The 8bitpeoples Collective, which makes videogame-inspired music and regularly posts free downloads on its website, has said that Crystal Castles have "violated every term of the licence" in their use of music by Lo-Bat and Covox. 

The Collective allows free copying, distribution and transmission of the work as long as those using it attribute it correctly and do not alter it or use it commercially.  Crystal Castles admitted to the sampling, but said that these early demos on which it appeared were never intended for commercial use. 

Ethan Kath explained: "These infringing songs are early unreleased tracks which were never performed," he said. "They are the most awful tracks associated with the band and Alice [Glass, singer] herself hasn't heard most of these tracks. I put these tracks together myself and then discarded them because I thought they were too poor for release."

Crystal Castles release their new single Vanished on download and 7" on July 21st.

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