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Anjunabeats Releases Official Statement about Will.i.am Sampling Theft

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Anjunabeats just released their official statement about Will.i.am’s recent sampling theft of Arty and Mat Zo’s Rebound. Will.i.am had recently made come statements that he took care of everything he needed to, but that seemed to not sit right with the trance label. Here’s the official statement, and we’ll keep you updated with any legal action.

Anjunabeats is the record label behind Arty and Mat Zo and owns the master recording rights to their collaboration “Rebound.” Mat Zo and Arty have been important members of the Anjunabeats family for a number of years and “Rebound” was one of the label’s most popular releases in 2011.
As has been widely reported, a large section of “Rebound” was sampled onWill.i.am‘s track “Let’s Go featuring Chris Brown” and this took place without the permission of Anjunabeats or Arty & Mat Zo. 
Although Arty (but not Mat Zo) was credited in the sleeve notes, this is not the same as obtaining permission. To present someone else’s work as your own, you need to seek permission, agree terms and file paperwork, which has not happened in this case.
We’ve remained silent on this issue until now but as a record label it is our obligation to protect our artists’ interests and we felt it was necessary to respond to some of the inaccuracies that have been reported following Will.i.am‘s recent comments to Associated Press.

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