Bjørn Lynne was and still is one of the most famous demoscene musicians of his time. During the early 90’s he released his works under the pseudonym “Dr. Awesome” which grew to legendary status on the Amiga scene, and eventually he became a respected game music composer having composed for such games as Worms, Brat and Seven Kingdoms. He today enjoys life in my hometown of Stavern, where he runs his label and freelance studio Lynne Music which he uses to license out his music for TV shows and other projects such as talking pillow cases.
Recently on his facebook, Lynne states that he encountered what seems to become a recurring problem for chip and demoscene musicians. A DJ by the name of El Tigro Negro who brands himself as a “techno dance house workout music DJ” has been renaming and retooling Lynne’s music and selling it on Spotify and Amazon without any permission. At first look it seemed to only be one track, but on further inspection, it turns out El Donkey Dingo has released a 102 track long album consisting of stolen music by not only Lynne, but countless other artists as well. When faced with a request to take the music down, El Platypus Blanco told Lynne to piss off and claimed he had bought the rights to the music.
What do you think of such blatant disrespect and theft? Visit Lynne Music.com for the real deal.
Tags: Bjørn Lynne, Chip Music, Dr. Awesome, Theft, Worms
With a name like “El Tigro Negro,” I’m not surprised he’s an idiot.
That sucks…interesting that he says he bought the rights though. Could there have been some sort of compulsory license involved here?
This post’s title would’ve never passed the PC censor.
Yeah, when I first saw the post, I was like, “WTF? Audi, you’re going to need to change this.” Then I read it. “Oh.”
Man, that’s weak. How can one artist steal from another? If they have any integrity as an artist, they’ve gotta know that’s about as low as it can get. Hmm… I think I just answered my own query… Integrity’s become an endangered species, with the infusion of fly-by-night “musicians” who add a few filters and a beatbox to an existing song (usually with a pirated audio suite), and call it a day. Fight the good fight, Bjørn!
Wow! I work with Bjørn, he sells a lot of my music. It is really sad to see this kind disrespect. Us artist and writers already have enough challenges to fund ourselves these days, but to have someone take your tracks without permission and sell it is the ultimate slap in the face. I’m sure Bjørn will take this all the way. Even if the guy bought a license to use the song, it does not give him the right to tweak and sell it. I know because I have read Lynn’s license agreement! I hope this does not become a trend.