TikTok user who threatened to sue Activision is sued by Activision

[John Elden Ring]

Activision is suing a TikTok user after he threated to sue them for using his content.

According to the company’s lawsuit, TikTok user Anthony Fantano – who goes by the name TheNeedleTok on TikTok – contacted Activision in June, threatening to sue them for using the audio from one of his TikTok videos.

In the video, which is a TikTok ‘duet’ involving another previously uploaded clip by a different user, Fantano watches someone cutting a pizza into progressively smaller slices, which results in him shouting “it’s enough slices”.

The clip became a meme online and has reportedly been remixed and reused numerous times over the past two years, which Activision says was celebrated by Fantano.

However, when Activision then used the “it’s enough slices” audio in its own TikTok video promoting Crash Bandicoot sneakers, Fantano contacted them and threatened to sue.

 

[TubzGaming]

 

[Satoru]

So wait, they used his own voice and popular catch phrase for their merch, and somehow they think he's trying to get extortionate amounts of money?

They really are a fit for Microsoft

 

[Would_you_kindly]

Disgusting pieces of shit

 

[Zzero]

So why are they suing him? Any desire to post the full article?

Anyways, I hope Activision take him to the cleaners. Baseless legal threats are a freeze on people's right to free speech and we're just lucky that this clown picked the wrong company to throw pie at.

 

[Satoru]

So why are they suing him? Any desire to post the full article?

Anyways, I hope Activision take him to the cleaners. Baseless legal threats are a freeze on people's right to free speech and we're just lucky that this clown picked the wrong company to throw pie at.

So he came up with a "catch phrase" that caught up and became popular. Activision stole that catch phrase to make merchandise. He sued them so that they pay him for his IP (which it is). Somehow you think Activision is in the right? A company that has billions in revenue now needs to steal ideas from social networks? LOL

 

[Zzero]

So he came up with a "catch phrase" that caught up and became popular. Activision stole that catch phrase to make merchandise. He sued them so that they pay him for his IP (which it is). Somehow you think Activision is in the right? A company that has billions in revenue now needs to steal ideas from social networks? LOL

Its not on the shoe, they said it on an online ad. Here's an actual article describing what is going on, since JER couldn't be bothered to link one. https://www.billboard.com/business/...k-music-critic-enough-slices-meme-1235377879/

 

[Would_you_kindly]

Its not on the shoe, they said it on an online ad. Here's an actual article describing what is going on, since JER couldn't be bothered to link one. https://www.billboard.com/business/...k-music-critic-enough-slices-meme-1235377879/

Why do you feel the need to defend a greedy company that will happily rip you off , I suppose your also one of those people that will deny it has a toxic work culture & say bobby's a good guy just misunderstood

 

[Zzero]

Why do you feel the need to defend a greedy company that will happily rip you off , I suppose your also one of those people that will deny it has a toxic work culture & say bobby's a good guy just misunderstood

Why don't you read the article and find out whats actually going on. This charlatan is just assuming people will give him money to go away despite not having a legal leg to stand on. He fucked around and is finding out.

 

[Falcs]

Its not on the shoe, they said it on an online ad. Here's an actual article describing what is going on, since JER couldn't be bothered to link one. https://www.billboard.com/business/...k-music-critic-enough-slices-meme-1235377879/

"In its lawsuit, Activision says there’s an obvious reason why the clip was used so widely: Fantano “deliberately and knowingly” added the audio to TikTok’s library, making it easily available for millions of other users to incorporate into their own videos. They say he even opted into the “Commercial Sounds” library, which means he agreed his clip could be legally used in promotional videos for brands.​

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Activision says it agreed to pull the clip down, but that Fantano demanded the company “either immediately pay him substantial monetary damages or be prepared to defend a lawsuit.” The exact amount of money demanded was not included in the lawsuit, but Activision says Fantano asked for a “six-figure sum” and said that other companies had “paid a similar sum in order to avoid the expense of litigation.”​

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Activision is seeking a so-called “declaratory” ruling that Fantano cannot sue TikTok users over the clip, as well as an order forcing him to repay the company’s legal bills."​

Yeah I'm on Activision's side on this one. This guy was being a dick.

 

[Zzero]

The two settled out of court, btw. Probably a mutual agreement to not seek damages from each other and be done with it.