While it still doesn’t make it right or legal, it is understandable as to why many turn to the use of pirated software simply because the original is just too expensive to be justified just for home use. However when you’re making millions upon millions and purchasing luxury mansions and you’re a world famous DJ, shouldn’t you be capable of paying for legitimate software?
As it turns out that might not always be the case. In a recent interview with Future Music Magazine, popular DJ Avicii showed off his setup and in the video, it was discovered that he was running a pirated copy of Lennar Digital’s Sylenth1 plugin. This is a plugin that would otherwise have cost him €139.
How do you know that it is pirated? In the video, which is around the 42 minute mark, shows that the plugin is registered to “Team VTX 2011” which is basically a reference to a well-known cracking group. It is possible that Avicii may have since bought and paid for the plugin, but we reckon it is still rather embarrassing. Lennar Digital has yet to comment on this.
We should note that Avicii is not the first DJ who has been caught using pirated software as several other big name DJs were shown to be running crack copies of software, such as Steve Aoki, Martin Garrix, and Aleksander Vinter a.k.a Savant have all been accused of using pirated software in the past.
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