Former Bungie composer Marty O’Donnell has asked people to “destroy” Destiny assets he made available without permission.
In a message published on his YouTube channel and Twitter page, O’Donnell read out a prepared statement that will likely fall on deaf ears:
“I do not have, and have not had since at least April 2014, the legal authority to possess or distribute non-commercially available material related to Destiny or Music of the Spheres (including material I composed or created while working for Bungie),” O’Donnell said.
“This material is owned by Bungie. If you posted any of these assets on a website or other publicly available platform, you should remove the content immediately. If you have copies of these assets, you should refrain from sharing and destroy any copies of them.
“This request does not apply to any Destiny or Music of the Spheres material that you lawfully obtained from commercially available sources.”
Message From Marty O’Donnell Watch on YouTube
In September, Eurogamer revealed O’Donnell had been found in contempt of court over his use of Destiny assets – and owed Bungie tens of thousands of dollars in legal fees.
In April this year, Bungie served the celebrated composer behind the original Halo music with contempt of court papers over videos related to Destiny that were uploaded to O’Donnell’s YouTube channel and other platforms.
Some of these videos were early musical sketches of what became Music of the Spheres, the much-loved musical foundation for 2014’s Destiny.
The contempt of court claim relates to the terms of a prior lawsuit between Bungie and O’Donnell over his acrimonious exit from the company – a lawsuit O’Donnell eventually won.
Bungie said O’Donnell, who was Bungie’s veteran audio director until he was fired in April 2014, was ordered to return all material related to Music of the Spheres and Destiny, and was blocked from sharing or performing it as part of a 2015 injunction.