The Roblox Corporation is suing controversial Roblox content creator Benjamin Robert Simon, better known online as Ruben Sim, for leading a “cybermob” that they say terrorizes the Roblox platform and its developers.
The lawsuit has sparked some issues in the Roblox community. NMPA lawsuit. On June 9, 2021, the National Music Publishers' Association (NMPA) sued Roblox on behalf of twelve publishers for the unauthorized use and exploitation of copyrighted music. Given the size of Roblox's userbase, the plaintiffs seek a minimum of two million dollars in damages.
Ruben Sim is the victor! ROBLOX pussied out of the lawsuit because he made a well detailed expose video, in which he states that ROBLOX made up a bunch of stupid claims about him, but he is not able to make a new account or use any pre-made accounts, he literally cannot play ROBLOX anymore. Ruben Sim is the victor!
Roblox was sued for $200 million last year over unauthorized song use, has seen a user banned and sued for posting terrorist threats, and has notably seen a number of mass shooting recreations hosted.
Although there are many rumors about Nintendo suing Roblox, officially they did not file a lawsuit against them. Instead Nintendo did send a Copyright infringement letter to them, and gave Roblox the opportunity to remove Nintendo's content before they filed a lawsuit against them.
Tommy Tallarico, the CEO of Intellivision Entertainment and longtime game sound creator, has settled a copyright dispute with Roblox over the famous “oof” sound that has been a defining part of that game platform.
Roblox Corporation is suing the controversial gaming YouTuber Ruben Sim. The lawsuit claims he tried to upload a picture of Hitler and a naked photo of himself. It also alleges he sexually harassed other users and posted terroristic threats after he was banned.
On June 13, 2016, Roblox was sued by Cinemark (a chain of movie theaters) for trademark violation Cinemark v Roblox .
In May 2021, the plaintiff, a minor under the pseudonym of Jane Doe, filed an ongoing class-action lawsuit against Roblox because it did not refund Robux purchases of Content deleted shirts and pants.
In early 2018, the popular Roblox game "Pokémon Brick Bronze" was Content Deleted for an undisclosed reason. Many people on YouTube, Twitter, Discord, and the Pokémon Brick Bronze group were complaining about the game being deleted and came to the conclusion Nintendo copyright striked the game.
Thousands of Roblox accounts were compromised throughout June and July 2020 and were used to promote Donald Trump's reelection campaign and spread pro-Trump messages. Some of the pro-Trump messages were "Ask your parents to vote for Trump this year!" and "MAGA2020!". Their avatars were changed to wear The Encierro Cap and a free t-shirt which has a bald eagle in front of an American flag and also most hacked avatars had their skin colors changed to blue for the head, white for the torso and arms, and red for the legs. Roblox was criticized for not securing the accounts and not initially taking any action on the hacked users. The incident was covered by multiple news organizations such as BBC and CTV news.
On May 17, 2018, the UAE's attorney general ordered Roblox to be banned entirely in the United Arab Emirates, claiming that Roblox was damaging children's health, then the FBI intervened to investigate the content of other websites and apps.
In 2017, Roblox was criticized by mainstream media because some children had been exposed to "sickening" messages from online daters, which the mainstream media called "intimacy". The first case was a mother of a 6-year-old who found "threatening" messages, most relating to online dating.
In 2007, Roblox released a visor which read the slogan, " Got Milk? ". It has been said that Hood got involved for copyright, in which the visor was taken off sale. It was put up for limited sales in 2010 and only has 4312 buyers.