Sampling not against German Law for now

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Posted by La5eR on Nov-20-2008 17:55:

Sampling not against German Law for now

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

SAUCE: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ...t.ap/index.html

Posted by gl.tch on Nov-20-2008 19:23:

Can you imagine how much $ they stand to earn if copyright was enforced?!

Posted by adi_hanson on Nov-20-2008 23:39:

Re: Sampling not against German Law for now

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Originally posted by La5eR
BERLIN, Germany (AP) -- Germany's highest civil court has dealt legendary electronic band Kraftwerk a blow in ruling that sampling music does not in principle violate copyright.

[b]SAUCE:BBQ , Tomato

But seriously,

Change a note and its not your sample anymore.

But then again Roland could be the richest people on this planet if they took money for every sound in every song their products made.

Just decided this is a tricky subject

Posted by jupiterone on Nov-21-2008 03:37:

pretty fucking stupid of kraftwerk, suing over a 2 second sample? come on guys