Legal Commentary

Satriani's copyright lawsuit against Coldplay & the non-reluctant witness

By Ernest Svenson

Joe Satriani recently sued Coldplay for copying one of his songs, and a few days later a guitar teacher, who seems to have a good handle on music theory, posts his musical analysis of whether Coldplay in fact copied. I'll bet he gets contacted by Satriani's attorney (since that's whose side he seems to favor). If he does get subpoenaed he might be forced to testify, although I'm guessing he'd be entitled to fees as an expert witness. Either way, it's the dawn of a new era when witnesses start offering samples of their potential testimony on the Internet for free.

Full post as published by Ernie the Attorney on December 10, 2008 (boomark / email).