Thefts of 8bit/chiptune/fakebit musik. (Page 8 of 12)

also, to the artists affected a quicker solution might be to email [email protected] and ask them to take down your tracks. Link your releases/press etc so they can determine if you own the rights.

Obviously the guys who did the postal service/kesha covers might have a hard time with that

fyi, here's reverbnation's copyright policy which he agreed to when he took out the account and uploaded the music to the various stores through them:

3. RESTRICTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
You must use the Reverb Store Services in a manner that demonstrates common sense and respect for the rights of us and third parties and in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. You will be solely and exclusively responsible for ensuring that any content or materials that you submit to we for use with your Products ("Content"), comply with the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Site Terms and Conditions of Use, as well as all applicable laws, regulations and rules. You will not design, produce, market or sell a Product that, as determined by us in our sole and absolute discretion:
(i) is generally offensive or inappropriate (keep in mind that we are strongly in favor of freedom of expression, but at the end of the day, we need to be able to have sole discretion to remove certain content);
(ii) is unlawful, would constitute, assist or encourage a criminal offense, or that would violate any local, state, national, or international law, rule or regulation;
(iii) you do not have the lawful right to design, produce, market, sell or distribute;
(iv) misrepresents your affiliation with any person or entity;
(v) infringes the rights of a third party, including, without limitation, copyrights, trademarks, patents, trade secrets, and rights of privacy and publicity;
(vi) is libelous, defamatory or slanderous;
(vii) is obscene or pornographic; or
(viii) is harmful to, or exploitative of, minors in any way.
While we have no obligation to monitor the transactions made through your Store, we reserve the right to cancel any such transaction or take any other action to restrict access to or the availability of any material that may be considered to be objectionable, without any liability to you or any third party.

I've bolded out the clauses that apply

Last edited by Sabrepulse (Nov 28, 2013 7:38 pm)

he needs to turn himself in to the authorities. the only feasible option.

haha it's fun reading all of this at once.
Make a checklist to get things done if this is REALLY erking people so much. In honesty, Guy here could probably take no action and the results would still be the same.

1) Guy works to get music off peripheral sites
2) Guy and artists work together to assess monetary damage to original artists (you're only gunna get money back if you're productive here)
3) Music gone, debts off, now this scene will hate Guy forever (no matter what happens) because most people don't stand for this stuff.

I'd be very surprised if anyone here took/was able to pay for serious legal action.
Just sayin'
I hope it all gets sorted, though. The artists are the ones who need to be satiated... and it can easily be done without the pitchforks.

his name is roger kuan and he goes to university of portland I googled, his last fm spilled so much

guys...

Okay, what this guy did was despicable, but he's being responsible about it and dealing with it, and if he follows through, anyone who fucks with him at that point is worse than he ever was.  This guy did something stupid years ago, and while he hasn't done anything about it up to this point, he's at least communicating and taking steps to fix it.  Let's make this a happy story.