Deadmau5 Resolves Musical Parody Issue in Cease and Desist Letter to Producers

While outer courts preside over large disputes like the divvying up of B.B. King's estate, another case may have eluded your justice radar — world-renowned DJ Deadmau5 and his epic cease and desist letter to the producers of what is now dubbed a "deadmouse parody." However, this wasn't the initial case.

In what has ended in a 24-hour epic back-and-forth, Joel Zimmerman (Deadmau5) tweeted from the throne, "The dead mouse debacle is settled. They have just put up a disclaimer and called it a parody. Moving Along now"

According to Billboard, the endeavor of the Toronto-based theatre company was an attempt at making a musical parody of "rave culture." What this means is that the community of listeners that typically attend EDM concerts usually bring with them a certain culture, delving into drugs, promiscuity and questionable amounts of accessories that are adorned on their arms (known as "candy").

The report states that the musical is about "a mouse who wants to be a house DJ but is discriminated against for being a mouse." How cute. However, Mr. Zimmerman did respect their artistic process, just not in a way that would be damaging to his own brand (and who can really fault him for that).

Hopefully the production will get a premier soon.