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Yahoo
06-08-2025
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- Yahoo
Jimmy Page settles decades-long Dazed and Confused lawsuit with original songwriter, Jake Holmes
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Jimmy Page and Jake Holmes have settled their decades-long lawsuit over the origins of Dazed and Confused, just months after fresh allegations were levelled against the Led Zeppelin guitarist. American singer-songwriter Holmes had written the original version of the track in 1967. Then, having played it when opening for the Yardbirds at a Greenwich Village gig in New York, Page is said to have been drawn to the song. The Yardbirds promptly began adding it to their live set before a reworked version made its way onto Led Zeppelin's debut album a year later. The liner notes on Led Zeppelin I credit Page as the sole songwriter, which was changed to 'inspired by Jake Holmes' following an initial copyright infringement lawsuit in 2010, settled in 2011. In May, following the release of the new documentary, Becoming Led Zeppelin, Holmes filed a fresh lawsuit. He alleged that Page had released several archival Yardbird live performances of the track, which left his name off the credits. Such a move is said to go against their 2011 settlement agreement, thus sparking new legal wranglings. He also claimed that he had not been compensated for the use of the song in the documentary, which charts the band's origins. Full details of the new settlement have not been disclosed, but Reuters reports that the two parties told a California court that the issues have been resolved. Both parties are now working on a final written settlement. Page and company have faced copyright allegations before. The band was sued in 2014, with the opening bars of Stairway of Heaven said to be lifted directly from Spirit's 1968 instrumental, Taurus. Led Zeppelin had toured with Spirit during one of the group's earliest US tours, and they even covered Spirit's Fresh Garbage in their formative days, leading to claims that Page had stolen guitar parts from Taurus. Led Zeppelin won the initial case in 2016, but it was then revived two years later, only for the US Supreme Court to decline to hear the case, thus putting the dispute to bed. In related news, a guitar that Jimmy Page gave away for free in a magazine competition is expected to fetch over $67,000 when it goes to auction next month. Page had bought the 1957 Gretsch Chet Atkins 6120 for £200, and has since been described as 'mental' for parting with it so willingly. Solve the daily Crossword
Reuters
01-08-2025
- Entertainment
- Reuters
Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page, Sony Pictures settle songwriter's 'Dazed and Confused' lawsuit
Aug 1 (Reuters) - Songwriter Jake Holmes has settled a lawsuit that accused former Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page, music publisher Warner Chappell (WMG.O), opens new tab and film studio Sony Pictures (6758.T), opens new tab of violating his rights in the song "Dazed and Confused," according to a Friday filing in California federal court. The parties told the court, opens new tab that they had resolved their dispute and were finalizing a written settlement. Details of the settlement agreement were not immediately available. Holmes' attorney Daniel Johnson declined to comment. Spokespeople for Warner Music and Sony Pictures did not immediately respond to requests for comment or more information about the settlement. Holmes, a singer-songwriter and prominent creator of advertising jingles, wrote "Dazed and Confused" in 1967. Page's band, the Yardbirds, reworked it later that year, and his next band, Led Zeppelin, featured it on their debut album in 1969. Holmes first sued Page for copyright infringement in 2010 over his versions of the song. That dispute was settled in 2011. Holmes filed a new lawsuit in May alleging that Page released several archival Yardbirds live versions of "Dazed and Confused" that only credit Page as the song's writer, breaking their settlement agreement and infringing Holmes' copyright. The complaint said that the Sony Pictures documentary "Becoming Led Zeppelin," released in February also unlawfully featured "Dazed and Confused" without compensating or crediting Holmes. Page, Sony Pictures and Warner Chappell did not respond to the allegations in court. The case is Holmes v. Page, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, No. 2:25-cv-03977. For Holmes: Daniel Johnson For the defendants: attorney information not available Read more: Jimmy Page, Sony Pictures sued by songwriter over Led Zeppelin song
