Led Zeppelin’s iconic “Stairway to Heaven” won’t reverberate through the halls of the federal appeals court in San Francisco next week when a full panel of judges will review last year’s decision for a new trial in a copyright-infringement lawsuit over the 1971 classic.
The court on Monday denied a lawyer’s request to play excerpts of “Taurus” -- a song by the ‘60s California band Spirit -- and “Stairway to Heaven.”
The lawyer for the trust of late Spirit guitarist Randy “California” Wolfe wants to persuade the judges that the actual recordings ought to heard by jurors if the case ...
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