NFT site HitPiece accused of selling musicians’ songs without permission
nypost.comIt’s not clear what the people received when they purchased an NFT — whether just an image of an album cover, or whether there was an audio file attached.
Whatever it was, it wasn’t authorized by the artists, some of the artists are alleging. The site promised that when it sold an NFT, it would give a royalty to the artist — but it didn’t give any detail on how alleged proceeds would be divided.
Now, some artists, producers and other representatives are sounding off on Twitter — and they say the site is a scam.Jack Antonoff — a musician known for his songwriting work with Swift, Lorde and Lana Del Ray — called out HitPiece’s “bulls—t” on Twitter late Tuesday after songs by his band Bleachers appeared on the site.“Any bleachers NFTs are fake,” Antonoff wrote. “At the moment i do not believe in NFTs so anything you see associated with me isn’t real.
and thanks to M for sending me this bulls–t :) i’m on one today!” It’s unclear how many of the NFTs were sold and for what prices.
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