hah

thats good

i dont like coldplay though

well then i guess your just gonna have to wait for another artist to sue Coldplay for stealing someone else's ideas

wasn't aware this was still going on

^^^ Cause Chickenshit just ain't doin' it.

lol chickenshit indeed

I hate Coldplay

Coldplay probably gave him a hooker and a new guitar.

baldy

coldplay is great fuck you all

The hooker felt lonely because Satriani just wanked the guitar and completely ignored her

Hookers have feelings too

nah hooker was the name of the guitar man

Guitars have feelings, then

coldplay imma let you finish...

no? alright.

I like both of them.
Glad this has been settled.

And Satriani an irrelevant guitarist? Are you crazy?
Whether you like him or not he is hardly irrelevant.
Taught Kirk Hammet for one thing...

Taught Kirk Hammet for one thing...

kirk hammet is a good guitarist, nothing more

The worst thing about this is that it was solved to end negative publicity on both ends. Satriani didn't have a case to stand on and if Coldplay really wanted to crush him in court, they could have easily. However, they would have to do it out of their own pockets. I almost wish they had just so that I could witness the nerd rage of a million bedroom shredders.

kirk hammet is a good guitarist, nothing more

True. He's not one of my favourites. But he's still decent.

an irrelevant guitarist has to make money somehow

i can play it with my left hand

i can play it with my pubic hair

ugh figures joshisnumber3 would make a good post right after I admitted to never having seen
one

i had no idea this shite was still going on.

Eh I like Coldplay a lot but they did rip a couple melodies straight out of Satriani's song, and honestly there's pretty fair grounds for a suit.

There's not much of a case at all. The melody is only superficially similar, with only a few select notes following the same melodic sequence. The rhythm to both songs is different, the harmonic content is different, Joe Satriani would have to prove within reason that the melody was lifted from his particular song and not simply a product of the chord sequence beneath it.

I don't have any particular feelings about Joe Satriani, but it's pretty terrible that his attorneys let the case progress as far as it had. Fortunately for them, they are getting paid either way.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJWLfpOecyE&feature=channel

Start about half way through for the comparison. When transposed into the same key the melodies are strikingly similar. The harmonic and rhythmic content of the song are different, but chord progressions are not copyrighted. Focusing purely on the melody, there is grounds for a suit. And no, they would not have to prove that the melody was lifted from the Joe Satriani song - it could be a complete coincidence but if they are similar enough the suit can still go through.