It’s mine, all mine! 
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I take it as a privilege that my uploads stay up, and not as my right. Is there someone I can pay to share my DJing legally?
If so, happy to consider paying, if not it is a flaw with the system.
To me, it is a bit entitled to think that your derivative work is doing anything for humanity (promotion, please)… You want klout for your creative efforts.
Fair enough, play live then. Or download some creative commons tracks and reshare those. Or break the rules in inventive ways, don’t cry about the repercussions though. Keep playing with dignity.
Please read above with a bit of humour. It is meant as tough love. I understand the predicament, really I do. Just sharing my take in the way that is coming naturally to me in the moment (quite sleep deprived 
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On a serious note, is there an actual legal way for DJs to share their work? If not, yes agreed, ■■■■ the industry.
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Your post is by far the most realistic post in this whole topic. 
Music is intellectual property, we don’t own the music we play. BTW: did anyone think of the line “nor has the right to alter this work”? That you have to “clear” samples or melodies is a well established fact, but in theory you cant even mix 2 songs together without the authors permission.
This whole IP thing is a legal minefield, and platforms like YouTube, Soundcloud and others are dead scared from claims from publishers.
Running your own website isn’t a realIstic option either: YouTube will simply delete your video and be done with it. But if you run your own website you can and will get a “cease and desist” letter from a publisher, claiming a penalty if you don’t, sooner or later.
The whole promoting music thing doesn’t cut it either. Playing music in public requires you to pay big royalty fees. If you have a 20.000 people dance event, you aren’t gonna cut it with “but I promoted your music to those 20.000 paying visitors”. The publisher wants its share, period. If you want to make a commercial, you pay royalties formthe music you use. If you play music in your business, you pay for it. A DJ putting a mixtape online is promoting himself in the first place, and if that is by playing third parties music, they will want their share. Some big radiostations are power full enough to sell “airplay” to publishers, but on the other end of their balance they still pay royalty fees for the most part of the music they play.
Think of it what you want, it is what it is. Some publishers may be greedier than others, but this system of royalties pays the bills for some hard working musicians, producers and songwriters. Don’t steal their work.
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Yes, you can share your mixes on Mixcloud. They do have a few rules, but generally their service is designed for DJs … you can join for free and upgrade to a pro account later if you like it there, which also allows for a better audio quality. I love Mixcloud a lot. 
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