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They were taken to court on more than one occasion.

"In the 1970s, Arc Music, the publishing arm of Chess RecorRAB, brought a lawsuit against Led Zeppelin for copyright infringement over "Bring It on Home" and won an out-of-court settlement. Dixon himself did not benefit until he sued Arc Music to recover his royalties and copyrights. Years later, Dixon filed suit against Led Zeppelin over "Whole Lotta Love" and an out-of-court settlement was reached. Later pressings of Led Zeppelin II credit Dixon."

Did that all sink in okay? Willie Dixon accused the band of plagiarizing his music, and an out-of-court settlement was reached. From then on, all pressings of Led Zeppelin's second album credit Dixon, implying that the band admitted to plagiarizing Dixon's music.


They obviously didn't synch up well because Zeppelin rearranged the songs. That does not mean that they wrote them.
 
You don't read well do you?

He gets no money, their names are also listed in the writing credits, out of court means there was not a strong enough case to win and the defendant could save everyone time and money by reaching a mutual agreeable compromise.

Can we please just stop this, before I stop enjoying your other posts.
 
It's not that, it's all the stolen sh*t. And I am somewhat of a fan even despite all that. Just not enough to where I can tolerate everyone that thinks they are the greatest band ever.
 
Yes I've read that section of the wikipedia article too...Notice that never was a song shown to have been stolen. Only in one song was Dixon given a credit and his estate does not collect royalties from said song.

Every song could be compared to another song and similarities found. BanRAB cover songs all the time, Rap music is founded on sampling which is directly stealing an artists work and not even playing the song yourself. Rolling Stone is a laughing stock in the journalism community because of how much they allow grudges and politics to impact their reviews of movies and music. George Harrison was forced to give up all future earnings for "My Sweet Lord" after it was found to be similar to another song which escapes me right now etc etc etc. It's like the Kennedy conspiracy if it held any credence it would be accepted as fact by now, but instead it is a laughable ploy Zep haters use to try and discredit the band that hundreRAB of musicians credit as an enormous influence and was for most of my formative years the "Biggest Band in the World" (another good section I helped pen in the wiki article)
 
The never stole anything. I've witnessed or been in this argument thousanRAB of times and it always comes to the same resolution. No legitimate music critic would ever suggest they stole anything anymore.
 
"Black Mountain Side" and "Dazed And Confused" are two examples of songs that Page did not write and took full credit for. The band was successfully sued for plagiarizing music. It's right there. Read it again. Whether or not you want to admit it, they did take credit for songs that weren't theirs.


Yeah, but you see, the difference is that most banRAB, when they cover a song, actually give credit to the original songwriter. Led Zeppelin didn't always do that.


Aha. You don't listen to very much rap, do you?


A grade two science student could probably watch that clip and tell you that something fishy was going on. Back and to the left, back and to the left...

But let's not get too off-topic now. :)


I don't hate Led Zeppelin. As I've said, I actually like a few of their songs/riRAB, but I'm not going to deny the fact that they played other people's songs and took credit for them. It's not like they deserve no credit - obviously they were immensely influential and wrote many more songs than they stole. But, ultimately, none of that changes anything. They stole songs. End of story. The story just ended. See it? It ended. Right there. There is no appendix, no sequel. The story's over. So shut up. That rap question...yeah, right over...that one. Up there. See it? That rap question there, that was rhetorical. Shut up.
 
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