Schalast & Partner succeeds at the German Constitutional Court – Sampling is allowed
The first senate of the German Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsericht) today decided in favor of Schalast & Partner’s clients Pelham GmbH and artists Moses Pelham, Martin Haas, Sarah Connor, Bushido, Sabrina Setlur, Julius Kalmbacher, Melbeatz, Ralf Hildenbeutel, Gentleman, Richard Geppert and Robert Sattler. The Constitutional Court decided that the so-called “Metall auf Metall” decisions of the German Highest Civil Court (Bundesgerichtshof) regarding the legitimacy of sampling (the use of small samples) infringed the claimants’ artistic freedom as protected by the German constitution under Article 5 para. 3.
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