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Originally Posted by The Dave
^you want him to prove that no songs were stolen? That's dumb, you should have to prove which songs are stolen and why they were. You're the one making the attack and should back it up.
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I already did.
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The proof is no one has ever proven song stolen or successfully gotten them to take their names of the writing credits.
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Jake Holmes wrote "Dazed And Confused" and it was released in 1967. The Yardbirds decided to do their own arrangement of the song, but not long afterwards, Page left the band. Page again rearranged it and Zeppelin recorded it on their debut album. The song was credited solely to Page. Page did not write the song. Surely he deserves a credit as it was his own arrangement, but so did Holmes, as he was the original songwriter.
"Black Mountain Side" was essentially an instrumental version of a traditional folk song called "Blackwaterside", and the guitar arrangement in the Zeppelin cover was virtually identical to the guitar arrangement in Bert Jansch's cover of the song. Again, the song was credited solely to Page, despite the fact that he did not write the song.
That is called plagiarism. Therefore, regardless of how few songs were stolen, Led Zeppelin were plagiarists.
I don't think I can simplify it any more than that.