Sampling Copyright EU 2026: BGH Delivers Final Ruling, Kraftwerk Sample Stays Legal!
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In a legal dispute lasting almost 30 years about the use of a sound sequence of the group "power plant", the Federal Court of Justice has passed a judgment.
For almost 30 years, the lawsuit has employed not only several courts but an entire industry for two seconds. Now hip hop producer Moses Pelham has achieved a partial success before the BGH.
In 1997, the producer Moses Pelham took over two seconds from the power plant title "Metal on Metal" for a song. A short time later a dispute over the sampling began. Pelham now achieves a partial success before the BGH.
A two-second sequence of sounds from the cult band Kraftwerk - reused in a hip-hop song: For more than a quarter of a century this has occupied the judiciary. The Federal Court of Justice has now clarified a major issue.
Two seconds of music, almost three decades of argument: the BGH has now reached a verdict, but the case has not yet been resolved.
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