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Metal on Metal (song)
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Wikipedia article
"'Metal on Metal'" is an instrumental by Kraftwerk from their 1977 album 'Trans-Europe Express'. This track, combined with "Abzug", the track immediately succeeding it (and considered part of "Metal on Metal" on English pressings), forms an extended coda to "Trans-Europe Express".
Sampling controversy
Producer Moses Pelham sampled two seconds of the song and re-used it in the 1997 song "Nur mir" performed by German rapper Sabrina Setlur. Pelham lost in court to Ralf Htter and Florian Schneider of Kraftwerk for copyright infringement, but was acquitted after an appeal.PM. "[https://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/kraftwerk-forlorade-copyright-mal/ Kraftwerk frlorade copyright-ml]" 'Dagens Nyheter' 21 November 2008. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
In a 2016, 'The Guardian' reported that the court found in favor of Setlur."[https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jun/01/kraftwerk-sampling-lawsuit-defeat-sabrina-setlur-precedent Kraftwerk's defeat in sampling lawsuit doesn't set a precedent]", 'The Guardian', 1 June 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2017. However, in July 2019, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) overturned the appeal, ruling in favour of Kraftwerk.
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Category:Kraftwerk songs
Category:Sampling controversies
Category:1977 songs
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