Guardian Music — "It was signal responding to electrodes; it sounded awful." That's how David Bowie recalls the Dübreq Stylophone, the original kids' synth, lent to him by Marc Bolan, used on his first hit, Space Oddity, and known more commonly to millions in the UK... more info

Pitchfork — Yesterday (November 20), Germany's highest civil court ruled against Kraftwerk in a copyright suit, overturning a ruling from a Hamburg state court that established that repurposing even the smallest sample of a song counts as copyright infringement,... more info

Pitchfork — Yesterday (November 20), Germany's highest civil court ruled against Kraftwerk in a copyright suit, overturning a ruling from a Hamburg state court that established that repurposing even the smallest sample of a song counts as copyright infringe... more info

Rolling Stone — Photo: Winter/Getty The highest German civil court overturned a decision that Kraftwerk had their copyright infringed by a rap producer who used two seconds of the band’s music as a sample. In the new ruling, sampling music does not count as a copy... more info

All About Jazz — Germany's highest civil court has dealt Kraftwerk a blow in ruling that sampling music does not in principle violate copyright. Today's (Nov. 20) decision overturns a Hamburg state court ruling in Kraftwerk's favor that said reusing even the shortes... more info

ContactMusic — German synth-pop pioneers KRAFTWERK have lost the latest round of their copyright battle against a rap producer who sampled two seconds of their METAL ON METAL track. A ... more info

A German court overturns a decision to protect electronic band Kraftwerk's copyright on a 1977 track sampled by a producer 20 years later. more info

NME — Kraftwerk were dealt a blow by Germany's high court today (November 20) in lawsuit determining whether artists should have the right to sample other bands' music without infringing on copyright. more info

Yahoo! Music — AP - Germany's highest civil court has dealt electronic band Kraftwerk a blow in ruling that sampling music does not in principle violate copyright. more info

Associated Press — BERLIN (AP) -- Germany's highest civil court has dealt electronic band Kraftwerk a blow in ruling that sampling music does not in principle violate copyright.... more info