The Art of Sampling in the Metall auf Metall case: a new form of artistic expression or mere infringement of copyright and related rights?
Sampling is a technique used in the music industry which utilises parts of pre-existing recordings in order to create a new music composition. Although sampling has been a common practice and a widely-used method in many modern music productions, its legality under EU law is still to be determined. From the perspective of European copyright…