Kraftwerk lose legal battle over their music being sampled
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 artist can sample a two-second beat from a band’s tracks without infringing copyright. The ruling, which overturns an earlier decision by the federal court of justice and is widely seen as setting a precedent in Germany, addresses the complex le...
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... 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... more info
Guardian Music — A court ruled in favor of the producer of a 1997 song that sampled the German group – but since every sampling case is subjective, it’s not a model for the ... more info
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Blow to German band over disputed sample from 1977 track
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Blow to German band over disputed sample from 1977 track
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