Video game composers have had their music sold as NFTs without permission.
The platform HitPiece allows users to “own a song, build your unique playlist, and join an Artist’s community”, according to its Twitter page.
It appears to be scrubbing Spotify for music and selling it illegally as NFTs. That includes video game music, along with Disney tracks and more. Composers have since hit back at the platform on social media.
“Just so you know joinhitpiece one of the tracks you’re selling that I appeared on is owned by Blizzard_Ent who are now owned by Microsoft ….. good luck with that,” said Grant Kirkhope, the BAFTA nominated composer for World of Warcraft Shadowlands, Banjo-Kazooie, Donkey Kong and more.