Supreme Court Petition Filed In 'Stairway To Heaven' Copyright Suit

Mealey's (August 14, 2020, 10:51 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In finding that Led Zeppelin's classic song "Stairway To Heaven" did not infringe a song by the band Spirit, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals erred in limiting the scope of the Copyright Act of 1909 to just sheet music, a trustee for the original songwriter argues in an Aug. 6 petition for certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court in a case that he says will affect "the future of music copyright law" (Michael Skidmore v. Led Zeppelin, et al., No. 20-142, U.S. Sup.)....