Washington
(ANI):
Legendary
guitarist
Joe
Satriani
has
accused
rock
band
Coldplay
for
plagiarising
one
of
his
songs.
The
52-year-old
veteran
artist
has
filed
a
lawsuit
at
Los
Angeles
federal
court
against
the
band
for
their
2008
hit
track
Viva
La
Vida.
Satriani
alleges
that
the
Yellow
hitmakers
have
copied
segments
from
his
2004
instrumental
If
I
Could
Fly
to
use
in
their
track.
He
also
said
that
he
never
intended
to
instigate
a
full-fledged
legal
battle
but
was
forced
to
after
the
group
refused
to
address
his
concerns."Everybody
assumes
I'm
trying
to
go
after
these
guys
in
Coldplay,
as
if
I'm
doing
this
with
malice
-
that's
the
furthest
thing
from
my
mind," Contactmusic
quoted
him
as
saying.
"I'm
just
doing
what
I
need
to
do
as
an
artist,
to
protect
what's
mine,
to
protect
those
feelings
I
put
down
in
song.
I
did
everything
I
could
to
avoid
a
court
case
with
this
situation.
But
Coldplay
didn't
want
to
talk
about
it.
They
just
wanted
this
whole
thing
to
go
away.
Maybe
they
figured
this
little
guitar
player
guy
will
leave
them
alone
after
a
while,
I
don't
know.
But
we're
talking
about
a
piece
of
art
that
I
created,
and
that's
something
I
feel
is
important,"
he
added.
Satriani
also
insists
that
he
was
heartbroken
after
hearing
the
band
had
allegedly
ripped
off
his
tune.
"I
felt
like
a
dagger
went
right
through
my
heart.
It
hurt
so
much.
The
second
I
heard
it,
I
knew
it
was
If
I
Could
Fly,"
he
said.
"Almost
immediately,
from
the
minute
their
song
came
out,
my
e-mail
box
flooded
with
people
going,
''Have
you
heard
this
song
by
Coldplay?
They
ripped
you
off
man.'' Everybody
noticed
the
similarities
between
the
songs.
It's
pretty
obvious,"
he
added.