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Did Led Zeppelin Steal ‘Stairway to Heaven’?

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‘Stairway to Heaven’ is the latest casualty in a wave of litigation over composer royalties. Why do so many hit songs lead to copyright suits?

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I’d just celebrated my 14th birthday when Led Zeppelin released the song “Stairway to Heaven.” One of my buddies purchased a copy of the album Led Zeppelin IV before the rest of us knew about it—we were still listening to smarmy middle school songs—and scrawled out the lyrics to “Stairway...

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