{"id":242373,"date":"2023-08-01T04:29:37","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T08:29:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=300741"},"modified":"2025-07-01T18:34:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T01:34:16","slug":"the-impossible-legal-battle-between-activision-and-a-youtuber-for-three-words-in-tiktok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/the-impossible-legal-battle-between-activision-and-a-youtuber-for-three-words-in-tiktok\/","title":{"rendered":"TikTok&#8217;s Three Words Stir Up a Complex Legal Dispute between Activision and YouTuber"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We thought the 21st century would bring us incredible and crazy inventions, but instead, it has given us <strong>headlines and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/60-euros-for-scanning-your-iris-the-creator-of-chatgpt-is-creating-a-cryptocurrency-that-is-scary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">technology<\/a> that we can&#8217;t fully comprehend<\/strong> or don&#8217;t want to use. This news, which some of us could understand in less than a minute, would be nearly impossible for people of a considerable age. Beware, because five years ago, none of this would have made any sense.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Youtube\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/10d25878-96d2-11e6-8469-00163ed833e7\/287048719\/youtube-logo\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Youtube<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/youtube.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/youtube.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Too many pieces<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It all started with Anthony Fantano, a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/a-macho-youtuber-who-pretended-to-sleep-during-womens-basketball-games-is-kicked-out-of-the-nba\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">YouTuber<\/a> specializing in music reviews on his channel, The Needle Drop, with nearly three million subscribers. Like any content creator, <strong>Fantano opened a TikTok account to experiment with the format<\/strong>. In 2021, he created a video reacting to another video of someone cutting too many slices of pizza, and it went viral with almost six million likes. And here&#8217;s where the trouble begins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the end of the video, <strong>Fantano shouted, &#8220;It&#8217;s enough slices!&#8221; <\/strong>It became so popular that he added it to TikTok&#8217;s library of commercial sounds, where several people used it to do the typical thing that happens on the video-sharing platform: repeatedly copy something that has become popular. I feel old, and I don&#8217;t understand anything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-tiktok wp-block-embed-tiktok\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@theneedletok\/video\/6956034610174151941\" data-video-id=\"6956034610174151941\" data-embed-from=\"oembed\" style=\"max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px;\" > <section> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@theneedletok\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@theneedletok?refer=embed\">@theneedletok<\/a> <p><a title=\"duet\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/duet?refer=embed\">#duet<\/a> with @luwe_themk want some Za? ????????????? <a title=\"pizza\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/pizza?refer=embed\">#pizza<\/a> <a title=\"yummy\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/yummy?refer=embed\">#yummy<\/a> <a title=\"fyp\u30b7\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/fyp%E3%82%B7?refer=embed\">#fyp\u30b7<\/a> <a title=\"meme\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/meme?refer=embed\">#meme<\/a> <a title=\"fantano\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/fantano?refer=embed\">#fantano<\/a><\/p> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c original sound - Lu we\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-6938898164237765381?refer=embed\">\u266c original sound &#8211; Lu we<\/a> <\/section> <\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And a couple of months ago, Activision decided to use the said shout to promote some &#8216;Crash Bandicoot&#8217; shoes. The thing is, Fantano felt that they were using him to promote the game without explicit permission, so he <strong>asked for over one million dollars as compensation<\/strong>. The problem is, there was no theft involved: by adding &#8220;It&#8217;s enough slices!&#8221; to <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/annoying-with-x-tiktok-it-lets-you-tweet-on-its-latest-update\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TikTok<\/a>&#8216;s commercial library, permission is granted for its use in advertisements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/microsoft-buys-activision-and-the-best-news-gives-us-steam\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Activision<\/a> and Anthony Fantano have ended up in a lawsuit where the video game company believes that the YouTuber is only trying to make money by bending the law in his favor. On the other hand, <strong>what is Activision seeking? <\/strong>They want Fantano to pay their legal costs and are preventing him from suing TikTok users for using his clip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/fantano-800x450-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-242379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/fantano-800x450-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/fantano-800x450-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/fantano-800x450-1-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/fantano-800x450-1-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/fantano-800x450-1-664x374.jpg 664w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/fantano-800x450-1-238x134.jpg 238w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/fantano-800x450-1-436x246.jpg 436w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/fantano-800x450-1-370x208.jpg 370w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/fantano-800x450-1-304x170.jpg 304w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/fantano-800x450-1-18x10.jpg 18w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/fantano-800x450-1-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/fantano-800x450-1-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/fantano-800x450-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Indeed, in today&#8217;s world, it may seem crazy that you don&#8217;t need to give consent or support a product for them to use your voice in an advertisement. Explaining all of this without pausing to <strong>describe <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/tiktok-fears-that-europe-is-a-new-united-states\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TikTok<\/a>, Crash Bandicoot, and the concept of &#8220;commercial audio&#8221; <\/strong>to someone who might not be familiar with these terms can be quite a challenge, especially in 2023, where technology and internet culture are constantly evolving.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Youtube\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/10d25878-96d2-11e6-8469-00163ed833e7\/287048719\/youtube-logo\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Youtube<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/youtube.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/youtube.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Some of the links added in the article are part of affiliate campaigns and may represent benefits for Softonic.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2021, he created a video reacting to another video of someone cutting too many slices of pizza, and it went viral with nearly six million likes. 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