Some guitar geek is suing Coldplay for allegedly ripping off his song -- and once you hear this guy's Cold-case, it's gonna blow your frickin' mind.It's all over Coldplay's number one hit "Viva La Vida" -- Joe Satriani says "Viva" is way too similar...
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Yahoo! Music — AP - A noted guitarist has sued members of Coldplay, claiming the band's smash hit "Viva La Vida" copied parts of one of his songs. more info
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Chorus.fm — We've heard of artists claiming (http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=354991) *Coldplay* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/coldplay) copied them before, but do these a... more info
Pitchfork — Man, seems like everybody wants a piece of Coldplay these days... or is it the other way around? The bombastic Brits were accused of ripping off Brooklyn's Creaky Boards ... more info
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Some guitar geek is suing Coldplay for allegedly ripping off his song -- and once you hear this guy's Cold-case, it's gonna blow your frickin' mind.It's all over Coldpl... more info
Popeater — Guitar virtuoso Joe Satriani has accused the members of Coldplay of lifting "substantial original portions" from one of his songs and using it in the band's recent hit, '... more info
Radio Exile — Yes, we’ve heard that Joe Satriani is allegedly suing Coldplay [link]. Stealing other people’s music and putting it out as your own work is despicable-ish. Coldplay... more info
Associated Press — LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A noted guitarist has sued members of Coldplay, claiming the band's smash hit "Viva La Vida" copied parts of one of his songs.... more info
Yahoo! Music UK — Press Assoc. - Coldplay were being sued by a Los Angeles guitarist who claimed the Grammy-nominated band plagiarised one of his songs. more info
Topix — 's Viva la Vida album hit shelves this summer, the blogosphere exploded with suggestions that the title track bore a striking resemblance to a 2004 instrumental track by ... more info
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Detroit Free Press — LOS ANGELES— A noted guitarist has sued members of Coldplay, claiming the band's smash hit "Viva La Vida" copied parts of one of his songs. more info
Monsters and Critics — Los Angeles - Rock guitarist Joe Satriani has sued British supergroup Coldplay, claiming that their hit single Viva la Vida
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E! Online — At this rate, you'd think Chris Martin and his Coldplay crew didn't compose a lick of their own music.
Months after the band Creaky Boards accused the chart-topping,...... more info
Undercover, Australia — Is Coldplay`s `Viva La Vida` a rip-off of the 2004 Joe Satriani track `If I Could Fly`? Joe thinks so, and he is suing Coldplay. more info
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Did you hear about how everybody wrote "Viva La Vida" before Coldplay wrote "Viva La Vida"? This summer Creaky Boards took to the internet to take the public's temperatu... more info
VH1 News — Guitarist Joe Satriani is suing Coldplay for allegedly ripping of the melody of his song "If I Could Fly" for their Grammy-nominated track "Viva la Vida." more info
Reuters — LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rock guitarist Joe Satriani has sued British band Coldplay, accusing the Grammy-nominated stars of plagiarizing one of his songs.
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Time Out, London — Ahead of their big stadium shows next summer where they'll be supported by hip hop mate Jay-Z, Coldplay play from 'Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends' more info
ContactMusic — Guitarist JOE SATRIANI has accused British band COLDPLAY of using one of his riffs on their single VIVA LA VIDA.He filed court papers against the ... more info
ContactMusic — Guitar legend JOE SATRIANI is suing COLDPLAY for copyright infringement - accusing the British rockers of plagiarising one of his songs.
Satriani filed a suit at Los ... more info
Rolling Stone — Photo: Getty
Coldplay, no strangers to plagiarism accusations, are now being sued by guitar virtuoso Joe Satriani, as the guitarist is accusing the band of ripping off hi... more info
MTV.com News — Guitarist claims the Grammy-nominated song is a rip-off of his track 'If I Could Fly.'By Gil Kaufman
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Yahoo! Music — Reuters - Rock guitarist Joe Satriani has sued British band Coldplay, accusing the Grammy-nominated stars of plagiarizing one of his songs. more info
Perez Hilton — Rock guitar virtuoso Joe Satriani is suing Coldplay for copyright infringement.
In a suit filed yesterday, Thursday, in Los Angeles federal court, Satriani claims that th... more info
NME — American guitarist Joe Satriani is suing Coldplay for plagiarism, after claiming that the band's recent single 'Viva La Vida' ripped off his 2004 song 'If I Could Fly'. more info
Yahoo! Music UK — Press Assoc. - Coldplay were being sued by a Los Angeles guitarist who claimed the Grammy-nominated band plagiarised one of his songs. more info
ContactMusic — Coldplay face a plagiarism lawsuit after guitarist Joe Satriani accused the Grammy nominees of using one of his riffs.The 52-year-old's copyright infringement ... more info
Spinner.com — Filed under: News, Holy HellSpinner.com: Guitar virtuoso Joe Satriani has accused the members of Coldplay of lifting "substantial original portions" from one of his song... more info
AOL Music — Guitar virtuoso Joe Satriani has accused the members of Coldplay of lifting "substantial original portions" from one of his songs and using it in the band's recent hit, '... more info
Paste Magazine — First, it was a Brooklyn-based band that was raining on the Coldplay hit parade. Creaky Boards lead singer Andrew Hoepfner posted a
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