Posts Tagged ‘Sound samples’

The art of sampling after Pelham

  • oktober 17th, 2019

The decision of the CJEU in the Pelham case offers the users of sound samples, in my opinion, a bit more leeway. When it regards sound samples in a modified form unrecognisable to the ear then reproduction from a neighbouring rights perspective is out of the question and prior consent of the phonogram producer is therefore not required. Recognisable sound samples that engage, in one way or the other, in a dialogue with the sampled work may fall under the…