{"id":5838,"date":"2026-08-21T19:07:33","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T19:07:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=5838"},"modified":"2026-08-21T19:07:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T19:07:33","slug":"grand-theft-auto-vi-gta-leaks-microsoft-discord-subpoenaed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=5838","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft and Discord subpoenaed over GTA VI gameplay leaks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Following several apparent video leaks of <em>Grand Theft Auto VI<\/em>, Take-Two Interactive has subpoenaed Microsoft and Discord over content that \u201cinfringes copyrights\u201d held for the game, <a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/take-two-subpoenas-microsoft-and-discord-records-related-to-spread-of-gta-6-leaks-2000726633\"><em>Kotaku<\/em> reports<\/a>. In the subpoenas, filed on Thursday, Take-Two says copyrighted material includes \u201caudiovisual content, artwork, images, dialogue, or other creative elements\u201d and it is looking to identify \u201calleged infringers at issue.\u201d The subpoenas give <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/28570979-take-two-microsoft-subpoena\/\">Microsoft<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/28570980-take-two-discord-subpoena\/\">Discord<\/a> until September 4th to produce the requested information.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/games\/982338\/grand-theft-auto-vi-gta-leaks-videos\">leaked clips<\/a> have been watermarked by a person or group going by \u201cCyberLeek,\u201d and they have shown what appears to be <em>GTA VI<\/em> protagonist Jason Duval (one of two protagonists) doing various activities, including driving, flying an airplane, using a taser, and attacking somebody with a wrench. In one clip, the player spells \u201cLEEK\u201d by shooting holes in a wall.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Discord and Microsoft didn\u2019t immediately reply to requests for comment. The leaks have popped up ahead of Rockstar\u2019s big <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/entertainment\/976073\/gta-6-trailer-3-date-time-netflix-youtube\">extended preview<\/a> of the game that is set to debut on Netflix on August 27th. The full game is scheduled to launch on November 19th.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/games\/983323\/grand-theft-auto-vi-gta-leaks-microsoft-discord-subpoenaed\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following several apparent video leaks of Grand Theft Auto VI, Take-Two Interactive has subpoenaed Microsoft and Discord over content that \u201cinfringes copyrights\u201d held for the game, Kotaku reports. In the subpoenas, filed on Thursday, Take-Two says copyrighted material includes \u201caudiovisual content, artwork, images, dialogue, or other creative elements\u201d and it is looking to identify \u201calleged [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5839,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[64,39,46],"class_list":["post-5838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-gadgets","tag-entertainment","tag-gaming","tag-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Microsoft and Discord subpoenaed over GTA VI gameplay leaks - Silvybrand Lifestyle Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Take-Two Interactive has subpoenaed Microsoft and Discord to identify \u201calleged infringers\u201d following\u00a0seemingly leaked gameplay footage of Grand Theft Auto VI.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=5838\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Microsoft and Discord subpoenaed over GTA VI gameplay leaks - 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