Zeppelin Named as Plaintiffs in ASCAP Suits

We've covered the public performance cases filed by ASCAP and BMI, and usually the named plaintiffs are (i) major publishers, like EMI and SonyATV, and (ii) the artists' boutique-publishing LLC. So, it was with great surprise that OTCS discovered this public performance case with the members of Led Zeppelin as individual named plaintiffs.

Don't get excited. The complaint is as vanilla as the rest. But, it is interesting to observe that Led Zeppelin appears to handle their publishing personally, at least on some level.

The Caption -- No. 1:08-cv-00604-WDM (D.Colorado filed Mar. 24, 2008)

ODNIL MUSIC LIMITED, FIFTY-SIX HOPE ROAD MUSIC LIMITED, JAMES PAGE (JIMMY PAGE), ROBERT PLANT, JOHN BALDWIN (JOHN PAUL JONES) and PATRICIA BONHAM, individually and as Guardian of the children of deceased author JOHN BONHAM, JASON BONHAM and ZOE BONHAM

Plaintiffs,

v.

FRANKIE’S TOO, INC, and
FRANKIE D. PATTON