It's recently come to light that Crystal Castles, a Toronto-based band, has been heavily sampling music from several chip music artists without obtaining permission or crediting them. Lo-bat's tracks
Bibibi and
Tizzy, from his 8bitpeoples release
Game Boy, are just two instances of this.
As you may have noticed, we release all our music under a
Creative Commons BY-NC-ND License here at 8bitpeoples. What this means is that you're free to share it however you like, with whomever you like. All we ask in return is that you credit it appropriately, do not use it for any commercial purposes, and obtain permission before creating any derivative works (such as remixing it or using it as the soundtrack for a video). Crystal Castles has violated every term of this license in their use of Lo-Bat's music. Furthermore, they have committed copyright infringement by sampling other artists such as Covox, whose drums from his song
Sunday appear in no less than four Crystal Castles songs.
For more information on Crystal Castles questionable musical approach, the rising trend of chip music plagiarism, and the Creative Commons take a look at these articles:
Create Digital Music: Chiptune Music Theft Continues
CHIPFLIP: Plagiarism
Gameboy Genius: Crystal Castles and Chip Music Copyright Infringements
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