Anjunabeats releases statement on the Will.i.am/Mat Zo & Arty saga

Anjunabeats has just released an official statement on Facebook regarding Will.i.am's use of Rebound by Mat Zo & Arty for ​Let's go (Feat. Chris Brown):

"Anjunabeats has today issued a short statement regarding the infringement of copyright on the Will.i.am track "Let's Go featuring Chris Brown". Here it is in full:

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 on Will.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."

I wonder whether Will.i.am responds or will this statement by Anjunabeats signal the need to resolve this issue behind closed doors. I suspect the latter.

(VIA DAD) ​