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29 July 2019CopyrightSarah Morgan

Unauthorised sampling can infringe producer’s rights: CJEU

The unauthorised sampling of sounds fixed in a phonogram can infringe a producer’s rights, subject to certain conditions, according to Europe’s highest court.

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