Was the famous German group Rammstein inspired by the French duo NinjA Cyborg?
After a year of investigations, the independent expertise mandated by the Paris Court of Appeal concluded that there was a “voluntary borrowing” by metal monsters from across the Rhine to compose their hit “Deuschland”, announced NinjA Cyborg in a press release this Wednesday, confirming information from Nouvel Obs.
Also readSuspicions of plagiarism: Was Rammstein inspired by the French group NinjA Cyborg?
“We are happy that the conclusions are so clear-cut,” welcomed Marc Botté, the co-founder of the group, to Le Parisien.
The artist sees this as proof of the “legitimacy of [their] action” “which has not always garnered support”.
A fight that began in 2020 to the tune of David against Goliath, while the song by the German group at the origin of the dispute has more than 360 million views on the YouTube platform.
“Too many similarities”
The musical expertise concluded that Rammstein “voluntarily borrowed the riff [short melodic fragment] and other melodic elements” from the title “Sunny Road”, detailed the group.
In his report of around forty pages, the expert estimated "that no chance meeting can be accepted due to the too many similarities and that Rammstein undoubtedly committed plagiarism", reports the French duo from South West.
The story is only just beginning, since the members of Ninja Cyborg intend to use this expertise during the first hearing before the Intellectual Property Chamber, scheduled for September 10.