It’s highly plausible though, atleast with the younger side.
@Hexcede also even if he doesn’t own copyright, it’s still unclear if Joey (The guy who’s name is in the metadata), is going to get involved with this.
Honestly at this point I’m just saying both sides are somewhat at fault, and leaving it at that.
I find it strange how Tommy didn’t even know about the sound being used on ROBLOX for over a decade, it’s usually swirling around YouTube. You’d think he had seen it on there once before?
He also didn’t seem to care about the OOF sound either until someone mentioned it to him that “Hey, this came from Messiah.”
Is he trying to take advantage of the situation perhaps? I feel like the OOF sound shaped ROBLOX into what it is today, it helped form its character.
It’s not helping his ego either by the way he has been handling the situation, it makes his claims more suspicious… Now that we have found out that the document is more than likely, fake.
Heck, it’s only an two second long (at most!) sound, I didn’t expect this case to get so deep. 
It’s even shorter than that, it’s less than a second.
The sound iteself owes its popularity to Roblox, the sound would have never been a meme if it werent for the massive growth of Roblox. Suing would be incredibly risky for him considering the amount of time that has passed and the length of the audio. unfortunately He would most likely end up losing and losing the relationship with Roblox.
My parents don’t even know what ‘oof’ is nor do they know that it comes from ROBLOX.
It doesn’t matter how long the audio is, it doesn’t matter when he found out about it, and it doesn’t matter how it shaped roblox. Copyright infringement is still copyright infringement.
I’m pretty sure the guy’s full name on the file metadata was Joey Kuras, but i’m not sure.
Anyonne knows if he’s listed in the ‘Messiah’ game credits? Or it’s a Roblox Employe who might have edited the sound?
But talking about Tommy Tallarico, the ‘‘evidence’’ of the copyright registration really looks fake. It looks like something made on MS Paint in 3 minutes.
I mentioned it was Joey in the metadata. Joey is in the game credits for Messiah, as he and Tommy created sounds for the game. The fact is Tommy has a contract that states all the assets within Messiah will belong him. Meaning that if legitimate, proves that Tommy has ownership of the sound. That said, even if he doesn’t. Then the sound would belong to Joey, and it’s unclear whether or not Joey (at some point) made the sound public domain.
In theory, it feels that Joey is the real owner/who made the song. I mean if you see Tommy’s said ‘‘evidences’’, you can see imperfections that looks fake. I wonder if there’s a way to contact that Joey guy and we could find out if it’s public domain.
It’s plausible, but right now there’s no way to know for sure.
I am aware of what Copyright Infringement is, however just because he owns the sound doesn’t mean he will win the case.
Then again I’m just some person who is following along with the entire story, so I guess we’ll just have to wait a while longer.
Oh those have already happened, but a lot of them are underage users trying to act like lawyers, which is spreading false information.
Thank you to people who are actually digging into this and saying the facts without a bias opinion.
My Opinion?
Sounds like an Issue Roblox has to work out for themselves.
@Reshiram110 - as discussed previously, the copyright information was (and still is) unstable. Just as a PSA: someone recently associated with sketchy activity should not be believed unanimously.
I’m convinced that we’re sharing the same mindset. As previously discussed by me, Tommy is not willing to perform any legal actions because he is aware that he is in no position to achieve anything legally.
I have never heard the oof sound in any games since 2016.
It is used when changing the volume setting
Good idea. I’m not sure if anyone has contacted Joey Kuras yet, HOWEVER, I recall that Tommy said he recorded it himself and Joey edited it.
Kind of torn on this one, thanks ROBLOX for clearing this up though.
Maybe the oof sound was actually made by the aliens hiding in Area 51?
Your definition of respect in this circumstance sounds inaccurate and distorted. I recommend reading the following texts:
I just said that Tommy created the audio, I don’t think that’s incorrect.
I personally find it somewhat difficult to respect somebody who has likely given us forged evidence (e.g. the correspondence ID thing), allegedly blocked people on Twitter for pointing out holes in the case, and fought with kids on Twitter who do not fully understand the situation. Not to mention his apparent past controversy and reputation for allegedly giving a video game that he worked on a low rating because he felt he wasn’t paid enough or something, brought up before on third-party forums if you search. Just in case, let us leave that thing at that. Good speculation and points by GeorgeTheDev:
Tommy seemingly failed to address that old game-rating/forum reputation stuff, yet he directly posted a comment on the online news article “Earthworm Jim: PR Stunt, Vanity Project, or Harmless Nostalgia?” which is about his gaming console and concerns regarding it. This is just what I’ve found at a glimpse from doing some research on Tommy, things could definitely be worse but this stuff is still strange to see.
Why has he been so public about this situation, making various tweets about it? Could he not have resolved it in private and simply made one or two basic tweets? They should just go to court if they can. Instead, Tommy has made this aspect of his work and finance totally public and got into little fights with young Roblox fans on Twitter. It baffles me; why handle professional (job sense) stuff of this nature in this way? That just isn’t professional (behavior sense) to me, those people he is interacting with are literally Twitter kids who don’t understand this stuff much and just want the sound to remain on Roblox or something.
I can’t see myself fully respecting somebody who could possibly partly be doing this for publicity, especially because he’s been greatly focused on that gaming console at the same time. The recent VentureBeat article “Tommy Tallarico is making a lot of noise about Intellivision” has Tommy telling the interviewer that he is considering the possibility of bringing Roblox to his console (which doesn’t seem like it could easily work on it, from what I’ve seen): all while publishing MS Paint-made legal documents onto Twitter. I can’t take one seriously when their situation is to that point.
Roblox claims in the OP that “Tommy has no copyright to the “oof” sound (and in response to our requests he has presented us no proof of ownership to it)” - I’m willing to believe Roblox here, as they could easily end up in a lot of legal trouble for lying, and I don’t see them being dishonest to the community anyways.
With all these things in mind, should one take Tommy seriously and be able to respect him? It is up to one, but logically, I can see why it would be hard to do so. These are my thoughts on the situation.