Led Zeppelin cleared of plagiarism

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I was surprised Paige/Plant got away with it as that intro sounds too similar to the Spirit guitar solo that youd think it was impossible for two writers to
write what I consider an almost mirror image piece of work.

It does sound a little similar. The thing is, it also sounds similar to any number of other instances in which that particular chord progression has been used. For example, the song "Summer Rain", sung by Johnny Rivers and written by James Hendricks (not to be confused with Jimi Hendrix).