Led Zeppelin's plagiarism lawsuit: a sign of the times in the music industry

In an age of declining revenue, suing over chord progressions and samples opens a new revenue stream for disgruntled artists – but such action is nothing newIt’s hard for musicians to make money these days, given the drain of file-sharing and the lousy wages of streaming. But an increasing number of artists have found another way to generate funds: lawsuits against each other.In the past few years, a rash of high-profile legal actions have been launched by stars, or their estates, ...

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