Game music label under fire over late royalty payments – Rock Paper Shotgun
“I have actually not gotten any payment from [Materia Collective] for the sales and streams of my Celeste B-Sides track since July 26, 2019, when they started handling the releases payments,” 2 Mello published on Twitter.
He included that 3 other B-Sides artists informed him they hadnt seen payments from the label given that July, and despite contacting them mulitple times in personal, he had not spoken with Materia considering that November.
Materia were fast to apologise on social media, saying this was unintentional. It looks like this isnt an isolated mistake. Since 2 Mello came forward, more artists have claimed comparable issues with Materias absence of interaction and missed out on payments.
Laura Intravia, whose music published by Materia consists of remixes of Final Fantasy VIII tracks, said shes missing over a years worth of royalty payments. Danilo Ciaffi, whos set up music tributes to Supergiant Games, declared hes not had any interaction from Materia in over two years. And Zed composer, Alex Parish, said he had not heard from the label considering that his album went live last year.
Materia Collective have actually since reacted to the wider accusations too, declaring they “didnt understand just how widespread this was.” They acknowledged that they screwed up though, and stated theyll be working on paying artists what theyre owed “ASAP”.
Materia added that if any artists have issues about payments, they can contact them at artists@materiacollective.com. Heres hoping these gifted folk get the cash theyre owed faster rather than later on.
Video video game music label and publisher Materia Collective have actually come under fire after reports that theyve missed up to two years worth of royalty payments to their artists. Materia Collective followed up with an apology quickly after, acknowledging their mistake, however now more artists have actually come forward saying that Materia have actually failed to make payments to them too.
Computer game music label and publisher Materia Collective have actually come under fire after reports that theyve missed out on as much as 2 years worth of royalty payments to their artists. Last night, among the artists behind Celestes B-Sides (remixed songs from the video games OST) claimed the music label hadnt paid him for sales or streams given that 2019. Materia Collective followed up with an apology quickly after, acknowledging their mistake, however now more artists have actually come forward saying that Materia have failed to make payments to them too.
Considering that 2 Mello came forward, more artists have actually declared similar problems with Materias absence of interaction and missed out on payments.