Warner Bros. is ‘threatening to destroy,’ a popular Mortal Kombat Youtube channel, it’s claimed | VGC

A popular content creator is claiming that Warner Bros. has threatened to “destroy” their channel.

ToastedShoes, who runs a channel featuring videos of Mortal Kombat mods, has taken to X to claim that Mortal Kombat publisher Warner Bros. has sent him a cease and desist in order to stop these videos.

“This morning I received an IP Infringement Notification directly from Warner Brothers stating that the Mortal Kombat mods in my content ‘infringe’ on their intellectual property rights,” they wrote.

“I’ve been requested to delete all Mortal Kombat 1 videos from my channel or else they will issue copyright strikes and essentially delete my channel in its entirety.”

Toasted posted videos showing characters not featured in the game modded into Mortal Kombat 1. For example, a popular video of his (which has now been made private) shows Disney characters modded into the game.

“For over 6 months Warner Brothers have had 0 issues with people modding the game and (Ed Boon) himself has shared countless mod videos and clips praising them.

“The clips of my mods have over 1 billion views across all platforms that have allowed me to bring attention to the game as well as to continue supporting the team of developers I work with.”

VGC has reached out to Warner Bros. for comment on this story and will update it if we receive one.