Kraftwerk copyright case overturned in Germany (AP)


This July 4, 2005 file photo shows members of German band Kraftwerk performing during the 39th Montreux Jazz Festival in Montreux, Switzerland. Germany's highest civil court has dealt electronic band Kraftwerk a blow in ruling that sampling music does not in principle violate copyright. Thursday's, Nov. 20, 2008, decision overturns a Hamburg state court ruling in Kraftwerk's favor that said reusing even the shortest bit of a song infringed on copyright. (AP Photo/Keystone, Martial Trezzini, file)AP - Germany’s highest civil court has dealt electronic band Kraftwerk a blow in ruling that sampling music does not in principle violate copyright.



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