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== Devo lawsuit ==
 
== Devo lawsuit ==
On September 11, 2009, Roblox released a Devo hat for 50 tickets. A few days later, it was said that Roblox was informed that they cannot sell it due to copyright infringement of the band called [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devo Devo] because the hat looked too much like devo's [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_dome Energy dome]. The hat was put off sale and was renamed to "Impossible to Obtain Red Wedding Cake Hat".
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On September 11, 2009, Roblox released a Devo hat for 50 tickets. A few days later, it was said that Roblox was informed that they cannot sell it due to copyright infringement of the band called [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devo Devo] because the hat looked too much like Devo's [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_dome Energy dome]. The hat was put off sale and was renamed to "Impossible to Obtain Red Wedding Cake Hat".
   
 
== Cinemark lawsuit ==
 
== Cinemark lawsuit ==

Revision as of 20:14, 12 October 2018

Got Milk lawsuit

In 2007, Roblox released a visor which read the "Got Milk?" the slogan on it. It's been said that H00d 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.

Devo lawsuit

On September 11, 2009, Roblox released a Devo hat for 50 tickets. A few days later, it was said that Roblox was informed that they cannot sell it due to copyright infringement of the band called Devo because the hat looked too much like Devo's Energy dome. The hat was put off sale and was renamed to "Impossible to Obtain Red Wedding Cake Hat".

Cinemark lawsuit

On June 13, 2016 Roblox was sued by Cinemark (a chain of movie theaters) for trademark violation Cinemark v Roblox.

"Sexual Predators"

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 "sexual predators". The first case was a mother of a 6-year-old who found "threatening" messages, most relating to online dating. (Full story) Most of these cases are the result of trolling, and it is unknown what Roblox does to prevent this directly.

Political Ban in UAE

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. Other countrywide bans can occur by petitions, and activists.

Nintendo Copyright Removals

In early 2018, the popular Roblox game "Pokémon Brick Bronze" was Content Deleted for an unknown 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. Shortly after lando64000 made a short tweet on Twitter explaining that the game was taken down by Nintendo for copyright. People soon started to complain about the Robux they lost due to the game being deleted. Lando did give a refund for Robux that was spent on the game from the last 30 days. On YouTube, a new hoax was being spread saying "Pokémon Brick Bronze is back!" Shortly after this incident happened, Roblox started making the controversial "copyrighted audio ban" update. On August 6, 2018, multiple Pokémon games were taken down including Pokémon Fighters X and Project: Pokémon. Furthermore on August 14, 2018, several Mario games, such as Paper Mario RP, Super Mario Showcase, and Italian Plumber Simulator, were taken down also. It is certain that more games using Nintendo properties will be removed in the future, as Nintendo has an infamous history of shutting down Nintendo-related fan projects in the past. One such incident involved animator Matthew Gafford's "Star Fox: The Animated Series" which was later changed to "A Fox in Space" due to a cease-and-desist from Nintendo.