it has been going on for many years all

around the world. I mean who hasnt gone into a shop or

bar a heard a song a though 'oh yh thats ,,,'

and its someone elses song who u didnt think of

COME ON this is soooo pathetic im very glad chris and the gang

are not that worried about it x

I hate Sammy Hagar, and now even more, with his stupid ass remark.

I can't watch it either...this will go on for years to come!!! as I don't think CP will ever want to settle, they do want to prove that they wrote and so they should.

 

P.

Of course they should..

Why would they want to give in when it's clearly not true?

In fact I will be devastated if they ever decide to give in..

That would suck.

I'm not gonna watch either...will make me angry. I'm sure I can guess the gist of it :sick:

This is pathetic :thinking:

Random, but I saw the best buy add this sunday and it was advertising a computer and had albums on the desktop... and it was chickenfoot and viva la vida right next to eachother... too weird.

Random, but I saw the best buy add this sunday and it was advertising a computer and had albums on the desktop... and it was chickenfoot and viva la vida right next to eachother... too weird.

^ Haha, I saw that too and just started laughing.

I guess laughing and staying positive is the best thing we can do amid all this mudslinging until something is sorted out. :\

 

Getting into the middle of a plagiarism dispute between hot British band Coldplay and legendary American guitarist Joe Satriani has made Winnipeg music teacher Andrew Wasson a minor Internet star, writes the Toronto Star.

 

Last December, Wasson, owner of Creative Guitar Studio, did a nine-minute analysis of the similarities between Coldplay's 2009 Grammy-winning song of the year, "Viva La Vida," and Satriani's 2004 instrumental, "If I Could Fly."

 

His conclusion, based on comparisons of rhythm, melody and harmony: Satriani's claim that the Coldplay song was a rip-off of his own tune is essentially true. Since then, Wasson's video on YouTube has received more than 670,000 views and earned him a coveted place in YouTube's Partner Program, earning him a modest monthly income.

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEGGFJLpbu4]YouTube - Did Coldplay copy Joe Satriani? Let's Do the Music Theory: PART 1[/ame]

 

"The opportunity for me arose to go and do that video, and build some traffic and build a little bit of recognition for myself on YouTube, and it's worked really well. I kind of figured it would go pretty viral," Wasson said.

 

Wasson also received numerous calls from lawyers and a very complimentary email from a professor at Boston's Berklee College of Music. Wasson has gone from zero to close to 1,500 regular subscribers to his website and drawn the ire of countless Coldplay fans. "There's people that are obviously Coldplay fans that are essentially creating fake accounts and they're ... spamming my videos with comments that are derogatory, everything from `You did it all wrong' to `You're crazy.' That's putting it nicely. I thought that was very strange."

 

The dispute remains unresolved since Satriani filed suit in December, although Coldplay members have hotly denied his contention. But Howard King, Satriani's lawyer, said Coldplay has hired a high-profile legal firm in California to handle the suit after it became clear that the group's appearance at the 2009 Grammys in Los Angeles could be marred by the embarrassment of having the legal documents served on them publicly.

 

"We did have some service challenges, but once we made it known we were going to serve them at the Grammys ... they had a lawyer contact us, who agreed to accept service on their behalf," King said.

 

Both sides have set a tentative trial date for spring 2010, but King said they'll also hold "private mediation" talks in late July. "Cases like this either go to trial and have unpredictable and sometimes devastating results for one side or the other ... or get resolved behind closed doors. There is going to be an attempt in late July to see if the case is capable of being resolved behind closed doors," King said. Russell Frackman, representing Coldplay, had no comment.

 

Two other plagiarism accusations have since emerged, one from the former Cat Stevens that "Viva La Vida" strongly resembles his song "Foreigner Suite," and one – possibly from Coldplay fans – that Satriani's song is a rip-off of an Argentinean group's song, "Frances Limon."

 

For the record, Wasson has done a similar analysis of both songs and concluded that, despite some similarities, they are not the same. And that has only deepened his conviction that Coldplay may have some explaining to do.

 

"You look at the Coldplay and Satriani pieces and you go, `These two pieces are the same,'" Wasson said.

 

http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/648232

So that random guy managed to make money off this whole debacle? Kudos to him. :lol:

:veryangry2: I don't know why I bother reading this...it just makes me so angry. Who the hell does ol' Satch think he actually is? That someone as talented and genius as Chris, and the boys, would need to copy any shite he comes up with!

 

Thanks Busybeebum! :angry:

i hope they swear at satrini in there meeting in july

So that random guy managed to make money off this whole debacle? Kudos to him. :lol:

 

Another one making money off this :(

Coldplay makes an awesome song, and all these people try to grab a piece of it. :(

its very unfortunate

:dozey: