Ben Jones, the mastermind behind prog rock outfit Orion, has accused artist Hugh Syme of apparently cashing in twice on a chunk of artwork. Going by Orion‘s put up on social media, a chunk of artwork he bought the rights to from Syme to be used in his August 2024 Orion album “The Lightbringers,” has since additionally proven up within the booklet for the deluxe version of Dream Theater‘s newly launched album, “Parasomnia“.
Jones has shared the next of that on Fb on February 07th
“Is that this for actual?! A chunk of art work within the new Dream Theater deluxe version is the EXACT similar piece of art work that was in The Lightbringers booklet for the music The Ghosts Amongst Us.
I’m positive they received’t learn this, however any ideas from Mike Portnoy or John Petrucci? Hugh Syme did the art work for my album and theirs, so I feel I can see the place that is going…”
Syme doesn’t seem to have publicly responded to the allegations. Nevertheless, in a remark made by Jones on Orion‘s Fb yesterday, February 09th, it could seem that he and Dream Theater‘s camp have reached an settlement on the matter. That remark learn:
“I’m undecided why plagiarism is ever being talked about, as a result of I’ve definitely by no means mentioned something about that. In actual fact, I’ve written a whole lot of responses to make folks conscious that DT are additionally victims of Hugh’s negligence.
Now, what did I put up publicly? Most individuals received’t perceive, largely as a result of they’ve by no means been down this highway. Attempt to think about a scenario the place you’ve spent hundreds of {dollars} on art work that was meant to be distinctive and tailor-made on your album. You’ve additionally spent hundreds on creating the album itself, spent months engaged on it, making an attempt to make it nearly as good as could be.
Now think about {that a} fan sends you a photograph, clearly displaying that the precise piece of art work (which was meant to be unique to you) has appeared within the largest band within the style’s new album artwork guide. I can inform you, it’s completely intestine wrenching.
The opposite a part of my motive for posting that is that I wished DT to remember. I’m no massive title musician, and I don’t have the means to simply contact the likes of DT, therefore why I took the time to make 3-4 preliminary posts on a few totally different pages about it. I definitely didn’t assume it could flip into this.
Effectively, the end result is that Dream Theater‘s supervisor contacted me on Saturday night time, and we had a really amicable change. I additionally took the prospect to make clear with Frank that I don’t assume they’ve dedicated any wrongdoing. Although they actually owe me nothing, Frank made me a really form provide, which I’ll take him up on in some unspecified time in the future.
Ultimately, folks will determine what they wish to really feel about this, whatever the information.”
