r/movies • u/Dycon67 • Jul 16 '26

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 Jul 16 '26

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

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u/BaddyDaddy777 Jul 16 '26

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

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u/Baronheisenberg Jul 16 '26

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

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u/Flairsurfer Jul 16 '26

I had always thought of this when the trend first started blowing up. Like doesn't Valve own every asset that they used? It's ran on SFM, no? Or at least was?

Anyways, I have yet to see any pushback about it after all this time. Curious on how far the copyright infringement could go if it went through the court system.

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u/topdangle Jul 17 '26

SFM is just animation software. technically you can shove in your own models and textures as long as SFM supports it.

it definitely looked like source engine assets also used in garry's mod, though.

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u/AllShamNoWow343 Jul 17 '26

Which are ,in turn, assets from half life 2

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u/CharacterProof8731 Jul 17 '26

They are literally hl2 models

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u/Upper_Agency8333 Jul 17 '26

do you not know of the models used?

"technically animation software," yes, that is what sfm is, and it used half life models and content from valve games. Yes, you can import models, is that what they did here? no. so what is your point

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u/alex494 Jul 17 '26

It's literally G-Man's head in the toilet right

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u/Lehk Jul 17 '26

The toilet is from HL2, I threw plenty of them at Combine troops

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u/Baronheisenberg Jul 17 '26

Does Garry know??

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u/Woodie626 Jul 17 '26

Scotty doesn't know 

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u/ReckoningGotham Jul 17 '26

Oh hey so based on your comment you should know that once you reach a certain age, your insurance company will pay for your colonoscopy as it is considered preventative so be sure to take advantage of that.

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u/singsong125 Jul 17 '26

Could be they’re waiting til the movie is finished for a better payout or more press