At this point...the judge has been asked to rule if the plaintiff has demonstrated copyright infringement, or who owns the copyright to "Taurus"...which they have not...
...before LZ even begins their defense, and before it goes to the jury.
This could end without any jury verdict.
This isn't about "fandom"...it's about setting precedent.
If someone can copyright a chord progression, then it will open a can of worms. Per copyright rules, chords like song titles are not copyright-able.
The other thing...it's trying to imply that you can copyright "influences"...so if something you heard ends up influencing what you then write, and you happen to use the same style of chord progression/strumming (for 3 lousy chords)...you would be in violation of copyright...which is absurd.
The songs that they out and out "stole" and it was proven..they paid for it. No one is arguing against that in some blind "fandom".
I think as much, there is this drooling going on by a lot of people simply because the WERE such a big band, and lot of people get pleasure in seeing a Goliath go down...especially those who don't much like LZ and their music.