Coldplay, Satriani reach settlement over plagiarism row.Byline: ANI Washington, September 16 (ANI): Coldplay has reportedly reached a legal settlement with guitarist Joe Satriani over a plagiarism Using ideas, plots, text and other intellectual property developed by someone else while claiming it is your original work. lawsuit. The band were served with a lawsuit by Satriani, who alleged the rockers lifted his 2004 instrumental, "I Just Wanna wan·na Informal 1. Contraction of want to: You wanna go now? 2. Contraction of want a: You wanna slice of pie? Fly," for the basic melody of "Viva La Vida". Both the parties were said to have settled the matter, and copyright infringement Noun 1. copyright infringement - a violation of the rights secured by a copyright infringement of copyright plagiarisation, plagiarization, piracy, plagiarism - the act of plagiarizing; taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own lawsuit has been dismissed, reports Contactmusic. According to Billboard.com, a confession of any wrongdoing wrong·do·er n. One who does wrong, especially morally or ethically. wrong  do will not
be required from the group, who have always denied the claims.
A statement from the Brits said: "If there are any similarities between our two pieces of music, they are entirely coincidental, and just as surprising to us as to him." Both sides declined to comment about the settlement. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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