Here's something that's been around for a while, but it was new to me, so what the heck. Joe Satriani has filed a lawsuit alleging that Coldplay ripped off his work in writing "Viva la Vida." In my opinion, there are far too many similarities (not just key, chord progression and melody, but also intervals from later in the Satriani solo that come up later in the "new" song) to deny, but I don't know anything about copyright law. Having a fairly strong background in music and composition, though, I can tell you that I absolutely believe that Coldplay ripped this off. Pretty disappointing - give this video a watch and make up your own mind.
UPDATE - video fixed 12/25/08
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