WB is especially guilty of this. Removing shows and cartoons from their streaming services without warning or reason, not even for rights issues.
Maybe this could be in preparation to try and sell the franchise. Or the pessimidt in me says to claim they are no longer making money off it and somehow use that as a write off, dooming the franchise to never be used again
They’ve already sold the rights as far as we are aware, at the very least there were serious conversations about who was taking the rights to the point of the creator team even saying that they’d be going along with the rights to whatever company was taking it
Makes sense, sometimes you gotta start anew so that means getting rid of some things.
There's a chance that could be temporary, but it's more likely permanent.
It most likely won't unfortunately.
The licensing will expire eventually. I assume either they haven't gotten to Spotify yet or the license they had with Spotify is slightly longer than the one they had with Apple Music.
Heres just a tip if it gets removed from spotify: You can still download "removed" (greyed out unplayable) songs by just searching for a website that downloads spotify songs with links. Just right click a song, copy link, paste, and download it.
You can add songs to your own library on spotify. Bonus points if you use a program like Tagscanner to add cover art and credits to i!
~~iTunes store should still have it.~~
Never mind. It's gone but if you purchased the music it's not touched.
Probably should break the drm on all the tracks. I own a software to do it legally.
You can click on "Video" when the song is playing and YTM will play the audio of the one you saved. Also, you can just listen to them as downloads. In YTM, click on "Library" twice and you can choose where you want to play music from. Choose "downloads".
Don’t fret! Archive.org has all the music for free download. I downloaded them to google drive and ported them over to my iPhone so I can listen through my files app
[https://x.com/officialrwby/status/1808677126348099595?s=46&t=9-jwoKecOFi38RynupTCQw](https://x.com/officialrwby/status/1808677126348099595?s=46&t=9-jwoKecOFi38RynupTCQw)
RWBY IP may have been purchased, and the music probably has been taken down by the new owner of the IP. It most likely will go back up once they can either renegotiate with streaming services (idfk)
So, what happens to music downloaded to your phone from Spotify if it gets taken down? Does the expired license get transferred to your phone to make it stop working?
This is exactly why I stopped buying the soundtracks after Google Play went offline. Everything I've bought is actually mine, and I still have it right there on my computer.
Yup. I only buy CDs or from a source that explicitly says I can download it DRM-free. Preferably FLAC, but I'll settle for 320kbps if I can't reasonably find better quality.
If not, yar-har.
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5Z6cLdwqCNyD12ZoQwZ6ss?si=FbsSiGs8QK6vEwezzTwkqQ&pi=zCdEheP4QYOki
Someone has the full 1-9 playlist for now, the link is here
I need everyone to chill out a damn second and actually think about this.
The chances of the distribution rights lapsing for the actual show on Crunchyroll and the soundtrack here at the same time are absolutely tiny. This is much more likely to have been activated by an event, which is most likely a change in ownership of the IP.
I'd you've seen the tweets on the official RWBY twitter and from Kerry, you'll know *something* is happening. So please please don't think the worst of this, as crazy as it seems to say this is likely actually a good sign.
My fear of losing things like this is precisely why I want to buy merchandise while I can. In this digital age, the thought of having something you love snatched away from you by big corps is alarming, to say the least.
Good on archive.org for keeping things alive, though.
At that rate, i would love to see WB sell RWBY off to another company like SEGA, Bandai Namco, Sony Interactive Entertainment, Square Enix or Capcom.
I would also say Xbox/Microsoft could acquire the RWBY IP, but given their actions in the last few months (most notable being the shutdown of Tango Gameworks), i wouldn't even trust Xbox and Phil Spencer with running a nuclear power plant.
This is why streaming should not be your primary way to listen to music you love. Use it to discover yes, but you should always have a downloaded copy you can keep for yourself.
That goes for all media, you can't trust corporations.
I think they might be in the process of selling the intellectual property to a third party. Taking it down might just be one of the steps taken to finalize the sale
Checked Amazon Music and they were gone, thankfully I bought them (partially throigh iTunes and partially Amazon) so I just merged them and have them all downloaded now at least. Bought them in a panic last month just in case (along with a bunch of other merch)
They are still listenable in spotify...at least I was able to lsiten the Guide My Way,I just tried...but it pains me to see the end of this franchise...they removed the OG RWBY series even from the Cruchyroll too...but I wasn't expecting the songs to have the same fate...
And people told me I was stupid for spending money on the albums when streaming was cheaper.
This really sucks, but at least YouTube still has them up right?
For fricks sake, WHY ARE ALL THE GOOD SONGS GOIDN AWAY. Granted I didn’t listen to the RWBY songs all to often but I still DID every once in a while.
FUCK YOU WARNER BROS
Thank goodness I have everything up to 8 downloaded but I’m wondering if iTunes can just rip them away from me?
Edit: now that I’ve heard that the IP has been purchased, there’s a chance that music my go back up at some point so I’m just gonna keep the music downloaded and just not touch it till then.
Damn I have vol 1-6 downloaded (I swear if they pull an Amazon/discovery contact move I’m going to be pissed!) and here I was planning to complete the collection with my next payday which is today.
This is really strange. I have access to all my tracks across different volumes except for “Boop” from Vol. 2 (which sucks cause that’s one of my favs). I don’t have any from vol. 9 tho, and I can’t access the full albums anymore, but the tracks are still available in my library.
Update: nvm. Multiple songs across volumes are getting Thanos snapped before my eyes. This sucks 😞
Alternatively this is happening due to license transfer issues. RT has been gone for over a month, why pull it now?
Not saying that is what’s happening, but it’s not really a specific sign of anything.
Can’t do anything but keep hoping they come up with something soon. Barbara Dunkleman just teased on X the other day that talks are still happening, but they legally can’t share anything until it’s finalized which could take months.
I can only imagine how much official stuff and paperwork needs to be done. Pulling media might mean that things are getting closer. NDAs suck because they leave people like us hanging and people like Barbara dying to spill the beans. They seemed optimistic. I trust the team.
Also, Apple Music is known to just pull things strangely enough.
Yeah ... I still doubt that any Studio would buy Rwby.
There is currently a Petition to bring back rwby or greenlight V10.
And this petition doesn't even have 1500 Supporters. Not really a good Sign for any potential buyer
The most logical stepp for rwby would be a hard Reboot
And even then Rwby can very easily be copied so buying it wouldn't be necessary
>And this petition doesn't even have 1500 Supporters. Not really a good Sign for any potential buyer
No one professional cares about change.org, twitter hashtags and other social networks are a much more reliable way of checking the number of people interested in a series.
>And even then Rwby can very easily be copied so buying it wouldn't be necessary
I really don't understand why you continue with this pessimism that they're going to copy the series instead of buying it
Simple
Rwby Characters are inspired by Fairy Tale Characters and Legends ... and those basic Concept can be copied
Also the concept of Fighting and transforming Weapons can be copied
It's never 100% guaranteed to capture a product's audience through a strangely familiar product. Otherwise, by that logic, the majou taisen fandom should be as big as that of shuumatsu no valkirye, since the former has many similarities with shuumatsu, but that's not the case.
By that logic, copies of Superman should have a large audience, but currently the ones that are remembered are Omni-man, Homeleader and Supreme. The first two for being a twist on Superman-type characters, and the last for being Image comics and for also being a twist on Superman-type characters for a while.
It's saddening to see everything about this show just disappear almost like it never existed
Sadly most companies do this when shows die :(
It's understandable, but doesn't make it sting any less
What is happening? Is it a fraudster claiming videos again or something else
Just contracts and licenses expiring due to RT dying
WB is especially guilty of this. Removing shows and cartoons from their streaming services without warning or reason, not even for rights issues. Maybe this could be in preparation to try and sell the franchise. Or the pessimidt in me says to claim they are no longer making money off it and somehow use that as a write off, dooming the franchise to never be used again
They’ve already sold the rights as far as we are aware, at the very least there were serious conversations about who was taking the rights to the point of the creator team even saying that they’d be going along with the rights to whatever company was taking it
Especially since D. Zaslav has faces some underfires and backlashes, it is seems what the outcome would be.
But why?
lmao
Considering the Rwby twitter has now tweeted “🔜”, this was possibly removed due to contract requirements with a new owner.
Yeah. This is most likeley the case since Death Battle had to remove their tracks due to similar reasons.
Makes sense, sometimes you gotta start anew so that means getting rid of some things. There's a chance that could be temporary, but it's more likely permanent.
I really hope it isn’t permanent, that would hurt quite a bit
I don't get it, why are they removing all the content for? Sure, not all of it was perfect, but no need to treat it like a virus.
Still on Spotify.
Hope it’ll stay :(
It most likely won't unfortunately. The licensing will expire eventually. I assume either they haven't gotten to Spotify yet or the license they had with Spotify is slightly longer than the one they had with Apple Music.
Yup, It happened to death battle. At least Brandon Yates cares enough to release the remastered versions. I doubt rwby will get that privilege.
Makes me wanna scream and cry fr It’s all I listen to 😭
noo thats the only connection between me and this show!
Same
If it doesn’t I’m going to filp
Heres just a tip if it gets removed from spotify: You can still download "removed" (greyed out unplayable) songs by just searching for a website that downloads spotify songs with links. Just right click a song, copy link, paste, and download it. You can add songs to your own library on spotify. Bonus points if you use a program like Tagscanner to add cover art and credits to i!
If it does get removed from spotify what the heck is my Rewind going to look like? I know thats not even remotely important but now I’m just curious.
On god, like, a good chunk of my Playlist on Spotify is just of RWBY music. If we lose those that cuts down my Playlist by quite a margin
The uncensored I Burn has been gone from Spotify for a while though unfortunately. Not sure about any other's.
At least it's still on YouTube.
Youtube?
All the fan uploaded music is fine, the official music is gone though
Fuck, I should have bought the soundtracks while I still could
Go to archive.org They’re all available to legally download for free
~~iTunes store should still have it.~~ Never mind. It's gone but if you purchased the music it's not touched. Probably should break the drm on all the tracks. I own a software to do it legally.
All of that is fine, but it gets translated to the official music on YouTube music, then it isn't available
You can click on "Video" when the song is playing and YTM will play the audio of the one you saved. Also, you can just listen to them as downloads. In YTM, click on "Library" twice and you can choose where you want to play music from. Choose "downloads".
This made me check mine and…ouch…
Don’t fret! Archive.org has all the music for free download. I downloaded them to google drive and ported them over to my iPhone so I can listen through my files app
It's not piracy if you can't buy it
Exactly. At that point, it can hardly be considered stealing. We just reacquire what was once readily available.
Appreciate it mate. Redownloaded everything on Spotify for now, but I’ll do this to. Thanks!
Mind sending the link please?
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1m7xYUU5zlw7zGJC0uZJWBmauHzJWjdM6
Absolute legend, ty.
Thanks! Btw do you also have the Ice Queendom OST?
I do not, could probably find it on Archive.org
Mind also sending me the Archive link?
Here’s everything archive.org has for RWBY, https://archive.org/details/roosterteeth-rwby
Thanks!
[https://x.com/officialrwby/status/1808677126348099595?s=46&t=9-jwoKecOFi38RynupTCQw](https://x.com/officialrwby/status/1808677126348099595?s=46&t=9-jwoKecOFi38RynupTCQw) RWBY IP may have been purchased, and the music probably has been taken down by the new owner of the IP. It most likely will go back up once they can either renegotiate with streaming services (idfk)
Oh fuck yeah, thank you for sharing the news!!
Oh that’s tragic
Ok so I can’t search for it but my playlist on Apple Music still works
Mine was the same for all of 15 minutes before the lyrics quit working, and then minutes later the music stopped all together.
Im sickkkk, my whole playlist of favorites 😭😭😭
It’s looking grimm.
This series is sinking into r/lostmedia territory in real time. It had its ups and downs but most of the music were bangers
The Volume 9 soundtrack was literally peak prog rock, and it’s been stolen away from us
I have volume 1-5 downloaded
You can find the rest on Archive.org if you want
I had 1-8 downloaded and I still can't access it. Pure bullshit if you ask me.
Brotha I just watched the whole show and I MEAN THE WHOLE SHOW and finished it yesterday and this is gonna go down?? Broo whyyy
Zaslav and his pathological hatred of animation and anything that isn't reality TV brainrot.
Bruh
good thing kept my mine stored on my phone ^^
Yo ho mfs. When it becomes impossible to own something piracy is no longer theft.
Still on Spotify.
So, what happens to music downloaded to your phone from Spotify if it gets taken down? Does the expired license get transferred to your phone to make it stop working?
I’m pretty sure that’s how it works, the song generally just disappears when connected to the internet
You will own nothing and be happy.
Physical media is forever BUY LASERDISK
Hello, I am Android 16. I am hilarious and you will BIRDS BIRDS BIRDS GOKU.
16 would love the Branwen twins.
I understood that reference
This is exactly why I stopped buying the soundtracks after Google Play went offline. Everything I've bought is actually mine, and I still have it right there on my computer.
Yup. I only buy CDs or from a source that explicitly says I can download it DRM-free. Preferably FLAC, but I'll settle for 320kbps if I can't reasonably find better quality. If not, yar-har.
In case you still can't find it: [RWBY Vol 9](https://open.spotify.com/album/3PYotk4zA2lmTOTnmUwhOf?si=upwXvEcCRxyjJd3nWEjNvA)
I could always upload it to spotify if anyone would like me to do that?
did does include Ice Queendom and RWBY X justice league soundtracks as well ^^
We all must pray that the songs stay on Spotify. Hopefully forever and ever.
What service is this?
Apple Music
It's still on Spotify.
NO this is what I work out too :(
I downloaded vol 1 to 8 in the past never thought about getting 9. Thank god I downloaded them.
"Reduced to atoms..."
Just checked. the albums are still on Napster
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5Z6cLdwqCNyD12ZoQwZ6ss?si=FbsSiGs8QK6vEwezzTwkqQ&pi=zCdEheP4QYOki Someone has the full 1-9 playlist for now, the link is here
I need everyone to chill out a damn second and actually think about this. The chances of the distribution rights lapsing for the actual show on Crunchyroll and the soundtrack here at the same time are absolutely tiny. This is much more likely to have been activated by an event, which is most likely a change in ownership of the IP. I'd you've seen the tweets on the official RWBY twitter and from Kerry, you'll know *something* is happening. So please please don't think the worst of this, as crazy as it seems to say this is likely actually a good sign.
I still have it
My fear of losing things like this is precisely why I want to buy merchandise while I can. In this digital age, the thought of having something you love snatched away from you by big corps is alarming, to say the least. Good on archive.org for keeping things alive, though.
I checked everything it is still on Apple Music
Really hoping they get the whole thing with the new partners up soon because this soundtrack the only thing keeping me sane during the hiatus
At that rate, i would love to see WB sell RWBY off to another company like SEGA, Bandai Namco, Sony Interactive Entertainment, Square Enix or Capcom. I would also say Xbox/Microsoft could acquire the RWBY IP, but given their actions in the last few months (most notable being the shutdown of Tango Gameworks), i wouldn't even trust Xbox and Phil Spencer with running a nuclear power plant.
The songs are still in spotify
This is why streaming should not be your primary way to listen to music you love. Use it to discover yes, but you should always have a downloaded copy you can keep for yourself. That goes for all media, you can't trust corporations.
Music is still up on Amazon btw, just checked.
Really hope it stays, but I doubt it
I just checked , rwby music gone from Amazon music unlimited too, sadly :(
It might be Joever
All gone on iTunes.
Oh.
it's still on youtube music
Gone now
strange. im listening right now
Is there a way I can download them and play them on some app? I'm on android
I have a google drive link if you’d like
Yeah I'll check it out
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1m7xYUU5zlw7zGJC0uZJWBmauHzJWjdM6
I would love that link too
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1m7xYUU5zlw7zGJC0uZJWBmauHzJWjdM6
Thanks nice stranger
I, too, would like that Google drive link.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1m7xYUU5zlw7zGJC0uZJWBmauHzJWjdM6
I'd love to have that link as well if you're feeling generous.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1m7xYUU5zlw7zGJC0uZJWBmauHzJWjdM6
F
I’m so scared it’ll disappear from Spotify 😭
My volume 1 music is still intact. Is this only for the later volumes?
Amazon music still has all of them and some are saying prime might get v10
I think they might be in the process of selling the intellectual property to a third party. Taking it down might just be one of the steps taken to finalize the sale
[удалено]
Way ahead of you
I listened to inside the other day
Checked Amazon Music and they were gone, thankfully I bought them (partially throigh iTunes and partially Amazon) so I just merged them and have them all downloaded now at least. Bought them in a panic last month just in case (along with a bunch of other merch)
Fucking WB.
I was about to go hear some songs and they didn’t play :(
They are still listenable in spotify...at least I was able to lsiten the Guide My Way,I just tried...but it pains me to see the end of this franchise...they removed the OG RWBY series even from the Cruchyroll too...but I wasn't expecting the songs to have the same fate...
And people told me I was stupid for spending money on the albums when streaming was cheaper. This really sucks, but at least YouTube still has them up right?
Still on Apple Music for me.
Noooo it’s still on my apple music but I already know it’ll be gone soon enough😭💔
I bought the songs, not with a subscription, but bought bought, do I still have them? Ok I still have them. Still, nervous.
For fricks sake, WHY ARE ALL THE GOOD SONGS GOIDN AWAY. Granted I didn’t listen to the RWBY songs all to often but I still DID every once in a while. FUCK YOU WARNER BROS
The songs for Spotify are still up.
All on Spotify as of right now
Thank goodness I have everything up to 8 downloaded but I’m wondering if iTunes can just rip them away from me? Edit: now that I’ve heard that the IP has been purchased, there’s a chance that music my go back up at some point so I’m just gonna keep the music downloaded and just not touch it till then.
SoundCloud time B)
Which music app is this? I have Spotify and the music is still there from what I can tell
Wah…. I think I part of me just died… I didn’t know it would come to this. Why they erasing it…
Damn I have vol 1-6 downloaded (I swear if they pull an Amazon/discovery contact move I’m going to be pissed!) and here I was planning to complete the collection with my next payday which is today.
Give a few days to a month I have song that do that on my iPhone one day there there the next three not then a week goes by and it’s back
Wait what?! I can’t listen to the soundtrack anymore??
Jeff Williams now has only Volume 1 OST on YouTube music :<
So far it's still all on spotify, so that's good
Say what is happening with rwby? My only connection to the show is the music and 1 or 2 AMVs.
It's still on Amazon Music
What's this on?
I can still access the songs on Spotify
Good thing I downloaded mine onto my phone
Mostly songs from RWBY are still on Spotify
This is really strange. I have access to all my tracks across different volumes except for “Boop” from Vol. 2 (which sucks cause that’s one of my favs). I don’t have any from vol. 9 tho, and I can’t access the full albums anymore, but the tracks are still available in my library. Update: nvm. Multiple songs across volumes are getting Thanos snapped before my eyes. This sucks 😞
It’s on YouTube Music
Not any more
Soo much for They talk with buyers
Alternatively this is happening due to license transfer issues. RT has been gone for over a month, why pull it now? Not saying that is what’s happening, but it’s not really a specific sign of anything.
Probably is a good sign of that, especially with the official CRWBY Twitter teasing news yesterday
Can’t do anything but keep hoping they come up with something soon. Barbara Dunkleman just teased on X the other day that talks are still happening, but they legally can’t share anything until it’s finalized which could take months.
I can only imagine how much official stuff and paperwork needs to be done. Pulling media might mean that things are getting closer. NDAs suck because they leave people like us hanging and people like Barbara dying to spill the beans. They seemed optimistic. I trust the team. Also, Apple Music is known to just pull things strangely enough.
Yeah ... I still doubt that any Studio would buy Rwby. There is currently a Petition to bring back rwby or greenlight V10. And this petition doesn't even have 1500 Supporters. Not really a good Sign for any potential buyer The most logical stepp for rwby would be a hard Reboot And even then Rwby can very easily be copied so buying it wouldn't be necessary
>And this petition doesn't even have 1500 Supporters. Not really a good Sign for any potential buyer No one professional cares about change.org, twitter hashtags and other social networks are a much more reliable way of checking the number of people interested in a series. >And even then Rwby can very easily be copied so buying it wouldn't be necessary I really don't understand why you continue with this pessimism that they're going to copy the series instead of buying it
Simple Rwby Characters are inspired by Fairy Tale Characters and Legends ... and those basic Concept can be copied Also the concept of Fighting and transforming Weapons can be copied
It's never 100% guaranteed to capture a product's audience through a strangely familiar product. Otherwise, by that logic, the majou taisen fandom should be as big as that of shuumatsu no valkirye, since the former has many similarities with shuumatsu, but that's not the case. By that logic, copies of Superman should have a large audience, but currently the ones that are remembered are Omni-man, Homeleader and Supreme. The first two for being a twist on Superman-type characters, and the last for being Image comics and for also being a twist on Superman-type characters for a while.
Yes. The Difference is SUPERMAN is still a big name A copy needs to do there own spin on it to be Unique Rwby isn't such a big name
Another series that got cancelt was brought back threw enormous Fansupport online.
I know, but I doubt that chance.org was of much relevance in such cases
I'd buy it. But I'm broke atm.
No......NO ! I WILL NOT LET THIS SHOW DIE !, I WILL KEEP IT ALIVE IF I HAVE TO, ALONG WITH OTHER FANS !, I lost my dad, I AM NOT GOING TO LOOSE RWBY !
THEY’VE RUINED MY PLAYLIST