{"id":490860,"date":"2026-02-19T20:18:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T20:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/490860\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T20:18:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T20:18:18","slug":"blizzard-sends-legal-notice-to-bbno-over-diablo-themed-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/490860\/","title":{"rendered":"Blizzard Sends Legal Notice to bbno$ Over Diablo-Themed Website"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">bbno$ has temporarily shut down his website after receiving a legal notice from Blizzard Entertainment related to Diablo-themed content.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It is an unusual development. Even so, few would have expected bbno$, whose real name is Alexander Leon Gumuchian, to reportedly receive a legal notice from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cgmagonline.com\/news\/blizzard-entertainment-launches-blizzard-collectibles-line\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Blizzard Entertainment;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Blizzard Entertainment<\/a>. The Canadian singer, songwriter and rapper is best known for his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=K6BRna4_bmg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:2021 hit Edamame.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">2021 hit Edamame.<\/a> Known for his irreverent style and playful online presence, he has built a substantial following, with his music earning millions of streams each year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Despite that success, or perhaps because of it, his website, bbnomula.com, was reportedly served with a legal notice from Blizzard Entertainment over the use of copyrighted images. The site currently displays an error page styled after the iconic Windows Blue Screen of Death. Previously, however, it featured a deliberately retro 1990s aesthetic that evoked Diablo through its typography and background design.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"bbno$ And Blizzard\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"638\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/c385e5e33d3e83631ef99f05f4e84c4f.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>bbno$ And Blizzard<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Using archived captures from the Wayback Machine, screenshots of the previous layout show a tongue-in-cheek homage to 1990s web design, complete with animated GIFs. Blizzard Entertainment\u2019s legal team, however, appears not to have shared in the joke.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In a post on social media, bbno$ shared a copy of the legal notice he received. In the email, Blizzard Entertainment\u2019s legal team wrote: \u201cThis notice is issued on behalf of Blizzard Entertainment, Inc., the representatives of the \u2018Diablo\u2019 franchise and its respective intellectual property.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The notice continued: \u201cYou are hereby ordered to remove all infringing Diablo-related content immediately from your website unless you are interested in reaching a settlement for your misuse of our intellectual property.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"bbno$ And Blizzard\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"581\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/021ab142588dbd4acd09e30cb81acf45.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>bbno$ And Blizzard<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">bbno$ later explained on social media that he had taken his website offline while working to resolve the matter, writing: \u201cMy website is down. currently getting sued right now. sorry guys working on getting this resolved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The dispute is an unusual crossover between music and gaming culture, but it has drawn strong reactions from fans, many of whom voiced support for the musician in the comments. We will update this story as more information becomes available. In the meantime, readers can <a href=\"https:\/\/bbnomula.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:visit bbnomula.com;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">visit bbnomula.com<\/a> to check the site\u2019s status.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"bbno$ has temporarily shut down his website after receiving a legal notice from Blizzard Entertainment related to Diablo-themed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":490861,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[247956,64,63,44916,134,152835],"class_list":["post-490860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-alexander-leon-gumuchian","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-blizzard","tag-entertainment","tag-legal-notice"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=490860"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490860\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/490861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=490860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=490860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=490860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}