Anjunabeats the label behind Arty and Mat Zo’s track “Rebound” have finally come out with an official statement regarding the theft and use on Will.I.Am’s new album.

As it stands nor Will.I.Am or his label acquired the proper permission for use of the track on his label. Anjunabeats will follow this up with legal action and what will most likely be a hefty royalty track.

It’s great to see decent electronic artists sticking up for their personal work and not being steamrolled by big shot commercial artists, hopefully a sign of things to come!

Read the official statement below.

Anjunabeats is the record label behind Arty and Mat Zo and owns the master recording rights to their collaboration “Rebound.” Mat Zo and Arty have been important members of the Anjunabeats family for a number of years and “Rebound” was one of the label’s most popular releases in 2011.

As has been widely reported, a large section of “Rebound” was sampled on Will.i.am’s track “Let’s Go featuring Chris Brown” and this took place without the permission of Anjunabeats or Arty & Mat Zo.

Although Arty (but not Mat Zo) was credited in the sleeve notes, this is not the same as obtaining permission. To present someone else’s work as your own, you need to seek permission, agree terms and file paperwork, which has not happened in this case.

We’ve remained silent on this issue until now but as a record label it is our obligation to protect our artists’ interests and we felt it was necessary to respond to some of the inaccuracies that have been reported following Will.i.am’s recent comments to Associated Press.