Update: Havirest released a ‘statement’ from his Facebook saying that he intended to point out the lack of security/safeguards present in online distributors’ platforms that prevent the theft of creative property. Havirest‘s Facebook has since been deactivated with the ‘culprit’ claiming that he has many names and is ‘everywhere’, subtlety signing off as Tom Leans UK.
While I believe this might be a last ditch effort at saving face, Havirest makes a small point. Was Havirest‘s theft of songs to call attention to song theft a bad effort made in poor taste or an honest attempt to bring attention to a touchy subject? Let us know your thoughts. You can still check out the events that transpired below…
When the finger gets pointed at an act in the EDM world over ‘copying’ another artist’s material, the accusation lies in melodic and compositional similarity and imitation. However, very rarely is it the case that a piece of work is outright stolen and distributed. Sadly, in the latest case of copycatting, the latter is true.
Super mega-nobody, Havirest has managed to get his so called ‘Stories & Myths‘ EP distributed to iTunes. However this EP is not Havirest‘s in any way shape or form. In fact the uploaded material is Asa and KOAN Sounds latest EP, Sanctuary. Additionally the little punk managed to sneak a copy of SKisM‘s Experts under the radar, rebranded as The Slenderman.
We here at Your EDM absolutely condemn the theft of creative property and hope that Havirest gets the legal (and potentially other forms of) beat down he deserves. Supposedly Havirest has some sort of plan behind this absolute idiocy, but as you can see below SKisM isn’t buying it. I’m also willing to be Sub Focus or Schoolboy won’t be on board either…
Unless this is a gigantic troll whoever this Havirest fellow may be, is about to be in a world of hurt. I would advise playing freeze tag in traffic before I would suggest following Havirest‘s lead and ripping off those with true talent. I for one cannot help but hope for some serious justice.
“It is almost impossible to remove the material that is in distribution”… Is this dude retarded or something? Has he ever heard of copyright? Has he ever seen what copyright owners like to do? SHIT ON YOUR FACE!
“It is almost impossible to remove the material that is in distribution”… Is this dude retarded or something? Has he ever heard of copyright? Has he ever seen what copyright owners like to do? SHIT ON YOUR FACE!
wow what glorious ignorance
wow what glorious ignorance
“u no he ded”
“u no he ded”
I just sent a nice angry letter to him personally. Any other ways to report? I can’t find report links of any kind for the iTunes release.
he’s gone for good now, he stole one of my tracks and put it on beatport
pretty convinced a simple bing search revealed his name is Fernando Reyes. I like bing
Mean dick is mean
The thing is everyone has ” stolen ” or ” acquired ” music for free.. The fucked up part is that even the large group of us lesser talented Djs DONT STEAL THE SHIT AND PROFIT!! We throw mashups and shit together and credit the hell out of the artists who made the music. This dude needs shot and at the least forced to meet Skism in a dark alley lol
This dude should really have a rest….
To think he actually thinks he is in the position to be demanding a private meeting from the producers he STOLE from!
He took nearly all of my tracks and used them in an EP, happy to see this was all sorted.
his facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ephixiacya
What the guy has done here is disgusting. Even if it is in order bring awareness to the fact that this can happen this is not the way to go about it. As a label owner and mastering engineer at Audio Animals Studios I know the worries artists face when protecting their music.
Havirest needs some grammar lessons.
Me too man.
you can tell it was all done is massive haste:
everything released in less than a week, all pitched up, and this stupid EP even has a track listed twice: http://www.beatport.com/release/my-second-life/1198428
This guy is Havirest fb./ephixiacya In his Beatport profile you can see the Name “Fernando R.” so yeah..
What a utter pleb, they need to find this person and give him a serious beating, Figuratively or physically both sound good in their own way.
https://www.facebook.com/havirest/posts/183427111852799 (New Alert!)