Soundcloud has come under fire for removing a track from its system.

The pulled track, created by D.J. Detweiler, is a remix of a conceptual silent track titled 4’33 by American experimental composer John Cage.

Both tracks feature exactly four minutes and thirty-three seconds of silence.

Shortly after publishing the track Detweiler was sent a copyright notice from Soundcloud.

“Our automatic content protection system has detected that your track may contain copyrighted content,” the notice posted to social media by Detweiler reads.

“As a result your track has been removed from your profile for the time being.” ;

CFO of music site YourEDM, Nick Ward said the platform’s automatic copyright detection technology had reached an all time low.

“Instead of paying to help keep musician’s music protected from false copyright claims, Soundcloud took the easy way out and will remove your music just based on the title of the track,” he wrote.

“Soundcloud has finally turned its back on protecting their content creators in favour of saving a few extra bucks, and absolving themselves of liability at the hands of the major labels.”

In 2002, songwriter Mike Batt reportedly paid $A208,920.92 in an out-of-court settlement to representatives of the late John Cage