Stairway to Heaven jury to decide if the song remains the same as Spirit track

A trial is needed to decide if Led Zeppelin's Stairway To Heaven copies its opening notes from a song performed by the rock band Spirit, a judge has ruled.

US District Judge R Gary Klausner ruled that lawyers for the trustee of late Spirit guitarist Randy Wolfe had shown enough evidence to support a case that Stairway To Heaven copies music from his song Taurus.