Joe Satriani Sues Coldplay for Plagiarism

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

A settlement whereby money is given to a Plaintiff with far fewer resources than the defendant is virtually always a concession by the defendant that there's a damn good chance that they lose this one. This is simply a reality of civil jurisprudence.

In this case, I think there's far more involved, especially given Coldplay's stature as a "Megaband". If they had lost in court (which I still say was less than a 10% chance), they go down in the court of public opinion as copycats. It definitely would hurt their standing.

By settling, they avoid any embarrassing blurbs or an extremely embarrassing outcome. With a settlement, it just goes away...

Seriously, have you seen anything on 'net or the news other than the link I provided?