Coldplay's Chris Martin lands in lawsuit over plagiarism
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Washington
(ANI):
Coldplay's
lead
vocalist
Chris
Martin
and
his
band
members
are
being
served
with
a
lawsuit
by
musician
Joe
Satriani
over
plagiarism.
In
the
lawsuit,
Satriani
claims
that
Coldplay
lifted
his
2004
instrumental,
"I
Just
Wanna
Fly,"
for
the
basic
melody
of
"Viva
La
Vida,"
which
Coldplay
in
turn
has
disputed,
with
a
rebuke
on
their
website.
But
that
hasn't
stopped
Satriani
or
his
attorney
Howard
King
of
King
Paterno,
from
claiming
that
Coldplay
has
dodged
being
served,
and
that
the
Grammys
are
the
easiest
forum
at
which
to
strike
while
the
iron
is
hot.
"We
have
warned
their
British
lawyers
that
we
have
hired
a
fleet
of
process
servers
lined
up
to
dog
the
band
everywhere
they
go
this
weekend
in
the
hopes
of
serving
them,"
Fox
News
quoted
King
as
saying.
King
has
even
promised
to
have
camera
crews
roaming
around
with
the
process
servers
to
get
the
whole
thing
on
tape.