The creator of Garry’s Mod revealed ‘DaFuq!?Boom!’, the maker of Skibidi Toilet, allegedly hit the game with a DMCA strike over copyright infringement. But is the claim legitimate?
Earlier in 2024, Garry’s Mod was hit with a takedown notice from Nintendo. This resulted in the game’s creator, Garry Newman, announcing that they would be removing any Nintendo-related workshop items uploaded over the past 18 years.
Now, Garry’s Mod has allegedly been served yet another DMCA notice, this time from who Newman claimed was Skibidi Toilet’s creator, as they argued against unauthorized use of copyrighted assets.
The takedown notice outlined that the Titan Cameraman, Titan Speakerman, Titan TV Man, and Skibidi Toilet are all registered copyrights and that “significant revenue” has been generated due to their unauthorized usage.
The notice stated that the assets were being used to “advertise” Garry’s Mod games, and that “there is absolutely no licensed Steam, Valve, Garry’s Mod content related to Skibidi Toilet”.
The DMCA claim was first publicly revealed by Garry Newman on Garry’s Mod s&box Discord server, where he broke the news via a screenshot of the notice.
“You know what’s worse than the Nintendo DMCA?” Newman asked in the Discord chat. “Skibidi Toilet guys sent a DMCA too. Serious. Can you believe the cheek?”
In Newman’s screenshot, we can see there is a Registration Number for the assets. A search of the number shows all four of the content assets have been claimed by Invisible Narrative LLC.
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Since Newman posted the screenshot, he hasn’t addressed the claim any further and hasn’t discussed the DMCA strike anywhere else.
Hours after Newman publically announced the takedown, a Discord profile appearing to be DaFuq!?Boom! came into the s&box Discord server. This account claimed the Skibidi Toilet creator did not issue a DMCA strike whatsoever.
“Is there a way to contact Garry? I did NOT strike Garry’s Mode and I’m trying to understand what else is written in the letter!” the account stressed.
It’s worth noting, while we’re yet to fully verify the Discord account’s legitimacy, this is the very same account sharing announcements in the verified DaFuq!?Boom! Discord server, pictured below.
In a statement to IGN hours after the news broke, Newman would clarify that the DMCA was sent late last year. “DaFuq has been in touch, all resolved,” he said of the matter.
Dexerto has reached out to both parties for further comment and to verify the Discord account’s identity.
