As originallyreported by IGN, the DMCA copyright strike notice that anundisclosed source adjacent toSkibidi Toilethad hitGarry’s Modwith has been resolved.
Skibidi Toilet, the mega YouTube and TikTok series featuring toilet-ifiedHalf-Life 2character models used in theGarry’s Modsandbox, has been spreading to conquer the few unaffected corners of the Internet via bizarre headlines. Last week, we learned thatTransformersMichael Bay himself istrying to make a movie or TV seriesout of the property. This week, we learned that a peculiar legal battle betweenSkibidi ToiletandGarry’s Modalmost came to be.
In very late July, we learned that a DMCA copyright strike possibly coming right out ofSkibidi Toilet’screator Aleksei “Dafuq!?Boom!” Gerasimov had hitGMod‘s creator Garry Newman. Though Garry never stated the obvious, the move is baffling becauseSkibidi Toiletowes its existence toGarry’s Mod, not the other way around. Still, the strike mentioned four characters present inSkibidi Toiletthat are copyrighted by Invisible Narratives. That’s a company co-owned by director Michael Bay, the one he’s using to attempt to adapt theSkibidi Toiletseries to the big or small screens.
Newman took to his own Discord server to notify his fans about the strange occurrence, which sent both fandoms into a frenzy. It didn’t takeSkibidi Toiletcreator long to answer inGarry’sDiscord, and to address the issue on his own server.
Boom! further explained that he didn’t know where the attack came from, but that itcame from neither him nor Invisible Narratives. He said it likely originated in back in 2023, in an attempt to remove NSFW videos featuringSkibidi Toilet’scharacter models that he didn’t want kids to see.
“The letter that was posted by Garry is not from me or INVIZ. While we don’t know exactly where it came from, it’s possible it was sent after member of the team reached out at the end of 2023 with concerns that Skibidi characters were being animated and monetized in hurtful ways.”
Boom! also said that he had no intention of taking down the actualGarry’s Mod.
Newman has since provided an update, confirmingto IGNvia email that the takedown had been sent back in 2023. He concluded by saying that Dafuq had been in touch, and that the issue was no more. Still, we’re yet to learn of the exact source or the reason for the action. Just as interestingly, Valve, the company whose assets allowed for the existence of bothGarry’s ModandSkibidi Toilet,remains seemingly nonchalantly silent on the issue.
