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Written by Infusion Crew
Sunday, 30 October 2011 15:39 |
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In a ruling that might spark a host of copycat law suits, Denmark musicians Djuma Soundsystem were fined nearly Dhs700,000 for illegally sampling an old Turkish track by Atilla Engin. Their track, 'Les Djinns' which contained a 10 second loop of Engin's work, quickly gained traction and Get Physical approached them asking if they'd like to release it and did it have any samples that needed clearing. Fearing this would slow the process down, and new to the music industry, they lied and said no and the track quickly went international. But on realising the impact this could have, they quickly sought out the owner of the original track, confessed their mistake and looked to rectify the situation and give them the a percentage of the royalties as is normally the case for sampling. But having tracked down the original owner of the track, Per Meistrup, and explained their mistake, Meistrup decided to go ahead with the court case, and the Danish court settled in his favour, odering Djuma Soundsystem to pay over 1 million kroner in costs and compensation. And their reaction? '"We were young and stupid. We want to pay. But we don't want to pay a ridiculous amount that we haven't even made on the record."
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In a ruling that might spark a host of copycat law suits, Denmark musicians Djuma Soundsystem were fined nearly Dhs700,000 for illegally sampling an old Turkish track by Atilla Engin. Their track, 'Les Djinns' which contained a 10 second loop of Engin's work, quickly gained traction and Get Physical approached them asking if they'd like to release it and did it have any samples that needed clearing. Fearing this would slow the process down, and new to the music industry, they lied and said no and the track quickly went international. But on realising the impact this could have, they quickly sought out the owner of the original track, confessed their mistake and looked to rectify the situation and give them the a percentage of the royalties as is normally the case for sampling. But having tracked down the original owner of the track, Per Meistrup, and explained their mistake, Meistrup decided to go ahead with the court case, and the Danish court settled in his favour, odering Djuma Soundsystem to pay over 1 million kroner in costs and compensation. And their reaction? '"We were young and stupid. We want to pay. But we don't want to pay a ridiculous amount that we haven't even made on the record."
