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- «c2»«ac»A RIPPER REVEALED!«»
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- «c1»By Zerox/Gods«»
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- «as»«c7»During the scene history alot of sceners have been tempted to «c6»cheat «c7»their
- way to appreciation. I would think most sceners enjoy that other sceners
- like their work, but not all actually «c6»ripp «c7»other sceners work to get their
- easy fame. Unfortunately some HAS exploited the work of others though.
- Infact quite many famous sceners have been caught either scanning pictures,
- ripping sources or using animations. And of course many have ripped samples
- from other musicians without giving them the credits. Past magazines with
- good journalists managed to «c6»expose the rippers «c7»and tell everyone about
- them. The latest years we haven't seen many of these articles though. But NOW
- it's time to reveal a new ripper!«»
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- About all musicians start making modules with samples from other musicians,
- but with time they want to create their own sound and make their own
- samples. Many never actually buy a sampler, so they continue using other
- sceners samples. This is ok as long as they give the other musicians the
- credits for the samples. But some musicians just ripp other sceners samples
- and claim they are their own. This is quite bad, but the things I'll write
- about below is much worse!«»
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- I guess it's hard for musicians to get «c6»attention «c7»unless they're a part of a
- famous group. Infact, even then it can be quite hard getting heard. So it's even
- worse for newcomers to get any attention. To get your modules used in your
- group productions is not very easy if there are many other musicians in
- that group.«»
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- So I don't know what happened with this scener I'm talking about...
- perhaps he got inspired by «c6»Devotion 2 «c7»(which used a Chromag module first
- used in Generation 25 some years ago) and also wanted to use an old module by a
- famous musician? I surely don't know!«»
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- In any case, the crew «c6»Vortex «c7»which is a group with members in the UK,
- Sweden, Germany, The Netherlands, Italy and even Malta and Hong Kong,
- released a slideshow called «c6»Waiting for the World «c7»at the very end of July last year.
- The slideshow was done by some of the new graphicians which joined earlier
- the same year and some older members. We should of course welcome productions
- from all groups, good or not so good. This slideshow isn't very good (buggy
- code and mostly below average graphics), but
- Vortex should get credit for actually releasing something so rare as a
- «c6»slidehsow. «c7»Earlier last year they released a musicdisk too. But what we can't
- accept is when sceners try to cheat their way to appreciation, and that's
- just what happened with the release of Waiting for the World.«»
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- As written above, it has happened many times that musicians have ripped
- other collegues samples, but when I loaded WFTW I at once discovered that
- «c6»the entire module was ripped!«»
- «c7»The module played was done by Lizardking and called «c6»Memorial Theme. «c7»It was
- made back in the winter of 1993. However, in WFTW the module was renamed to
- «c6»Millenium «c7»and the credits for the music was given to «c6»STUNNER «c7»of Vortex!
- I can't even believe that someone tries to take the credits for a module
- done by another musician a long time ago! But well, «c6»the D.I.S.C. team «c7»have
- exposed another RIPPER among us. Also in the end scroller of WFTW you can
- read what «c6»STUNNER «c7»has to say about the module... «c6»"I composed it...", «c7»he
- says! At the homepage of Vortex you can read «c6»"Waiting For The World
- features some stunning original images from our busy team of artists and has a
- great soundtrack from the master of mod, Stunner".
- «c7»Hmm... even if Memorial Theme is getting quite old these days, some
- sceners still recognize the work of old respected sceners like «c6»Lizardking.
- «c7»If you've heard the module Doskpop by Lizardking from 1994, you also discover it got
- some of the same patterns as his Memorial Theme module. The Memorial Theme module
- you can also find in the great «c6»Memorial Songs II «c7»musicdisk by Razor 1911.«»
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- But why did Stunner ripp this module and claim it was his work? He's said
- to be a real friendly scener which could have managed to make quality
- modules of his own. I can't understand it. In any case, there are no excuses
- for what the organizer and musician of Vortex has done here. It won't even
- help that Stunner sent some special greetings to my groupmate Punisher in the
- WFTW slideshow nor that he supported D.I.S.C. with filling our votesheets.
- «c6»Stunner «c7»is nothing else than a pure «c6»RIPPER...«»
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- «c7»And what's left to be said... just the slogan of Vortex:«»
- «c6»Don't be afraid, we are the best... «c7»YES, you are the best in «c6»RIPPING!«»
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- «c3»D.I.S.C. - «c6»ENTERTAINMENT AT ANY COST!«»
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