[ Closed ] Washington Post stole my music o.O (Page 1 of 4)

I've uninstalled Spotify so I can't do a direct comparison right now but that's pretty lame.  I'm assuming another case of "it's just video game music" and the video makers added the lame stuff on top of the soundtrack.  Booooo.

Dang old...yo, man.

this is getting even more odd, all the other videos in the same campaign is said to have music by bit shifter,

edit: googled some more, one of the authors has also done video work for Good magazine, who has previously used my songs without permission back in 2008. wtf

Last edited by dubmood (Nov 20, 2012 6:56 pm)

i dunno man, whats odd about it is the whole shit if you werent contacted, simple as that.

if you care enough i would talk to josh and find out if he signed off on it and if he says no, try and discern if any other music thats in their clips might be familiar, approach those people and ask the same, and take it from there. unfortunately you dont have a lot of recourse here but in the grand scheme of things, does it hurt you at all or take away any fans from your music? i would think not because the sound in that is so fucking weirded out and maybe 1-5% of the people who would watch that crap would already be fans of yours and notice it to begin with.

i think when this kind of thing happens, theres a modicum of flattery that you should take into account and if it doesnt affect your bottom line, then spread the word that they've done this and let that speak for itself as opposed to trying to get them to take it down or credit you, you'll be fighting a losing battle with people who dont have anything invested one way or another. not saying to bend over and take it, but honestly it doesnt look like a bad video and while they didnt credit you, they can easily claim that its transformative art. so that isnt kind of a shitty factor thats not in your favor.

if you are irked to the point that you cannot accept that this is on the internet without your credit, send a cease and desist order and hope for the best, but certainly talk to others and approach it with as much concrete evidence as you can. this doesnt have to be a bad thing for you but if you dont approach them with no sentiment or emotion, they're most likely gonna see your weakness and disregard you fully. i hope for your sake you looked up a good form c&d letter and sent it to em before saying anything or opening any dialog, there is no reason for dialog with them inquiring about anything other than sternly letting them know you caught them taking your stuff and using it without your approval.

edit: sounds like maybe the pieces of this puzzle are comin together and now you got an idea of who's behind this. you have my axe if need be.

Last edited by tempsoundsolutions (Nov 20, 2012 12:12 pm)

Also, I'd like to add another reason why this is upsetting. This is actually the third time this happens to me but the first case was somewhat different. That time there was a guy posing as the author for 2 of my songs licensing them to a similar magazine. When we got in touch with them, it showed up that he had gotten a $4 diggits check for the 2 songs, so there is no small money involved. Hence, I have learned to be on my guard against this kind of things. There seems to be an occupation where people pick obscure/free music of the net and sell/license it, in a true laromlab/timberland spirit of "its just a videogame you idiot".

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Joking aside, I do not like it

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