Court to rule on ‘Stairway to Heaven’ riff copyright

Generations of aspiring guitarists have tried to copy the riff from Led Zeppelin’s ‘Stairway to Heaven.’

Yesterday, however, a Los Angeles court began to try to decide whether the members of Led Zeppelin themselves ripped off the riff.

Guitarist Jimmy Page and singer Robert Plant were named as defendants in the lawsuit brought by the trustee of guitarist Randy Wolfe from the band Spirit.