I always thought 2 second samples were fine, that was the golden rule. And who cares - on no! Kraftwerk lost their WHOLE careers cause some amateur rapper used 2 seconds of some random track of theirs, OH THE INSANITY!
On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 1:19 AM, Fred Heutte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nothing in the mainstream press but there is this. Also see below: > > http://www.inthemix.com.au/news/aust/40542/Illness_forces_Kraftwerk_to_miss_Melbourne_Gl > obal_Gathering > > Illness forces Kraftwerk to miss Melbourne Global Gathering > > Kraftwerk miss Melbourne > > The first ever Global Gathering tour of Australia kicked off yesterday > in Melbourne, but all did not go to plan with German electro godfathers > Kraftwerk missing their headline set to due a sudden and very serious > illness. > > "Last night at the Melbourne Global Gathering event Kraftwerk band > member, Fritz, was very unwell and was attended to by our onsite medical > team," read a statement, issued today by Future Entertainment. "On > advice of the doctor, he did not play at the event as was transported to > hospital for observation. Subsequently, Kraftwerk did not perform and > the Gorillaz were moved to the main stage to play the closing set." > > "Rhymefest, one of Mark Ronson's MCs, made the announcement to the > waiting crowd," the statement continued. "We're happy to announce that > Fritz has been cleared to fly and will be playing at the Perth event > today. Kraftwerk and Future Entertainment apologise to Kraftwerk fans > who missed out on seeing this legendary outfit perform in Melbourne." > > =================== > http://www.lawdit.co.uk/reading_room/room/view_article.asp?name=./articles/1316-mc- > Kraftwerk-loses-german-copyright-case.htm > > Kraftwerk loses Copyright case in Germany > > 21 November 2008 > > Kraftwerk loses German Copyright case > > The genius that is Kraftwerk suffered a blow this week when Germany's appeal > court ruled that > sampling music does not in principle violate copyright. The previous ruling > ruled in Kraftwerk's > favour which said that reusing even the shortest bit of a song infringed on > copyright. While > sampling is still an infringement the court found that the sample must be > part of a completely > new musical work bearing no resemblance to the original. > > The case concerned a German rap producer Moses Pelham who used a two-second > sample > from an early Kraftwerk classic "Metal on Metal". > > Incidentally I saw Kraftwerk play with Nagsy at the Manchester Apollo in > 1981. We were 15. > They were jolly good. > > Michael Coyle is a Solicitor Advocate who specialises in information > technology law and > intellectual property law. He can be contacted on [EMAIL PROTECTED], his > office number > +44 (0) 2380 235979 or mobile 07976 724258 > > -- --- Michael Kuszynski [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.planerecordings.com New York, NY
