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Have Coldplay been naughty boys then? Keen YouTube watchers will have been wise to allegations for some time that the sensible rockers' No.1 smash 'Viva La Vida' seems to borrow a melody or two from guitarist's guitarist Joe Satriani's 2004 “hit” 'If I Could Fly', but now it seems Joe himself has cottoned on and launched a lawsuit. This action coincidentally came the day after Coldplay snared seven Grammy nominations, possibly alerting Joe to the full financial implications. All they...

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03:55 on December 8 2008

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