Deadmau5 sends cease-and-desist letter to Disney over video

September 5, 2014

The war of the mice continues. Deadmau5 seems ready for a legal battle with Disney after the company allegedly tried to block him from trademarking his mouse logo. But now, the mau5 has fired back at Disney for using one of his songs in a cartoon, apparently without his permission.

“OK, mouse, I never gave Disney a license to use my track,” he said in a tweet, linking to a Disney video titled “Ghosts 'n' Stuff Re-Micks.” The video caption reads: “Enjoy a spooky cartoon Re-Micks to the tune of Deadmau5's 'Ghosts 'n' Stuff,'” perhaps the DJ’s biggest song. You can watch the video in question below.

He then tweeted and showed a cease-and-desist request from his attorney to Disney, regarding the video:

You can read a bunch of tweets from Deadmau5 about the situation below. Let us know your thoughts. The seventh Deadmau5 album, While (1<2), is out now.

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