No John, It is a specific question.
One that will be asked.

And it wont to be lost in rhetorical arguments about the history of music and composers.

Someone on a jury to whom music is a sequence of sounds, not notes or other music nomenclature will be asked if the absence of that specific sequence of notes anywhere in Jimmy Page's life would have also meant the absence of stairway???

If you were a juror and had to be specific, how would you answer,

And if you would reference Bach or Mozart, then spefically indicate which of their songs sounds like the intro to STAIRWAY and therefore is free to use.

Thanks

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