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Producer [[Moses Pelham]] [[Sampling (music)|sampled]] two seconds of the song and re-used it in the 1997 song "Nur mir" performed by German rapper [[Sabrina Setlur]]. Pelham lost in court to [[Ralf Hütter]] and [[Florian Schneider]] of Kraftwerk for [[copyright infringement]], but was acquitted after an appeal.<ref>PM. "[https://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/kraftwerk-forlorade-copyright-mal/ Kraftwerk förlorade copyright-mål]" ''[[Dagens Nyheter]]'' 21 November 2008. Retrieved 4 August 2017.</ref>
Producer [[Moses Pelham]] [[Sampling (music)|sampled]] two seconds of the song and re-used it in the 1997 song "Nur mir" performed by German rapper [[Sabrina Setlur]]. Pelham lost in court to [[Ralf Hütter]] and [[Florian Schneider]] of Kraftwerk for [[copyright infringement]], but was acquitted after an appeal.<ref>PM. "[https://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/kraftwerk-forlorade-copyright-mal/ Kraftwerk förlorade copyright-mål]" ''[[Dagens Nyheter]]'' 21 November 2008. Retrieved 4 August 2017.</ref>


In a 2016, ''[[The Guardian]]'' reported that the court found in favor of Setlur.<ref>"[https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jun/01/kraftwerk-sampling-lawsuit-defeat-sabrina-setlur-precedent Kraftwerk's defeat in sampling lawsuit doesn't set a precedent]", ''[[The Guardian]]'', 1 June 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2017.</ref> However, in July 2019, the [[European Court of Justice]] (ECJ) overturned the appeal, ruling in favour of Kraftwerk.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-49162546 |title=Kraftwerk win 20-year sampling case over Metal On Metal |work=BBC News |date=30 July 2019 |accessdate=30 July 2019}}</ref>
In a 2016, ''[[The Guardian]]'' reported that the court found in favor of Setlur.<ref>"[https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jun/01/kraftwerk-sampling-lawsuit-defeat-sabrina-setlur-precedent Kraftwerk's defeat in sampling lawsuit doesn't set a precedent]", ''[[The Guardian]]'', 1 June 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2017.</ref> However, in July 2019, the [[European Court of Justice]] (ECJ) overturned the appeal, ruling in favour of Kraftwerk.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-49162546 |title=Kraftwerk win 20-year sampling case over Metal On Metal |work=BBC News |date=30 July 2019 |accessdate=30 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://spicyip.com/2019/08/cjeu-ruling-pelham-ors-v-hutter-anr-if-sample-recognizable-then-it-infringes-no-matter-small.html|title = CJEU Ruling in Pelham v. Hutter : If Sample Recognizable, then It Infringes, No Matter How Small!| date=21 August 2019 }}</ref><ref>[https://www.spiegel.de/kultur/musik/moses-pelham-und-kraftwerk-vor-gericht-eugh-faellt-urteil-zu-sampling-a-1279527.html Spiegel.de: Moses Pelham und Kratwerk vor Gericht, Eugh Urteil zu Samling, Sampling ist gestattet (in German)]</ref><ref>[https://www.spiegel.de/kultur/musik/kraftwerk-vs-moses-pelham-bgh-verweist-im-sampling-streit-an-eugh-a-1150214.html Spiegel.de: Sample-Streit wird Europäischem Gerichtshof vorgelegt, Kraftwerk vs Pelham]</ref><ref>[https://www.welt.de/vermischtes/article197643005/Kraftwerk-Moses-P-gewinnt-Rechtsstreit-um-Musiksampling.html Welt.de: Moses P. gewinnt jahrelangen Rechtsstreit um Musiksampling (in German)] 29 June 2019</ref> The ruling means that samples which are recognisable infringe copyright law where no permission has been sought from the rightsholder. However, there is no infringement if the sample is unrecognisable. The case was referred back to the German court who gave the final decision.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://curia.europa.eu/juris/document/document.jsf;jsessionid=FA225005A45154E5153CD4607EA1C05D?text=&docid=216552&pageIndex=0&doclang=en&mode=lst&dir=&occ=first&part=1&cid=9006081|title = CURIA - Documents}}</ref> The German court decided that the sample was recognisable. <ref> BGH, Judgment of 30.04.2020, I ZR 115/16 (‘Metall auf Metall IV'), DE:BGH:2020:300420UIZR115.16.0,
para. 30-31.</ref> However, as copyright law had changed in the meantime, this ruling only applied to the timeframe December 22, 2002 and June 7, 2021. The question whether his use of the sample under the new law is legal is not decided yet.<ref>[https://www.lto.de/recht/nachrichten/n/bgh-izr7422-vorabentscheidung-eugh-metall-auf-metall-urheberrecht-kraftwerk-musik-sampling-pelham-revision-pastiche/ Legal Tribune Online: Kraft­werk-Fall geht noch mal zum EuGH] (in German)</ref>


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 21:36, 29 November 2023

"Metal on Metal"
Song by Kraftwerk
from the album Trans-Europe Express
ReleasedMarch 1977
Recorded1976
StudioKling Klang (Düsseldorf, Germany)
Genre
Length2:11
LabelKling Klang
Composer(s)Ralf Hütter
Producer(s)

"Metal on Metal" (German: "Metall auf Metall") is an instrumental by Kraftwerk from their 1977 album Trans-Europe Express. This track, combined with "Abzug", the track immediately succeeding it (and considered part of "Metal on Metal" on English pressings), forms an extended coda to "Trans-Europe Express".

Sampling controversy

Producer Moses Pelham sampled two seconds of the song and re-used it in the 1997 song "Nur mir" performed by German rapper Sabrina Setlur. Pelham lost in court to Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider of Kraftwerk for copyright infringement, but was acquitted after an appeal.[1]

In a 2016, The Guardian reported that the court found in favor of Setlur.[2] However, in July 2019, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) overturned the appeal, ruling in favour of Kraftwerk.[3][4][5][6][7] The ruling means that samples which are recognisable infringe copyright law where no permission has been sought from the rightsholder. However, there is no infringement if the sample is unrecognisable. The case was referred back to the German court who gave the final decision.[8] The German court decided that the sample was recognisable. [9] However, as copyright law had changed in the meantime, this ruling only applied to the timeframe December 22, 2002 and June 7, 2021. The question whether his use of the sample under the new law is legal is not decided yet.[10]

References

  1. ^ PM. "Kraftwerk förlorade copyright-mål" Dagens Nyheter 21 November 2008. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  2. ^ "Kraftwerk's defeat in sampling lawsuit doesn't set a precedent", The Guardian, 1 June 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Kraftwerk win 20-year sampling case over Metal On Metal". BBC News. 30 July 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  4. ^ "CJEU Ruling in Pelham v. Hutter : If Sample Recognizable, then It Infringes, No Matter How Small!". 21 August 2019.
  5. ^ Spiegel.de: Moses Pelham und Kratwerk vor Gericht, Eugh Urteil zu Samling, Sampling ist gestattet (in German)
  6. ^ Spiegel.de: Sample-Streit wird Europäischem Gerichtshof vorgelegt, Kraftwerk vs Pelham
  7. ^ Welt.de: Moses P. gewinnt jahrelangen Rechtsstreit um Musiksampling (in German) 29 June 2019
  8. ^ "CURIA - Documents".
  9. ^ BGH, Judgment of 30.04.2020, I ZR 115/16 (‘Metall auf Metall IV'), DE:BGH:2020:300420UIZR115.16.0, para. 30-31.
  10. ^ Legal Tribune Online: Kraft­werk-Fall geht noch mal zum EuGH (in German)


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