As fashionable as they could be, Warner Bros. has seemingly threatened to “destroy” YouTuber ToastedShoes’ channel over his Mortal Kombat 1 mod movies.
Whereas they’ll clearly get you in a little bit of bother, mods for preventing video games are literally fairly fashionable, primarily as a result of it is simply plain previous humorous to observe essentially the most random of individuals or characters duke it out (take this Mortal Kombat 1 Kendrick vs Drake mod, for instance). Nevertheless, YouTuber ToastedShoes has discovered himself in that aforementioned bother, claiming that Warner Bros. is “threatening to destroy” his YouTube channel, leaving him unsure in what he must do. ToastedShoes is thought for a wide range of fashionable modding movies, with Mortal Kombat 1 being amongst so of his hottest.
“This morning I acquired an IP Infringement Notification immediately from Warner Brothers stating that the Mortal Kombat mods in my content material ‘infringe’ on their mental property rights,” ToastedShoes wrote on Twitter earlier this week. “I have been requested to delete all Mortal Kombat 1 movies from my channel or else they may concern copyright strikes and primarily delete my channel in its entirety.
“For over 6 months Warner Brothers have had 0 points with folks modding the sport and [Mortal Kombat co-creator Ed Boon] himself has shared numerous mod movies and clips praising them. The clips of my mods have over 1 billion views throughout all platforms which have allowed me to deliver consideration to the sport in addition to to proceed supporting the crew of builders I work with. My crew of modders work with me on each an element time and fulltime foundation and the income from these movies pays their wages.”
ToastedShoes went on to elucidate that the e-mail he is acquired cannot even be responded to, so he has no method of contacting Warner Bros. to find out what’s infringing on their copyright. In an electronic mail to Eurogamer, ToastedShoes mentioned that he’s but to “hear from Warner Bros. or NetherRealm concerning the stop and desist.”
That is clearly a little bit of an odd one, given how lengthy ToastedShoes has been doing this for, however sadly in conditions like this the large guys will at all times have the ability.