MU121 Chapter Notes - Chapter 0: Jimmy Page, Country Blues
Document Summary
Made me mad mad mad: led zeppelin and other people"s songs. Plagarism w led zeppelin goes back to groups first 2 albums in 1969. Disturbing portion of work is said to have been copies without due courtesy from elsewhere: the lenient one: 2 schools of thought have arisen out of this: Maintains any misappropriation of older music by lz was either accidental or inadvertent. Only popularized pieces that were obscure or unknown. Blamed by elitist reviewers for their success: lz were exploiters. Backed by a major label and extremely protective management. Knowingly lifted words, music, and ideas from middle aged, vulnerable, or uncommercial acts. These acts lacked the legal means to defend their own intellectual property. Some were black, adding implications of racism to thievery indictment. Guilty of ripping off poor black people"s songs. Fed counterfeit songs to ripe market too gullible to distinguish them from the real thing.
