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German Federal Court Of Justice Applies CJEU’s ‘Pastiche’ Doctrine And Confirms Lawful Music Sampling
The German Federal Court of Justice has delivered a landmark ruling in the decades-long "Metall auf Metall" litigation, applying the EU Court of Justice's framework to determine whether unauthorized music sampling can qualify as lawful "pastiche" under German copyright law. This decision provides crucial guidance on the boundaries between copyright protection and creative reuse in the music industry, while confirming that pastiche remains a narrowly structured exception rather than a general license to samp
Greenberg Traurig, LLP