Steve Aoki is the latest DJ-producer to take legal action against Wunderground, a music satire site, after the site put up a crowdfunding campaign that included a shirt that poked fun at Aoki as a DJ (above).
Aoki’s legal team threatened to sue the site over the shirts by sending CEO of Wunderground Mikey Maguire a cease-and-desist letter, which demanded that Maguire stop all sales for the shirt in question, destroy the shirts and provide evidence of doing so, provide all sales data from the shirt sales, and “take any and all other necessary or appropriate steps to eliminate further violations” of Aoki’s rights. 
“We’ve done some articles on Steve in the past and he hasn’t responded too well to them… The last thing I expected was for him to give us this. I thought he would leave it alone, and not add fuel to the fire,” says Maguire in a quote to Billboard.
Wunderground has seen legal threats from David Guetta and Calvin Harris in the past. This time, Maguire publicly posted a reply on Wunderground in true satirical fashion to address each demand of the cease-and-desist, stressing that Aoki and his legal team have no grounds in suing him over a t-shirt that never existed.
The highly publicized “beef” between Wunderground and Aoki may only help bring more attention to the artist, as it coincides with his Neon Future album release and his feature on the latest Jimmy Kimmel Live segment.
Sources: Wunderground, Billboard
if you dont want to be a shit dj then dont make shit music
they should make one for Avicii
“the artist” lol
Steve Aoki has no right to point fingers when copyright comes to concern. He has been caught using stolen/ripped/cracked software!!!
Wow he really is shit. Bet his cake taste’s like shit too.
Please stop bashing artists!!!!!!! Because no matter wether you think he’s a “Shit Dj” or not there are obviously people out there that like his “Shit Dj” music. Just because i am not a fan of country music does not mean that i go around claiming that all of these country artists suck! There is a huge lack of respect in the Music community and people need to understand that just because your ears don’t like the sound being produced doesn’t mean that other people have quite the same opinion. Picture all of the things you love. Go ahead do it! literally while your reading this. I hope a couple things you really love come to mind. Now picture some ass hole coming up to you and saying that all of that stuff you love is “SHIT!” well that is very offensive because obviously it’s not shit to you! SO PLEASE be considerate for a second, take a moment and realize that you’re just being a troll and quite honestly its a bummer. People like different things no matter what method was used to produce something if the end result is something that people love then respect it and keep your opinion to yourself. Have a nice day.
Bahahahahahahahahaha maso you truly are a hoot. With all do respect, im not the one judging people on here and im not the one attempting to “try” offending people coz they dont know what else to say. 😀 nice come back though…… (thats called sarcasm by the way, in case you dint know coz apparently you you dont)
Bahahahahahahahahaha the devil? This is unreal. Im out, im not about to get into an ignorant conversation that will obviously go no where with sentences ending in “he’s owned by tge devil” seriously? Do you hear yoursel? Bahahahahahahahahaha i said good day!
Btw, im the one that wrote the comment whose for some reason the name changed to perez carlos, how the fuck does that happen? Lol oh well, anyways but yes i wrote the last 2 comments well i guess 3 with this one. Im out
In the videos, he’s performing one song live. An EDM producer/DJ, when asked to perform one song, basically can just hit the play button and adjust the EQ to get the song sounding right live, but it’s already been produced. To see him actually DJing, look up a video of one of his full performances, where he DJs for about an hour and a half.
I’d sue if I were him too. That’s definitely slander with the intent to make profit. It really doesn’t matter what you think about someone’s music, no one forces you to listen to it. What’s wrong is taking someone’s name, brand, or product and making a profit from defacing it.
he adds insult by throwing cake in peoples faces….and the audience is dumb enough to think hes being charming….when his statement to those two audience members is equivalent to blowing a load on their face….he knew those two would be the ones to lay down and take it with a fat smile.
that bro really is a shitty “musician” … LOL … Even more impressive/disappointing though, is people falling on that game … The question is, would you really waste your time, energy and money on that poor performance??? who really does???
Really, is that the best you can do? Lmfao get the fuck out of here! Ahahaha you really do make me laugh…….. not
Uuuum idk but this “shit dj” and a lot of the other ones they’re talking shit about are pretty damn rich! So yea, basically they are making them that much richer while they’re are trying to make a buck from they’re name and pic. So to that i say…. bahahahahahahahahaha
Steve is awesome don’t be fucking jelly u weak ass fools he makes alot of money. How much do u make at your mediocre ass job. Judging an international music artist, DJ, and producer. Suck dees nuts ya damn haters.
Wah they are making fun of me wah wah. q.q lawyer can you make them stop. They took my face and put the word shit next to it wah wah. are you fucking kidding me Steve grow up it’s called free publicity.
Surely you can’t send a “cease and desist” for a personal opinion? It’s only a coincidence that a lot of people share this opinion and wanted it printed on a T-Shirt LOL
I will make you all carry me on a raft while I throw cake at you but if you DARE make a comical shirt about me…THERE WILL BE HELL PAY!
real Dj’s use turntable’s and not cdj’s and use real vinyl not cd’s or usb sticks
He only will get more recognition from this if your a fucking idiot. He deserves to be called out.
shut the f*ck up people !
he is one of the great DJ !
if u cannot do what he does than cut the crap !
Steve Aoki SUCKS and he’s embarrassment to my art & craft.
They should make one for almost every DJ ever..
aokis best DJ ever wtf D:
SUE THAT BITCH!
While true Djs are hidden, and these clowns that throws cake or vodka on people are on MainStage, gaining millions for use pre recorded set… this is ddm :/
might be a shit dj, but he is a pretty good producer, and probably one of the best performers alive, and that goes for all styles in the music industry
I want the David guetta shirt, please