EDIT:
The culprit has been found and is on the forums.
Please check page 7 for more details.
Heya, thought I might fill you guys in on something I just discovered.
This dude, 8bitstellar, has been stealing a bunch of music from various chiptune/bitpop/gamewave artist, me included and is selling it.
I know i've heard a bunch of his tracks somewhere else, thought you guys might help me piece together from whom and inform them of this injustice aswell.
Links to "his" music:
Grooveshark:
http://grooveshark.com/#!/profile/8BitStellar/23561194
Spotify:
http://open.spotify.com/artist/5ktfAdZxUkhPJOJWcTBnVU
Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=ntt_srch_dr … ch-type=ss
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Amazon/Spotify Tracklist
Sleepyhead (Passion Pit Cover)
I Need A Name
*Greek Winter *Luna by Shirobon*
Overclocked (Coldplay Cover)
Bridges And Balloons (Joanna Newsom Cover)
Square Route
Rise And Shine
*Memories Still *BWARGH by Random and Spamtron*
Spring
*Tik Tok (Ke$ha Cover) *SimonRoyale's version*
Cubicle (The Office Cover)
*Bleepboop *Blippblipp by Bunnymajs*
*Life Can't End Today, It's Already Tomorrow *The World Can't End Today, It's Already Tomorrow In Australia by Rhodo4*
*Heads Up *Boeg by Bunnymajs*
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Grooveshark tracklist
*Something Beautiful *Something Beautiful by Chipzel*
*I just want to be happy *Ultimately we just want to be happy by Chipzel*
*Somewhere in Heaven *Tokyo Skies by Chipzel*
*Fierce FX *Cyber fx67 by Electric Children and FighterX*
*Penumbra *Umbra by FighterX*
*8OKTA *LAZERNIPPLES by Raptor Kharlan heyheyheyheyheyheyhey*
*Somewhere In Heaven *To The Sky by Chipzel*
Fuzzy Blue Lights
Just Hearing Things
Just So You Know
*The Meridian *The intro is sampled from Random's "spontaneous devotion"*
*Such Great Heights (Postal Service Cover) * Combat Dave's version.*
I Live In Owl City
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Fort those affected by the Grooveshark track list:
http://grooveshark.com/#!/legal/dmca
Affected artists:
This will have to be handled individually since you have to be the copyright owner.
After speaking with some local lawyers he said that legal action against this would cost more than it would earn you. And probably allot more.
However, as it is stated in the link TSC posted a "DMCA Takedown notice" to the various sites would be the best course of action for the affected artists.You can read more here:
http://rising.blackstar.com/how-to-send … otice.html
http://jeremylimmusic.com/legal/how-my- … -the-deep/
Hai all, I'm Sebastian from over at Loudr. Did some digging and thought I'd post here to clear up a few things.
8bitstellar feels pretty fucking terrible. I would too. But then again, I'd like to not think about all the stupid shit I did in 2009.
He hasn't done anything with music since 2010. After realizing he was being an asshat, he forcequit and closed down all of his music accounts everywhere. Unfortunately, to cease distribution via Reverbnation, you apparently have to pay them to take content down --- which explains why the non-selling mp3s are still up in places.
I'm already getting in touch with Reverbnation and making sure the content gets removed from Spotify/Amazon/etc immediately. Grooveshark is basically a lost case, though sending them DMCA notices occasionally works.
Lastly, "Oh, and the cover of The Shard...for those wondering.. its the inside of a Martinelli's bottle."
Last edited by nitro2k01 (Nov 30, 2013 12:24 pm)
