The Quietus — Legal dispute ends in favour of hip-hop artist after almost two decades more info

Uncut — Blow to German band over disputed sample from 1977 track Kraftwerk Blow to German band over disputed sample from 1977 track The post Kraftwerk lose legal battle over sampling dispute appeared first on Uncut. more info

Chorus.fm — Kraftwerk have lost a copyright case in Germany’s highest court, the BBC reports: Kraftwerk’s Ralf Hutter sued Moses Pelham, alleging that his use of the clip, without asking, infringed the band’s intellectual property rights. But the German Co... more info

Consequence of Sound — Case revolved around two-second sample of “Metall auf Metall”. more info

Guardian Music — Blow to German band suing producer Moses Pelham, as court rules short music excerpts to create new tracks are permissible Germany’s constitutional court has handed a defeat to the electronic music pioneers Kraftwerk by ruling that a hip-hop ar... more info

Rolling Stone — Germany's highest court has ruled against Kraftwerk in a 19-year copyright case involving a two-second sample used in a song by rapper Sabrina Setlur, Agence France-Presse reports. The ruling favors the use of sampling and concludes that ... more info

NME — Court rules hip-hop act was entitled to sample electronic pioneers. more info

Reuters — BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's Constitutional Court handed a defeat to electronic music pioneers Kraftwerk on Tuesday by ruling that a hip-hop artist can sample a two-second beat from a band's tracks without infringing copyright. more info

Sky News — In a landmark ruling, a German court says it is permissible for artists to sample other music if the impact is "negligible". more info

BBC News - UK — Germany's top court rules in favour of a hip-hop artist in a copyright dispute with the pioneering electro-pop band Kraftwerk. more info