New perspectives for sampling: US and German developments and what comes next

The use of samples from sound recordings is establihsed parctice, however its legality in absence of a license is still unclear. Two appeals in the US and in germany might have shown the direction for future cases by permittng sampling in relatively narrowly described circumstances. This article dis...

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Main Author: Jütte, Bernd Justin
Format: Article
Published: Sweet and Maxwell 2017
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/44311/
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Summary:The use of samples from sound recordings is establihsed parctice, however its legality in absence of a license is still unclear. Two appeals in the US and in germany might have shown the direction for future cases by permittng sampling in relatively narrowly described circumstances. This article discusses potential consequences from these recet judgments and their relavance for music samling as a cultural technique.