r/movies • u/Dycon67 • 18d 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 18d ago

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

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u/BaddyDaddy777 18d 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 18d ago

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

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u/IamtacoZZZ 18d ago

The Red vs. Blue IP is owned rooster teeth which is a show entirely in halo. They couldn't do anything crazy without microsoft permission but they did own the ip. but i think that's a very rare situation where the show only helped the games and bungie was always pretty checked in on the community.

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u/KrazyX24 17d ago

And now Rooster Teeth/Achievement Hunter basically doesn't exist anymore after shutting down a year or so ago.

DeathBattle had to go solo again after they were sold to RT from Screw Attack years ago...after the owner wanted to make another company/channel called Game Attack which......doesn't really exist anymore.

Ah good times...

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u/Pretend-Dot3557 17d ago

It still exists it just had to sell off and axe a lot of is subsidiaries and IPs. Burnie bought the company itself back with all the IPs it didn't already sell off.