With no rhyme or reason, our editorial staff chooses the top 10 biggest music-related news stories of 2008. Coming in at #4: Coldplay Accused Of Ripping Off “Viva La Vida”.

Ironically, on the same day “Viva la Vida” lands on our top singles list, this seemingly never-ending saga about Coldplay’s “inspirations” behind the song lands them on our biggest news stories list. Accused twice of plagiarizing the song, the latter of which actually resulted in rock guitarist Joe Satriani suing. Satriani’s copyright infringement suit, filed in L.A. federal court, alleges that “Viva La Vida” features “substantial original portions” of his 2004 instrumental track “If I Could Fly”.

Read the full story and compare the two songs here.

1. Not Again: Coldplay Now Accused By Cat Stevens Of Plagiarism
2. Coldplay Accused Of Ripping Off “Viva La Vida”
3. Coldplay To Stevens And Satriani: We Didn’t Copy You!
4. Satriani’s Lawyers To Coldplay: We Will Dog You All Grammy Weekend To Serve You Court Papers
5. Cat Stevens Makes Peace With Coldplay