Led Zeppelin lost their battle against Willie Dixon in the past but could the band lose again? Hopefully not. This isn’t look too good for Led Zep ’cause the band been questioned by the federal court.
I’m hoping Led Zep will prevail though ’cause it would be sad if Spirit wins. If Spirit wins the demands would be pretty harsh too. Spirit is asking for lots of money in damages, plus they demand Randy California to get a writing credit in “Stairway”.
I don’t know why Led Zep is a huge target for “plagiarism” so much. I mean look at the Rolling Stones and The Beatles. Those two iconic bands rip off songs all the time but you never see people get mad at them either.
Kev
K'Brocking 
The band members of Led Zeppelin didn’t write any of the songs they recorded. I wrote the song “Stairway to Heaven” using the 1946 film title starring David Niven who was the first to portray Ian Fleming’s James Bond in the adaption of Casino Royale. Which is also where “Jimmy/James” got part of his stage name. The other being “Patti Page” who recorded the song “All My Love (Bolero)…which inspired me to write the song “All My Love” for the band I named Led Zeppelin. Even though the saying “All that glitters is not gold” was popularized by Shakespeare…it can also be found in “All that is gold does not glitter” a poem by J. R. R. Tolkien included in his fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings, with a contrasting meaning…which I also referenced “Lord of the Rings in the lyrics of “Ramble On”. Though, the original inspiration behind using the saying is due to Bob Marley’s “Get Up Stand Up” due to Chris Blackwell of Island Records (who takes credit for discovering Marley) coming into my life. He had connections to Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in Muscle Shoals, Alabama through his artists Traffic (Steve Winwood’s band) and Jimmy Cliff. This is why I made references to Howlin’ Wolf (Willie Dixon songs “Back Door Man”, “How Many More Years”, “Shake for Me”) and Jerry Lee Lewis (Big Legged Woman & Whole Lotta Shakin Going On) songs who were discovered by Alabama native Sam Phillips…and I am from Alabama. Of course, Chris Blackwell got his start in the entertainment industry working on the set of Dr. No and his mother had an affair with the James Bond author. This is the connection to David Niven in “Stairway to Heaven” and the lyrics “’round the world” for the film “Around the World in 80 Days” which Niven also appeared. By the way, I play the flute and started playing when I was 12 yrs old…and piano when I was 7.