Led Zeppelin
Web page Is Dazed & Confused About Paying Me!!!
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Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page isn’t exhibiting a songwriter a complete lotta love over one of many band’s basic hits, and now he’s dragging the guitarist into federal courtroom.
A man named Jake Holmes filed the swimsuit in opposition to James Patrick Web page — yeah, that’s his full title — over “Dazed and Confused” … the tune Zeppelin dropped again in ’69. Within the docs, Holmes says it’s already been legally established that he’s the copyright holder on the observe — he and Web page reached a settlement in 2011.
Holmes says he observed one thing awry with the brand new IMAX documentary, “Changing into Led Zeppelin,” which was launched earlier this yr — the movie credit say Web page wrote ‘Dazed’ and Holmes solely “impressed” it, however Holmes says that’s patently false.
Little backstory on the tune … the Yardbirds launched the primary model of ‘Dazed’ in 1968, when Jimmy was a member of the group, and he recorded a brand new model of it with Zeppelin … which solely credited Web page as the author.
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That prompted Holmes to sue a long time later, as a result of he obtained the copyright for ‘Dazed’ in 1967 … resulting in their 2011 settlement.
So, Holmes’ level is any model of the tune — Yardbirds or Zep — will not be “impressed” by him, it’s written by him, and he needs to be paid as such.
Apart from the film, Holmes says, he’s additionally getting screwed by current re-releases of Yardbirds performances … as a result of he hasn’t seen a dime from them.
He’s suing Jimmy for all monies earned from the usage of “Dazed and Confused” within the documentary, or from any new releases of the tune. We’ve reached out to Web page’s camp, however no phrase again but.
