Joe Satriani accused Coldplay of plagiarism for lifting elements of his song "If I Could Fly" for its hit song "Viva La Vida" earlier this year. Now, videos depicting similarities between the songs ...

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NEW YORK, Sept. 17 (UPI) -- A U.S. District Court judge in New York has dismissed guitarist Joe Satriani's plagiarism lawsuit against the British rock band Coldplay, legal records show. Satriani ...

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Did British megaband Coldplay knowingly steal a melody from Joe Satriani to write their hit “Viva La Vida?” Last Thursday the guitarist filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles federal court alleging Coldplay’s ...

Coldplay’s Chris Martin sings about ruling the world on the British group’s Grammy Award-winning 2008 hit “Viva la Vida.” Martin and his mates have certainly done that during the past year — but not ...

Coldplay's Will Champion has said that the band view the plagiarism claims made by Joe Satriani and Yusuf Islam as "part of the territory" of being successful. Satriani has contended that Coldplay's ...

With a pending lawsuit already filed by Joe Satriani and Yusuf (the artist formerly known as Cat Stevens) waiting anxiously on the sidelines to see how that court case fleshes out, it’s as if everyone ...

George Harrison is on it. So is Michael Bolton. And, as we're reminded in the current "Cadillac Records," Chuck Berry made sure The Beach Boys were also on the list. Now add Coldplay to the lineup of ...

Rock guitarist Joe Satriani has sued British band Coldplay, accusing the Grammy-nominated stars of plagiarizing one of his songs. Satriani's copyright infringement suit, filed yesterday (Dec. 4) in… ...