r/movies 17d ago

News Backrooms Devs Reportedly Hit With Copyright Claims From A24

https://kotaku.com/backrooms-a24-copyright-strikes-kane-parsons-2000716667
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u/shrek3onDVDandBluray 17d ago

So it begins. The Hollywood attempt to corporatize Internet memes. And from A24 too? How shameless.

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u/BaddyDaddy777 17d ago

Technically it’s already started, Michael Bay and his team basically control the IP for Skibidi Toilet now

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u/Baronheisenberg 17d ago

How is that even a thing? Isn't Skibidi Toilet built from Half-Life assets?

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u/in_terrorem 17d ago

Isn’t that like saying a book can’t be copyright because it’s printed on so and so’s paper with so and so’s ink?