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Sampling not against German Law for now
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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.


SAUCE: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ...t.ap/index.html
gl.tch
Can you imagine how much $ they stand to earn if copyright was enforced?!
adi_hanson
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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
jupiterone
pretty ing stupid of kraftwerk, suing over a 2 second sample? come on guys
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