Valve intervening sooner or later

[Margerrat]

Do you guys think Skibidi Toilet is gonna get taken down by Valve at some point? Cause at this point we're getting unoffical plushes and costumes. Also I think he copyrighted the toilet heads..

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by Margerrat:

Valve intervening sooner or later

Do you guys think Skibidi Toilet is gonna get taken down by Valve at some point? Cause at this point we're getting unoffical plushes and costumes. Also I think he copyrighted the toilet heads..

Probably not. I mean, the Valve store is gone now anyways.

[❤ Sly Succubus ❤]

Originally posted by Margerrat:

Do you guys think Skibidi Toilet is gonna get taken down by Valve at some point? Cause at this point we're getting unoffical plushes and costumes. Also I think he copyrighted the toilet heads..

Given that he uses both Gmod and SFM which by this stage has been used on far larger scales outside of even the Skibidi craze, its indeed unlikely Valve will do much of anything. Like I can give Valve alot of s*** but their respect for the SFM-side of the community is the most respectful thing they got.

[WinterSolstice]

Seems as though GenZies are corrupting Gen Alpha...

[crunchyfrog]

Doubtful as we don't know whether those assets are copyrighted.

Valve tend top be pretty forgiving anyway, so I wouldn't be surprsied if not.

Valve likely would only get invovled if it was impinging on the same market. That's how it tends to work - brand confusion and all that.

So if he started making say, video games with the same assets in, he may need to ask permission first.

Which brings me onto another point - how do you they HAVEN'T got permission?

[wuddih]

Valve does not give much about their own copyright because they are living in a bought glasshouse.

cs, tf, dod, portal, l4d, dota and technically even artifact is just acquired IP, not original.

[AlexTheRedScout]

Originally posted by Margerrat:

Do you guys think Skibidi Toilet is gonna get taken down by Valve at some point? Cause at this point we're getting unoffical plushes and costumes. Also I think he copyrighted the toilet heads..

nothing will happen unless its a real dmca lawsuit that is only time valve will do anything after all they are a bussiness sure at their core they have the customer in mind but when legal threats happen they got to avoid it

[AlexTheRedScout]

Originally posted by wuddih:

Valve does not give much about their own copyright because they are living in a bought glasshouse.

cs, tf, dod, portal, l4d, dota and technically even artifact is just acquired IP, not original.

they own the copyright to alot of things, so if they feel the need to use it they will , also valve owns the source engine but not the physic engine they used as a base

[crunchyfrog]

Originally posted by AlexTheRedScout:

Originally posted by wuddih:

Valve does not give much about their own copyright because they are living in a bought glasshouse.

cs, tf, dod, portal, l4d, dota and technically even artifact is just acquired IP, not original.

they own the copyright to alot of things, so if they feel the need to use it they will , also valve owns the source engine but not the physic engine they used as a base

That's not quite how it works though.

An awful lot of Valve's stuff if free to use licence.

As long as either you agree not to use it commercially, or if you do ask permission first, they're usually cool.

So again, it's hard for anyone to say, because we do not know what arrangement skibidtoilet has if any.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

You wouldn't believe the amount of Valve merchandise that is sold that isn't licensed. They know and never really cared.

[crunchyfrog]

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

You wouldn't believe the amount of Valve merchandise that is sold that isn't licensed. They know and never really cared.

:winterbunny2023:

Absolutely!

With my volunteer work at music festivals I've got to know quite a few artists and people in "the biz". It happens ALL the time.

One of my closest friends (well two, really) are in a punk band that has been going since the dawn of punk. They've played and been around with everybody you care to mention.

They run their own record production, their own gigs and everything. And trying to keep on top of bootleg productions especially ♥♥♥♥ t-shirts from China is something that is not onkly hard but often bloody impossible.

[SirPotat]

valves new aggreement prohibits comercial use of their assets so i assume this gives them leeway to shut it down