... but they might take your minor chord with descending bass riff and give you no credit!!! :-)
(no, I am not one who does think the current accusations of plagiarism are valid; music has always been about borrowing and developing…. BTW I used to listen to Spirit, the band Zepp are accused of unauthorisedly borrowing from. Great music - owned their eponymous album)
So, there are other ways to experience Spirit
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit_(band)