Over at Dubroom they are a bit miffed that dubstep pioneer Skream seems to have been a bit light-fingered with their MIDI files.
Thay say:
It has come to our attention, that the midifiles are used without prior permission as basis for certain (online) artists who claim they think we put these musical works online for them to remix.
Artists like "Skream", even, makes uses these midi's as basis for commercial releases without even crediting this website and/or the producers of the original midi files. (just compare "Blue Eyez" with "Rock The Nation In Dub")
But just because we are now living in a time wherein midi has gone back to the studio does NOT mean you can use these files like they are public domain for they are not.
Please respect our works. They were posted online in the times BEFORE MP3 (yes, there was such a time on the Internet) and they are just as much finished works as our audio releases.
If you want to use any of the material on this page, we kindly ask that you contact the Dubroom for permission before putting any material online or releasing in any other form.
So, did the Tempa star nick the file for his own ends?
Decide for yourself:
Rock The Nation In Dub
Sounds pretty similar to me.
Dubroom's Messian Dread, who wrote the original file, has been pretty philosophical about the 'coincidental sound'.
He said:
If Skream would have contacted me, or credited the Dubroom, it would have been really nice. Right now, I can only say that I am happy with the uncredited recognition and I am happy with the fact that Jah has inspired me to make that tune and some others too.
Obviously this revelation has sparked a heated debate over at Dubstep Forum where opinions range from: "That is just not cool... i feel kinda dissapointed" and "not acceptable one bit" to "isnt this what dubsteps all about?" and "I don't even care", taking in "dam dis midi file go off in da club" and "this makes me a sad panda" on the way.
MIDI theft, is it the new sampling?
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