Led Zeppelin Publishers Seeking $613,000 In Legal Fees After Lawsuit
Led Zeppelin’s publishing company is seeking over $613,000 to cover the legal fees that were incurred in the band’s “Stairway to Heaven” copyright infringement lawsuit in June. Warner/Chappell Music cited “extensive and ongoing litigation misconduct” on behalf of plaintiff Michael Skidmore, the trustee for Spirit’s Randy (California) Wolfe’s estate.More »
By on July 12, 2016
Led Zeppelin’s publishing company is seeking over $613,000 to cover the legal fees that were incurred in the band’s “Stairway to Heaven” copyright infringement lawsuit in June. Warner/Chappell Music cited “extensive and ongoing litigation misconduct” on behalf of plaintiff Michael Skidmore, the trustee for Spirit’s Randy (California) Wolfe’s estate and the plaintiff’s counsel, Francis Malofiy, who lodged over 100 sustained objections over the course of the bizarre weeklong trial,” in court documents. According to Courthouse News, Warner/Chappell is seeking reparation of their legal fees in order to “encourage and reward the litigation of a meritorious defense.” They also pinpointed some of the “flagrantly unprofessional and offensive manner” practices Malofiy used to argue his case, including editing a photo of Plant and Spirit’s Mark Andes, which was “altered to omit two people and create the false impression” that the two musicians were talking, as well as misstating the actual date of a John Paul Jones interview. Copyright(c) 2016 RTTNews.com. All Rights ReservedLess «