Originally Posted by: z0s0_jpthe taurus thing is just stupid to call it a rip off

How do you figure that?

That decending figure in Stairway is an almost note-for-note copy of Spirit's song. Unless they've given credit and pay royalties to Spirit, it is plagiarism in its purest form.

If a painter steals his paints, brush and canvas then with them makes a spectacular portrait, he's still a theif.