British rock band Coldplay arrives at the 2008 MTV Movie Awards in Los Angeles, in this June 1, 2008 file photo.[Agencies]
LOS ANGELES – British rock band Coldplay on Tuesday denied virtuoso guitarist Joe Satriani's accusation that it ripped off one of his instrumentals, saying any similarities were "entirely coincidental.
Satriani filed a copyright infringement suit in Los Angeles last Thursday, claiming Coldplay's hit single "Viva La Vida" incorporates "substantial original portions" of his 2004 song "If I Could Fly."
The 52-year-old guitarist is seeking a jury trial, damages and "any and all profits" attributable to the alleged copyright infringement.
But Coldplay, whose soaring atmospheric tunes have been unfavorably compared to those of Irish rock band U2, brushed off the allegations.
"If there are any similarities between our two pieces of music, they are entirely coincidental and just as surprising to us as to him," the band said in a posting on its website.
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