In its recent article regarding whether the U.S. Supreme Court will grant cert. in the Stairway to Heaven copyright case, Managing IP quotes James Silberstein, who noted that the Court might deny cert. because, among other things, the Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit’s decision (i) does not appear to depart from the Supreme Court’s standards for originality set forth in Feist; and (ii) set sensible guidelines to apply when a work contains a very basic musical progression, as is the case with Taurus.” As a copyright attorney and professional musician, James brings a special perspective to matters involving music copyright issues.