Deadmau5 is not happy with Sirius XM after the satellite radio station apparently ripped his latest Soundcloud upload and started putting it in rotation. “4ware” is a nine-minute progressive house track that came out 4 days ago, but for some reason, the track is now being played on the radio.
i wonder who at @SIRIUSXM decides "eh sure, its okay to just rip a 64kbps souncloud demo and put it in circulation"… hello?
— Goat lord (@deadmau5) March 10, 2016
@deadmau5 @SIRIUSXM lmao you weren't joking. They're actually playing it pic.twitter.com/OuHqbUdaOT
— rylantaggart. (@RylanTaggart) March 10, 2016
This would all be fine and dandy (not really, actually) if deadmau5 had had some sort of pre-determined agreement with the radio station for his future releases, but not even that is true.
hey just throw up 4ware up on their shit without even bothering to ask if they have a lsicense to do it. A. its not finished. B. its mine.
— Goat lord (@deadmau5) March 10, 2016
There’s a massive difference between a fan ripping a Soundcloud track and putting it their library for their own enjoyment, and an international radio station ripping a track without proper license and monetizing it – which is actually illegal. And while we love to listen to deadmau5 as much as possible, as much as the next guy, doing so properly is paramount.
It doesn’t seem like Sirius XM has issued a response as of yet.
