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A popular musician who re-makes a bunch of amazing RuneScape music has decided to unlist his work because Jagex took it, used it for profit (Spotify) and didn't credit him at all, let alone pay him for his work in remastering the tracks! This guy is responsible for stunning track reworks like the ToB tracks (here is one, jagex pls don't steal :) https://youtu.be/VJt7Mm_W63Q )
They even stole soundstages from his Google drive!
His post: "Statement Regarding Unlisted Videos: Hello everyone, As you have all probably noticed, my videos are all unlisted on this channel. I have taken the difficult decision to take action on protecting the work I have done all these years, on May 10, 2020. This is a personal decision due to my frustration with Jagex - They are using my work without giving credit where it is due. I realize I am not the only one being taken advantage of, they even do this to their own employees, as fans also have to constantly ask, "Who composed this/these track(s)?" To give proper credit. Firstly, I was asked to take part in their project of releasing music albums by providing some information to Melisa Bunce from B-Hive Associates Limited, who I am assuming were one of the third-party companies Jagex used to help release music. We had a call and I provided my knowledge to her and helped revise a poll draft for her based on what I knew about RuneScape Music. The poll went live, albums were released, and I was promised a free album with credits to "RS Orchestra", which was briefly discussed and then suddenly the head of audio (Stephen Lord) had left me on read. Never responded to me any further, after three messages I had sent. Secondly, they use my work in Old School RuneScape without crediting me as well. I had to complain on Reddit to get Jagex to fix the Clan Wars song based on what I had provided information-wise to make instrumentation accurate. They have also copied and modified my work of fixing broken-sounding MIDI files from my other channel into the game, namely: "Vanescula", "Bloodbath", "Conspiracy", "Bait", "Fight of the Basilisk", "Jaws of the Basilisk", "Lair of the Basilisk". Lastly, I have figured out a way to render out the Old School MIDI tracks into higher quality audio than heard in game, using their own soundbank instead of custom-made soundfonts. Thankfully, they only copied the low/original quality renders that I put in a Google Drive archive, but it is still sad that they are using my work again without credit. For example, they released a Song of the Elves album onto Spotify, which uses my own work on the soundbank rendering: https://open.spotify.com/album/6sIUIC Moving forward, I will have to be more cautious about uploading public videos. I am possibly thinking of restricting my uploads to only reworks and re-orchestrations if I can manage this. I apologize, but I hope you all understand that this decision is for the best. Sincerely, Rodolfo Ruiz-Velasco (RuneScape Reorchestrated) "
Jagex, this is extremely low of you to take advantage of such talented fans. At least give him CREDIT when you use his hard work and talent FOR PROFIT.. You need to address and fix this.
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