Deadmau5 Pwns Disney Lawyers With His Own Claim Of Copyright Infringement
On Tuesday, news broke that Disney filed a claim against Deadmau5 to stop him from receiving a trademark in the United States for his signature mouse ears because of their similarity to Mickey Mouse’s ears. At the time, the EDM artist told TMZ that “he won’t be bullied, and is prepared to fight to protect his rights to his property.” Now, he’s taken legal action to give the corporation a taste of its own medicine. On Twitter today, Deadmau5 posted a cease and desist letter sent to Disney that claims that the company never got his permission to use his song “Ghosts ‘n’ Stuff” in a promotional video for a Mickey Mouse “Re-Micks” cartoon short that is currently on its website. “Have a magical fucking day,” he tweeted. “lets test a theory, it takes em 10 years to oppose a trademark, lets see how long it takes em to take down a video.” Watch the offending video and look at Deadmau5’s tweets below.
anyone wanna see some complete pwnage?
— deadmau5 (@deadmau5) September 4, 2014
okay mouse, http://t.co/zT7tTLffFw i never gave disney a liscene to use my track. So. we emailed you a C&D. @disney
— deadmau5 (@deadmau5) September 4, 2014
So now, @disney is illegally using my work… and CONFUSING people that id actualyly work with these twats.
— deadmau5 (@deadmau5) September 4, 2014
oh, @disney just in case you dont check your email, ill just leave this here. pic.twitter.com/I9ZSHsKlWV
— deadmau5 (@deadmau5) September 4, 2014
… @disney sorry heres the second page! Have a magical fucking day! pic.twitter.com/fGQf6jMOAc
— deadmau5 (@deadmau5) September 4, 2014
rekt.
— deadmau5 (@deadmau5) September 4, 2014
lets test a theory, it takes em 10 years to oppose a trademark, lets see how long it takes em to take down a video.
— deadmau5 (@deadmau5) September 4, 2014
I wish disney wasnt such a "corperation". We could have done great things together.
— deadmau5 (@deadmau5) September 4, 2014
why disney wants to shut my trademark down? http://t.co/BivT4fbS6L they wanna cash in on EDM too. some interesting names on there lol…
— deadmau5 (@deadmau5) September 5, 2014
[Photo by Bradley Kanaris/Getty.]
UPDATE: Disney responds.