Comments on: Coldplay settles Satriani lawsuit

By: Tonia

Tonia — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:19:19 +0000

I AM A SATRIANI FAN AND WHEN I HEARD COLDPLAY’S SONG I IMMEDIATELY HEARD JOE’S IF I COULD FLY. TOO DARN CLOSE IF YA ASK ME! ONLY JOE CAN DETERMINE THAT, BEING THAT HE WROTE THE MUSIC.

By: basselope

basselope — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:09:17 +0000

@Jon, first off, Coldplay is rich enough that the legal expenses don’t compare to the cost of a credibility hit like this. The fact that they DID settle, certainly gives merit to Satriani’s claim…Also, you don’t even know how much the settlement was, so you might want to stop talking out of your arse. You may also want to get your ears checked, because the similarities are obvious to a deaf person. Take off your fanboy goggles.

By: Big B

Big B — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:01:15 +0000

They only thing you can actually copyright are melody and lyrics. Chords, keys, tempos, those are not copyrightable. They are considered the vocabulary of music. Just light you can copyright a poem, but you cannot copyright words. And since Satriani’s work has no words, he never was entitled to “all proceeds” even if the had deliberately copied him, which I don’t believe they did. I’d call myself a casual Satch fan, and I’d never heard the song. It’s not hard to imagine they’d never heard it either. It’s such a simple melody, I bet thousands of us have sung it in the shower at some point.

By: Big B

Big B — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 15:55:16 +0000

This is EXACTLY right. I’ve written some decent songs. No one has ever heard them because I am a stay at home dad, not a touring rock star. But if I record and copyright them, and put them on the net where they “could” be heard, eventually someone will have a hit with “my song” and I can cash in!

By: Big B

Big B — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 15:48:24 +0000

Well, Brittany Spears and Madonna are richer than any virtuoso shredder ever dreamed. What does THAT do to your “simplicity”?

By: Adam S

Adam S — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:37:49 +0000

ColdPlay are thieves. Anyone look here on Page 3 of the comments, and see Gabe’s response? Interview upon interview where it is specified by the band themselves that they steal as a way to create music.

By: Adam S

Adam S — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:17:51 +0000

EXACTLY!

By: LarryXA

LarryXA — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:32:12 +0000

Thx, this has definitely made my day!

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By: Pokey

Pokey — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:21:25 +0000

Coldplay sucks and it’s obvious that they coipied Satriani’s song. How can anyone listen to both of tose examples and think they don’t sound alike??

By: Brainless

Brainless — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 23:37:33 +0000

In more than just one element, “Living La Vida” is the same (as opposed to SIMILAR) as “If I Could Fly”. The probability for that to happen genuinely is lower than the probability you and I have a pillow fight on the moon surface. So if this is not a rip off then I will be out tomorrow singing “We Are The Shampoo” and denying it is the same as Queen’s “We Are The Champions”. Coldplay are thieves.