Guardian Music — It must be distressing for an artist if another is profiting from a tune you believe you created. But ultimately, shouldn't a song be allowed to exist on its own merit?Yusuf Islam, the artist formerly known as Cat Stevens, is now the second person to... more info

Guardian Music — The band say there are 12,000 songs with the same chord progression and Viva La Vida and Foreigner Suite are just two of them. Right ...Coldplay have responded to the latest plagiarism claim about their song Viva La Vida by insisting that they "haven... more info

ContactMusic — COLDPLAY drummer WILL CHAMPION has fired back at allegations the band plagiarised music and melodies from guitar great JOE SATRIANI and YUSUF ISLAM, insisting no one owns... more info

Rolling Stone — 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’s laying claim to Coldplay’s infectious “... more info

MTV.com News — Will Champion says copyright infringement accusations are 'part of the territory' of success.By Gil Kaufman Coldplay Photo: Eamonn McCormack/ WireImage When you aim to become one of the biggest bands in the world, this sort of thing just c... more info

VH1 News — Coldplay drummer Will Champion again denied that "Viva la Vida" infringes on the copyright of Joe Satriani's or Cat Steven's songs, saying those accusations are "part of the territory" of being successful. more info

VH1 News — Yusuf Islam — a.k.a Cat Stevens — told Reuters that Coldplay's "Viva La Vida" seems similar to his song "Foreigner Suite." Joe Satriani has sued the band over the song. more info

Cuchara Sonica — Después de que Joe Satriani dijo que los integrantes de Coldplay lo plagiaron, ahora salió Cat Stevens (a quién recientemente conocí a través de la serie Skins y su cierre de temporada con la canción “Wild World”) a decir que �... more info

Orange Music Blog — Just how short of inspiration was Chris Martin when he sat down to write Coldplay’s ‘Viva La Vida’? After Joe Satriani’s plagiarism allegations, another indignant artist has crept out of the woodwork. Here’s Yusuf Is... more info

Guardian Music — First it was Joe Satriani, now the artist formerly known as Cat Stevens claims that Viva La Vida borrows from one of his songsYusuf Islam has accused Coldplay of copying one of his 26-year-old compositions for their Grammy award-winning song, Viva La... more info