Last week, the popular trap DJ and producer Ookay took to Twitter to vent about having his SoundCloud removed after receiving his third copyright strike. At the time of the takedown, Ookay had 98 uploaded tracks and a total of 175,599 followers.
SoundCloud reached out to Ookay stating that his bootleg of White Stripes' “Seven Nation Army” infringed upon the owner's copyright. SoundCloud went on to say that “this is your third strike” and that they had made it clear on previous occasions that repeated instances would results in the termination of his SoundCloud account. Since the takedown Ookay has received a lot of support from fans and fellow DJs.
THIS IS FUCKING BULLSHIT pic.twitter.com/zFSiw2rcge
— OOKAY (@Ookayx) June 2, 2016
I'll keep my head up.
— OOKAY (@Ookayx) June 2, 2016
also glad to know Soundcloud support's twitter has only been about getting their payments to go through rather than helping the artist out.
— OOKAY (@Ookayx) June 2, 2016
Also this is really showing how supportive my fans and friends really are. I love all of you.
— OOKAY (@Ookayx) June 3, 2016
I made remixes to gain some popularity every once in a while and I hustled my ass off because thats the only way I knew how. now it bites me
— OOKAY (@Ookayx) June 3, 2016
I'm sad about the fact that I lost all my "likes". True Gems in there. So many great artists I've found through the poison that killed me
— OOKAY (@Ookayx) June 3, 2016
We fall down, but we get up.
— OOKAY (@Ookayx) June 3, 2016
Deadmau5 who was also recently burned by SoundCloud, decided to chime in and voice his opinion.
@Ookayx the fuck you think i've been on about? wasnt joking… their service fucking blows.
— dead mow cinco (@deadmau5) June 3, 2016
@Ookayx a shit company going under… they attemped to further valuate /unfuck their company by adding in subscription models but… RIP.
— dead mow cinco (@deadmau5) June 3, 2016
@deadmau5 and to believe that there were "Glory Days"
— OOKAY (@Ookayx) June 3, 2016
Image Credit: Frank Apollonio
