Fitts for Fight
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Fitts for Fight is a female duo consisting of Ellinor Aurora Aasgaard and Julie Ilona Balas from Kristiansand
in Norway
. They became known when it was revealed that the songs they claimed to have written themselves were made by demoscene
musicians and downloaded from micromusic.net, while the two girls just added their own vulgar lyrics to the music. According to micromusic.net they have so far identified songs from 505
of YM Rockerz, Binärpilot
,8 Bit Weapon
, Arachno, Printed Circuit
, Yerzmyey, Drx
of Bodenständig 2000
, Jo Petrole and Stu of Drop da Bomb
. After it was made public that they had copied the songs Fitts for fight deleted the music from their page on MySpace
and they were removed from Urørt. Also the by:Larm
festival dropped them from the programme and they were replaced by Binärpilot
. Examples are Fitts for Fight's Fuck off and die that is actually STereoid by Stu, CrashBurnDestroy that is Space Travel by Yerzmyey, and Monstermachine that is Otosclerosis by Binärpilot
.
Stu of Drop da Bomb
has been in contact with the Swiss copyright organisation SUISA
who in turn would contact the Norwegian TONO
.
In 2007 Fitts for Fight returned to the music scene, this time with self-produced music. These tracks are available on their Myspace page.
Kristiansand
-History:As indicated by archeological findings in the city, the Kristiansand area has been settled at least since 400 AD. A royal farm is known to have been situated on Oddernes as early as 800, and the first church was built around 1040...
in Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
. They became known when it was revealed that the songs they claimed to have written themselves were made by demoscene
Demoscene
The demoscene is a computer art subculture that specializes in producing demos, which are non-interactive audio-visual presentations that run in real-time on a computer...
musicians and downloaded from micromusic.net, while the two girls just added their own vulgar lyrics to the music. According to micromusic.net they have so far identified songs from 505
505
Year 505 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Theodorus and Sabinianus...
of YM Rockerz, Binärpilot
Binärpilot
Binärpilot is an electronic music project by Alexander Støver.All of his music is freely available online through various outlets such as Jamendo and 8bitpeoples as well as torrenting hosts such as The Pirate Bay. His music style resembles that of a chiptune-style, incorporating vocoder vocals and...
,8 Bit Weapon
8 Bit Weapon
8 Bit Weapon is a chiptune music band created by Seth Sternberger. The instrument set of 8 Bit Weapon consists primarily of old 8-bit and 16-bit computers such as the Commodore VIC-20, Commodore 64, Commodore 128, Commodore Amiga 500, and the Apple II, as well as game consoles such as the Nintendo...
, Arachno, Printed Circuit
Printed circuit
Printed circuit may refer to:* Printed circuit board* Printed Circuit Corporation, an electronics manufacturer...
, Yerzmyey, Drx
DRX
DRX may refer to:* Desktop Replacement Extreme , a laptop made by Falcon Northwest* Discontinuous Reception , a method in mobile communication* Dynamic recrystallisation , a metallurgical phenomenon...
of Bodenständig 2000
Bodenständig 2000
Bodenständig 2000 is an electronic music group from Germany, founded 1995 by Dragan Espenschied and Bernhard Kirsch. They are the self-proclaimed pioneers of the home computer folk music movement....
, Jo Petrole and Stu of Drop da Bomb
Drop da Bomb
Drop da Bomb is a collective of electronic music producers and DJs based in Basel, Switzerland. The Project started in 1997, founder members are: Re?mo , Rewind , Rod and Stu .In 1998, Drop da Bomb released their first record "Yakuza EP"...
. After it was made public that they had copied the songs Fitts for fight deleted the music from their page on MySpace
MySpace
Myspace is a social networking service owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake. Myspace launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In August 2011, Myspace had 33.1 million unique U.S. visitors....
and they were removed from Urørt. Also the by:Larm
By:Larm
by:Larm is a music festival and conference held annually at different locations in Norway since 1998. Since 2008 the festival has been held in Oslo....
festival dropped them from the programme and they were replaced by Binärpilot
Binärpilot
Binärpilot is an electronic music project by Alexander Støver.All of his music is freely available online through various outlets such as Jamendo and 8bitpeoples as well as torrenting hosts such as The Pirate Bay. His music style resembles that of a chiptune-style, incorporating vocoder vocals and...
. Examples are Fitts for Fight's Fuck off and die that is actually STereoid by Stu, CrashBurnDestroy that is Space Travel by Yerzmyey, and Monstermachine that is Otosclerosis by Binärpilot
Binärpilot
Binärpilot is an electronic music project by Alexander Støver.All of his music is freely available online through various outlets such as Jamendo and 8bitpeoples as well as torrenting hosts such as The Pirate Bay. His music style resembles that of a chiptune-style, incorporating vocoder vocals and...
.
Stu of Drop da Bomb
Drop da Bomb
Drop da Bomb is a collective of electronic music producers and DJs based in Basel, Switzerland. The Project started in 1997, founder members are: Re?mo , Rewind , Rod and Stu .In 1998, Drop da Bomb released their first record "Yakuza EP"...
has been in contact with the Swiss copyright organisation SUISA
SUISA
SUISA is the collecting society for Swiss songwriters, composers and music publishers. It undertakes collective rights management for its members in order to collect license fees when their musical works are performed in public, broadcast or transmitted, and to pay out performing royalties.It was...
who in turn would contact the Norwegian TONO
TONO
TONO is a Norwegian corporation that administers copyrights for music in Norway.It is owned and governed by its members; composers, music publishers and text-writers...
.
In 2007 Fitts for Fight returned to the music scene, this time with self-produced music. These tracks are available on their Myspace page.
See also
- 2007 Timbaland plagiarism controversy2007 Timbaland plagiarism controversyTimbaland's plagiarism controversy occurred in January 2007, when several news sources reported that Timbaland was alleged to have plagiarized several elements in the song "Do It" on the 2006 album Loose by Nelly Furtado without giving credit or compensation...
- LaromlabLaromlabLaromlab is the stage name of Brandon Harrod, an American electronic musician and computer artist working in the chiptune genre.Brandon Harrod had just released an album on the American label Mushpot Records in February 2008 when it was revealed that all of the tracks on the record were made by...
- Crystal Castles copyright disputes
External links
- http://www.myspace.com/fittsforfight
- micromusic.net: Fitts for fight steals music