CNN On Satriani V. Coldplay

It's been over six months since guitar virtuoso Joe Satriani filed a copyright infringement suit against Coldplay, claiming the verse melody of "Viva La Vida" copies a guitar lick in his 2004 song "If I Could Fly." Coldplay still haven't apologized. Chris Martin says that while the whole ordeal is "inspiring" (?) the similarities are a coincidence. CNN braved a Chickenfoot show to get an update from Satriani. (He jokes about it, but also he wants all the money.) The news network also talked t...

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