Garry Newman, the creator of Garry’s Mod, has received a DMCA on behalf of the SKibidi Toilet creator. The DMCA is a notice for utilizing Skibidi Toilet assets in Garry’s Mod, which he is claiming to be his assets. However, most of the assets from Skibidi Toilet come from Half-Life 2, meaning that the creator of Skibidi Toilet doesn’t really have a leg to stand on.
Despite the DMCA being sent on behalf of the creator, they did not approve of the DMCA or ask them to send it in the first place. “Significant revenue is being generated by unauthorized Skibidi Toilet Garry’s Mod games that are being advertised everywhere. There is absolutely no licensed Steam, Valve, Garry’s Mod content related to Skibidi Toilet.” In addition to this statement, they go on to provide their Copyright Registration Number, which shows everything within the meme content that has a copyright.
This includes characters such as “Titan Cameraman, Titan Speakerman, Titan TV Man, and Skibidi Toilet” who all have their own copyrights, giving them the rights to characters developed with Half-Life 2 assets that are owned by Valve.
It remains to be seen what will happen with this DMCA attempt going forward, as Skibidi Toilet blatantly uses Half-Life 2 assets belonging to Valve. The creator of the meme content released a small statement on their Discord server. They go on to say, “Sup y’all. Is there a way to contact Garry? I did NOT strike Garry’s Mod, and I’m trying to understand what else is written in the letter!”
The company Invisible Narratives, owned by Adam Goodman and Michael Bay, created this DMCA on behalf of the creator. In recent news, this company has secured the rights to create a Skibidi Toilet movie. It remains to be seen whether this strike came as a joke or whether they were illogical when writing the letter to be sent to Garry Newman.
Whether or not Valve will get involved in this process or whether Garry Newman will make a statement on the DMCA is unknown for now. Still, it’s unlikely that Invisible Narratives will have a leg to stand on, considering that the assets they use for the meme content already belong to Valve, regardless of whether they have copyright over the characters or not.
