Is Inspiration Theft? Coldplay faces the music.

There is a quote, "Good artist copy, great artist steal." That is the question now put to Coldplay. Recently Joey Satriani has filed a law suit against Coldplay for stealing a musical sound; tantamount to plagiarism. He's suing for any and all profits. The song in question is Viva La Vida. Now the Internet and music world is buzzing over this news.

Decide for yourself as a youtuber has overlapped both songs in a comparision video. For a better understanding read the complete article here. You'll find out who is behind that great quote too which may impact your thinking.

Coldplay's Free Concerts!

Coldplay frontman Chris Martin and the rest of his crew performed at Madison Square Garden on last night in New York City. The New York event was the third of three free shows, after concerts in London and Barcelona. The band had given away over 7,000 tickets through its website. Maybe this will help them get over their plagiarism scandal!

Coldplay plagiarism controversy

The Brooklyn band Creaky Boards made this YouTube video that accuses Coldplay of plagiarizing their song, "The Song I Didn't Write." The band said the melody of "Viva La Vida" is the same as that of their tune.

Take a listen and see what you think.

"Viva La Vida" is on track to become UK's No. 1 single. In addition, early sales numbers predict the Coldplay album Viva La Vida will also debut at No. 1, a first for the group.

Coldplay singer Chris Martin recently spoke to John Kennedy's X-posure show about the meaning behind the album's title. In the interview, which will air tonight, Chris said:

"We refer to it just as 'Viva La Vida' but the other bit is if you find it too depressing you can call it 'Death and All His Friends' and if you find it not depressing you can call it 'Viva La Vida'.

"It's very much a 'you-decide-what-the-title-is'. We very much wanted to make it like those model airplanes that you buy and you can choose what colour you paint it."