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February 04, 2009

Coldplay at Grammys: Expect To Get Served By Satriani's Lawyers...

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By now you should have made up your own mind whether the Coldplay song “Viva La Vida” ripped off Joe Satriani song “If I Could Fly”. But it seems Satriani’s people have not been able to nail the guys down to serve them their papers. That will change at the Grammy’s on Sunday:

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Now, don’t shoot the messenger here: Satriani is claiming that Coldplay lifted his 2004 instrumental, “I Just Wanna Fly,” for the basic melody of “Viva La Vida.” Coldplay disputes this, and has issued a rebuke on their website.

But that hasn’t stopped Satriani or his attorney Howard King of King Paterno et al. The firm claims that Coldplay has dodged being served, and that the Grammys are the easiest forum at which to strike while the iron is hot.

King says, “We have warned their British lawyers that we have hired a fleet of process servers lined up to dog the band everywhere they go this weekend in the hopes of serving them.”

King even promises to have camera crews roaming around with the process servers to get the whole thing on tape.

What’s Coldplay’s way out of this mess? Maybe the easiest thing would be to just accept service and let a court decide what happened with “Viva La Vida.”


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#1 Mick says:

Coldplay are complete palgiarists. This is the latest in a long line of songs in which Coldplay have completely ripped off other musicians work. What makes it even more disgusting is that they deny it. Satriani deserves every penny made from Coldplay's Viva La Vida and Coldplay should credit their work to Satriani. Coldplay will be served publicly at the Grammy's in full view of the world.

#2 Dave says:

Regardless of any sort of legitimacy to this claim, unless you're suing Chris Martin personally, rather than the entity that is Coldplay, you're absolutely lying if you can't serve his/their authorized representatives any time you want.

Pretty douchey thing to do during the Grammys.

They're not dodging shit. You're doing it wrong. Plain and simple.

#3 Robert says:

I can't believe U2 didn't sue them first

#4 Frank says:

Robert, I fell out of my chair laughing when I read "I can't believe U2 didn't sue them first" - yes indeed.

#5 RYan says:

Play them both together, it sounds amazing!!!!

Make love not war guys!

#6 Terry Noonan says:

What scumbags! I can't believe they won't just own up to having ripped him off, even if it was subconcious, they should do the right thing. I don't think the laws for this kind of thing are strict enough. I feel that if Joe wins the case, they should be beaten in public. Fucking English twats!


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