Court Case
In 1985 Greek composer Stavros Logaridis sued Vangelis for plagiarism (EMI vs Warner Brothers), alleging the title track had plagiarised Logaridis' song "City of Violets" (1977) — which does feature similar instrumentation and chord progressions. Vangelis demonstrated his first-take improvisational composition style live on his synthesizers in court and was acquitted of the complaint.
The case reached the London High Courts in 1987, and was referred to as a test case numerous times in the following years in matters relating but not limited to; Music sampling, Copyright infringement etc.
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