STOLEN MUSIC UPDATE

[@domperry4175]

Spotify need to ban the entire artist if they investigate and they verify they stole two songs. Greying out only the songs involved in the dispute isn't enough.

[@ZacharyMoonshine]

I agree. they knew what they were doing its not like it was a mistake hahhaa

[@0oChugChug0o]

Agreed .

[@GizzyDillespee]

The problem is tencent and spotify are related, so in essence it's spotify trying to take full monetization for a few of your songs, so they don't have to pay you for those ones. IOW, they're not going to remove the tencent "artists", because they're part of the collusion, AFAICT.

[@claudevieaul1465]

Spotify only cares about making money from streams - most definitely not about artists or their rights.

[@alexsands433]

They need to ban the artist from Spotify

[@LeeJoRo]

Coffee with Top Music Attorney

[@johnbeamon]

Absolutely. Even if it's on tele-video, that'd be a terrific followup.

[@Rotten8666]

❤❤❤ that would be great she is amazing

[@woodward_alan]

Yes!

[@christopher9626]

Fantastic post! I'd love to see that!

[@crookedgamer7183]

Coffee with Wybie

[@Zerothnz]

First time hearing about that music lawyer, maybe once your tour is over you could interview her and ask questions that bedroom musicians that watch you might find useful?

[@Thunderthal]

That would be quite interesting,+1 here

[@Fl4ppers]

Love this idea. If her channel had been a thing 20 years ago I'd had found it easier chasing labels, I reckon.

[@propeller]

What I found: 3. track: Spiro - Python 8. track: Marcus Miller - Detroit

[@tomkovjak666]

I did the same thing and got the same results, my fellow Shazzam user. :)

[@crookedgamer7183]

Even Marcus Miller was inspired by Wybie?

[@Chris-Horne]

This just has happened to one of my band's albums a week or so ago. Someone took the entire album, pitch shifted it, uploaded it to all the streaming sites and gave us a copyright strike. We've disputed it which is ongoing, but just crazy that it can happen to small bands/artists too.

[@jlsdust]

That's fucking irritaring. Sorry that happends.

[@HaynesEllis]

Mind telling us the band name so we can go look for it and report the thief?

[@Chris-Horne]

@@HaynesEllis Thank you! It looks like it has been resolved, but my band is Tantrum, and the album is 'Another Life'. The thief was called Marie Pacheco, and the album 'Silent'. I don't think you can listen to 'their songs' anymore but if you can see the song names from each album you'll see they're very similar. Our songs 'Sands of Time' was chaned to 'The Sand of Time' by the thief. Absolutely stupid!

[@Chris-Horne]

@@jlsdust It looks like it has been resolved for us, at least on all the major streaming sites, but yeah I feel sorry for so many artists who'll have their work stolen and not know it yet.

[@matturner6890]

We're going to have to go back to only selling physical copies or links to P2P downloads. This streaming shit just isn't gonna work out for the artist, ever.

[@BearyWizard]

Tencent has been a global cancer for years now. Glad your songs are yours again but they should've punished the artist/publisher more.

[@TheRaubein]

This is not only happening with music. I could never sell any machines in China, cause there is a company that copied my stuff and sells it cheaper than I can even buy material. This year they intensified their game and I was sued tree times, by that same Chinese copy cat company cause they got my stuff patented in Europe by mistake of the patent office. Allthough I am selling my shit since 15 years allready... This shit has to stop.

[@Duckyz.]

Spotify verified the songs were stolen and instead of banning the "artist" they just grey out the songs instead? At what point does it get bad enough that the "artist" gets banned? Also those smoky art in the background are amazing! Who's the artist that did them?

[@claudevieaul1465]

Spotify only cares about making money from streams - most definitely not about artists or their rights.

[@JeffBolton-kw3um]

Tencent music is partnered with spotify, so good you got them to take it down, but that's also why they'll drag their feet unless they get called out

[@Dave_AK]

Watched some Top Music Attorney. What an incredibly scummy industry

[@hyperthegnome6955]

Track #15 on there is Hollywood Woman by Guthrie Govan Also thought I should let you know that both of your tracks are still up on Deezer and maybe even Tidal and Itunes

[@nemesis11fp20]

As of this morning ALL music by Wybie is now "unavailable" on Spotify.

[@SvenBout]

It's available for me right now tho..... except for the 2 songs of ola/the haunted. (Edit) in the netherlands.

[@nemesis11fp20]

@@SvenBout Probably a difference in region. Here in USA they are all greyed out and unplayable.

[@SvenBout]

@@nemesis11fp20 yeah. Still the same as it was for me...

[@Bangulo]

@@nemesis11fp20 I am in the usa and its available for me.

[@jug1415]

Chinese reach that point to pirating music under their own name… shame that fake artist stilling music

[@mainstreetmusic4665]

And all other IP............

[@Harrysound]

This whole episode has really frustrated me. It’s just such a disgrace

[@ActLike12]

Don't forget that he also has those songs on other streaming platforms, like KZbin Music.

[@CGFun82]

That "wybie" needs to be erased from all platforms since it's basically a troll. Spotify must make a statement and this artist needs to be removed. If not, Spotify feels like a sketchy plattform where artists gets riped off with no consequences.

[@matturner6890]

No, troll doesn't apply here. A troll just annoys people for fun. Wybie is a THIEF trying to steal other people's hard work for financial gain. And yes, that's all Spotify has ever been. (*Ripped)

[@crookedgamer7183]

Wybie: hold my Batsoup

[@JJvienneau]

Gotta love the internet! Everyone working together to help Ola!! ❤ where is the streaming service made for artists by artists?

[@villetopi4001]

i saw her video when it was fresh and hoped you'd see it as well... nice to hear that things are moving forwards!

[@zanshin09]

This is going to happen more and more. There's virtually no repercussions. Worst thing that happens is after a month of making money off a stolen song, it gets grayed out.

[@DantesGrill]

If we make enough of a stink about it there's a bigger chance that Spotify has to response accordingly. Unfortunately it's mainly when it affects bigger companies that something actually happens. Bigger companies as in labels losing possible revenue.

[@LifeHawkeye]

Ola you’re one of the coolest people on the planet and I’m so glad to hear you legally were able to get your music taken off this thief’s site. LOVE the Game Over song and video it’s amazing! Pet Pix for me and I’m still loving my lefty Solar guitar after having it about a year!

[@PatRatRocks]

Greyed out? Ask a friend in a different country to see if they are greyed out there.... Its possible that it may be blocked only in your area....

[@averythegamer4949]

I checked and in Ontario Canada they're also greyed out. Not sure about other places though.

[@domkillstrm8024]

I checked Out in Germany. The Songs are Not longer listet.

[@PatRatRocks]

@@domkillstrm8024 Ola for the win!!

[@davidmorales1136]

If you have a VPN, you can change your location and check that way as well.

[@ZRisyad]

No, I use VPN in Seattle, US and the song still can be played and not grayed out.

[@labstan]

perfect opportunity for a "PLEASE RESPONG !" thumbnail

[@smokymack]

The question is, how many other ghost profiles have the same song under a different name and song title still generating revenue...

[@TheSpineSplitter1990]

Years ago, I had someone who downloaded a video of me playing guitar and uploaded it as their own with ads and I got a copyright. It got resolved but the funny thing is I'm a nobody, why me 😂. Who the hell would want to do that.. 😆

[@Spirit-Groove]

Fighting the good fight! Thanks for suggesting others reach out to artists to let them know if their music is being stolen.

[@liam4852]

Sue the ass off of all of them Ola.Get your money back

[@DantesGrill]

Breaking news! Metal musician Ola Englund is taking Chinese mega corporation Tencent to court over what coincidentally enough also is their company name: 10 cents.

[@pablodacostaguitar2410]

yess, really happy for you my friend, I just don't understand how people can steal other artist music I just can't. Greetings from Bristol UK 🤟🤟🤟

[@nerbuhc]

Tencent is notorious for doing shady shit in the gaming industry. Hopefully you get a suit and get paid... they have plenty of it

[@APK-pn4qh]

This is crazy. Some thief can just steal our music and then copyright strike composers and KZbin don't seem to be too proactive about sorting it out? Crazy.

[@reincremateddeathmetal510]

I'm glad to hear you're on the way to figure this shit out. As sad as it is to say, but this world is going down every day a little more. Stay Metal 🤘🏻

[@barnettg66]

Much as I love chug videos, I am also very interested in the business side of all of it. In this digital world, it is easy to make music, but so much harder to make money as a professional. Whether its piracy, the scrum for ad revenue, trying to gain publicity and recognition when millions (potentially) are also in the game....its all quite daunting. It seems that things were much easier for our revered 60's through 90s icons who "merely" needed good music, attitude, and a good band manger.

[@JoaoGabrielJF724]

I watched Game Over on Premier and damn... I'm addicted to it. The song and the animation are sick \m/

[@OldschoolRacer73]

I wouldn't be surprised if that account is someone who works for Tencent. Keep up the good fight and make them know what it feels like to be (The) Haunted. Even if it had been one song YOU put in your heart (no typo) work and your body and soul and this A-hole pitch shifting it and claiming copyright is stomach turning and beyond evil. 🤬👊🏻

[@CinGarrifex]

High five Ola! Great job and super happy there was some positive action happening. Thanks for the update and Chug on 🤘🔥🧡🔥🤘

[@ΑθανάσιοςΣκαρμούτσος]

Much love from Greece,hope everything gets better,you are an excellent person.

[@rickbrunet2559]

I'm glad at least u got ur songs off that person's site. You rock Ola!

[@godin136]

Unfortunately Thieves never answer

[@verspunken]

Random Chinese company with a copywrite claim report feature on their website? Pfft. They probably copy and pasted someone else's website, and didn't bother deleting that bit.

[@zeemon9623]

A Chinese company that doesn't respect copyrigt seems really out of character.

[@theguynextdoor4978]

There’s a lot of blood sweat and tears put into writing an album. Having grifters potentially making money off someone else like that must feel like a slap in the face.

[@leviathanbanduk]

It's really upsetting. It's difficult enough to be a musician/band in 2024....this kind of thing just makes life harder! 😕

[@gabewilliams7462]

It's absolutely fucking insane that this even needs to be this big of an issue. KZbin has got to get its shit together and stop screwing over artists and video creators like this. It's just appalling.

[@robina.jensen6114]

Thank you, for your fight. Every artist need to be paid for their work and stealing is still a crime no matter how is done!

[@RandomeGuy872]

Glad you're making progress, hopefully everything will work out in your favor long term with this issue.

[@egj1975]

Music is property... how can you just steal music without serious actions. If I steal a bike, some money or just anything then I have the police at the door.

[@hershelshochter4703]

I love youtube, I love copyright lawyers, I love judges I sincerely hope they never end up in a showtrial

[@P-78official]

Scary stuff man. Hope you will get it fixed soon.

[@ferjnando]

There's a guy that used a royal free music on his youtube intro, someone got that intro part he used made a "song" registred and gave strike on all 100+ videos, the videos got erased and he could not prove that he used it before...

[@gordonstarship]

Thank you Ola. Glad to hear this update

[@gravelrhoads]

This is why we love you, Ola. You fight for yourself and then after you win, you go the extra step to try to help the other artists being affected by this scummy scammer.

[@WastelandChef]

People are right Track 8 is Detroit by Marcus Miller! I've seen him in concert he's a Legend. I strongly suspect all tracks are stolen... This is crazy man

[@johntimland9394]

Glad this stressful situation is working out for you !

[@XHellPriest]

I have been following Top Music Attorney for some time and I am glad that she is helping others out.

[@kamba666]

Hi Ola. Great to see you are getting somewhere with this. Just wanted to let you know that your songs are still available on KZbin Music under this artist.

[@ericjenkins2737]

If you check out those tracks to try and identify I'm pretty sure wybie will not be paid if you cut out before 30 seconds of each song.

[@na7h4n34]

Glad to hear your songs are okay. This type of bullshit makes me so irritated, I hope the rest of the artists who got their music stolen get justice for this as well

[@Thunderthal]

Pretty cool you sorted somewhat of that ugly thing,also your new song is 🔥🔥🤘. Appreciate it man

[@krissmith2396]

None of those companies give 2 shitz long as they are getting paid from your hard work. Remember ceo said if you guys want more money then make more music. He is getting paid no matter what

[@chrispile3878]

He wasn't an artist - he was a THIEF!

[@realtruenorth]

Its not a person, it's Chinese corporation that makes AI that does this. They own most of the internet. Social media.

[@chrispile3878]

@@realtruenorth Sounds like the truth to me.

[@realtruenorth]

@@chrispile3878 yeah, it pisses me off. It's basically their government and they rip off so many people constantly. That's why I refuse to buy their government products that are meant to be assumed 'free market' products (which they aren't)

[@realtruenorth]

@@chrispile3878 that's why I refuse to be Chinese products, they rip off so many people and sell sell a knock off version that someone else too the time and effort to develop. I hate it when youtubers promote these products as "cheaper version XYZ product" because they are supporting this behavior. It's ignorance. Also. The people making them are basically slaves. Another reason to boycott Chinese made products: the lack of ethics and rights of workers over there. I won't support it.

[@realtruenorth]

​@@chrispile3878they keep deleting my reply,, hmm. China rips off many designs and intellectual property and resells then for cheaper. It's theft. I can't stand when ignorant youtubers promote this as "cheaper XYZ product" they are supporting theft.

[@GarethFerguson]

Track 15 is Hollywood woman by Guthrie Govan

[@paulkretzmusic]

Judging by this *[Merlin]* sh*t I would say it's the same that happened to me about 10 years ago (boy, how long already...): I published my album over *Distrokid* , which distributed it to Google Play Music (or whatever it was called back then, before being substituted with just KZbin Music) and many other platforms (iTunes, Amazon, later Spotify and so on)... And somehow I found my album also published on behalf of other label and musician! But there was a difference: it contained only 9 songs (my original had 11) and they were in the wrong order! So i filed a claim to Google, sent them links and screenshots that my version was published earlier and stuff... And some time later they deleted the pirate copy. But some other local social nets, where I found the same just told me to contact the "rights owner", who was [Merlin] (+ some company name, different from what Ola shows)... But they never gave me any contact, so there was no way to solve it directly with those BS guys! Then I found a forum thread with many musicians speculating that various [Merlin] companies are a bunch of guys (there were details but let's say Eastern Europeans living in North America) who f**k around with any unprotected music they can reach their hands to... And they easily get rid of it, if claims strike... Because they have tons more of poor musicians who don't protect their rights, or maybe even have no idea that someone is earning off their work... Again: this is just what I read. I have no proof. But the scum stays the scum anyway. These [Merlin] as***les have been on the market for too long! And I'm afraid they will stay until the cases are solved on individual basis, not revealing overall scum scheme and generally prevent them from doing it further... Cheers!

[@clowncorpse7230]

So glad you got justice my friend❤🙏

[@MaxMCMLXXXV]

That blows man … good luck. Seems You predicted this with “Please Respong”

[@mitchellsperling1873]

I'm glad you took action on this musician for stealing your music. Your music should be yours for musicians to enjoy listening to not stealing and posting g on KZbin as your own. That's just wrong.

[@mtlgtr-q6k]

It's ridiculous you even have to go through this. There's a special place in GC Hell for Wybie and people like him.

[@davidmorales1136]

Same place for those people that steal gear from musicians!

[@ScottStieg]

Good lookin out Ola! Keep on shredding !

[@BloodyKnuckles66]

Great to hear! 🤘🤙

[@gph2193]

Spotify facilitated the ripoff in the first place. Rotten business practices.

[@sammydaboul6781]

The 3rd song on this wybie album is actually Sprio - song Python that was used for a Jackson video.

[@JaGaNary]

So greyed out only means - not available on selected areas/regions only, where as it is still playable on the rest of the world...? Unfortunately, I don't see any greyed out songs where I'm from. Tracks 6 and 22 is very much playable in its entire 1 and a half minute-ish length! 😅😅

[@theneverwas2835]

Great job, Ola. Squash that crap quick.

[@thebigmacblue]

Hey Ola, just wanted to let you know that I can still stream those 2 music on Spotify. They might have only blocked it in specific countries. Here in the Philippines(SEA), I can still play it.

[@OlaEnglund]

What the hell!!!

[@colbyjones3799]

That’s fucked! Here in America the songs have been completely taken down. They’re not just greyed out they have been taken off Spotify completely the album now says 20 songs instead of 22.

[@jvh2092]

It's greyed out on my desktop client, but not on mobile (yet). Weird.

[@DantesGrill]

It's greyed out in Japan though

[@FG-vp6id]

Its crazy how easy it is to steal... Im glad it got resolved for you though Ola!

[@SlappaSaurus]

Glad you got this sorted my guy!

[@crookedgamer7183]

Ola: Noooo you can't steal my music😭😭😭 Wybie: Hehehe, hold my batsoup😏

[@juser-abuser]

you've got wybiet!

[@TheStrykerProject]

Well, I'm glad Spotify was at least willing to remove the stolen songs. As others have pointed out, it seems the entire "album", or even the artist, should be removed (while investigating and then permanently once the investigation concludes). Unfortunately, Spotify makes money from those other songs and won't remove in-bulk; just like the damn US phone companies who let scammers buy/lease huge blocks of telephone numbers to mass-spam their "donate" scam texts. The phone companies are making money from the scammers, so why remove that revenue stream in-bulk, when they can (slowly) remove each offending phone number due to complaints. Can you tell I'm a US citizen who just went through a huge election?

[@davidmcpoland5286]

I wonder who they stole the other 20 tracks off on that album? Crazy that they're not completely banned off the platform. So can I go and take a bunch of taylor swift, dua lipa, and olivia rodrigo hits, compile them into an album and upload it to spotify, profit until each track is caught, then rinse and repeat?

[@axelhargestam9549]

Så bra att vinner striden😎🤘🎶

[@harrymo72]

Ola Where did you get those kick ass paintings on the wall behind you?

[@jconner3891]

The guy that does his tattoos I believe

[@conorheduvan]

Hey Ola! Can you share a link to the Spotify playlist?

[@someguywithaphone5921]

Well, if you are satisfied with the results you are getting.. That's cool then. Good idea to listen and notify original artists.

[@a20thcenturyman41]

China is still an extraterritorial region for international copyright and intellectual property rights. In China, you can buy all of Nueral's VST packages online for less than $5.

[@xboxnissan]

Great job!

[@robwalsh9843]

They probably don't care. Sorry about that Ola!

[@mikaelnyblom]

Have you checked other streaming services?

[@SJ_1990]

Fuck this digital age sell your music in physical copies that way no shitbag can violate your music at all then granted probably more expensive of mass production but at least you wont get screwed

[@Jeff-kq1dt]

There is no songs greyed out on that wybie album in Australia

[@Plingsel]

how long till the coffee with JP and MP?

[@JohnBeatty-z5s]

Ola I'm from Chicago love dime my favorite guitar player how do I find a dime guitar

[@shanehumberstone5262]

Gotta go the legal route,sue them

[@fivedaysinjune]

Well, that's progress, I guess. Not entirely satisfying but a step in the right direction. Maybe Century Media has a legal manager you could talk to. Piracy is a scourge that'll be hard to eliminate.

[@irish_ladd4]

Good to see some baby steps being taken. They should be banned.

[@jamiebruner8463]

10c is a really huge, powerful company.

[@tristen_grant]

10c is the Chinese Government.

[@PsycleDSR]

The other songs that were on there, maybe you could just play them to Shazam and it will hopefully spit out whom the original artists are..?

[@Dave-0]

This sounds like something Glenn Fricker should be yelling at us about

[@onbedoeldekut1515]

Does the 'Shazam' app recognise any of the tracks, or does it get tricked by a slight tempo/pitch alteration?

[@davidmorales1136]

I think it also goes by the key. To identify the songs, you'd have to download them and play with the pitch (and maybe tempo) to match it up and find the original song. For metal songs, it's start with drop tunings in common. Might have to try this.

[@mrflint8264]

Have a feeling they know and probably don't care. Kinda sad

[@dougkaetz_music]

Your music stole my heart ❤ I’m filing a dispute… 🤗

[@HunterPlaysGuitar]

China tends to have a lot of people who intentionally violate international copyright and trademark laws, and they’re able to get away with it a lot of times since the CCP probably enables it.

[@jameswillard-brown6697]

Bypass Spotify and sue them for everything they’ve got.

[@tristen_grant]

Hard to sue someone in China. I doulbt he'll have the money, time and resources to go after the Chinese Government (10 cent).