25-08-2026, 02:08 · By Lazlow

Discord Says It Hasn't Been Served With Take-Two's GTA 6 Subpoena

Discord's Ryan Rigney said on 24 August the company has not been served with Take-Two's GTA 6 subpoena and will evaluate validity and scope first.

Discord has not been served with Take-Two's GTA 6 DMCA subpoena, according to marketing director Ryan Rigney. Responding on X on 24 August, Rigney stated that once a copy arrives, the platform will evaluate its validity and scope before answering.

Who spoke
Ryan Rigney, Discord marketing director, on X, 24 August. Kotaku carried the post.

The paper
Take-Two asked the Southern District of New York for DMCA subpoenas aimed at Microsoft and Discord on 20 August. A judge directed the clerk to issue the order in the Microsoft and Discord filing.

Served?
Not yet. TorrentFreak reported that the court clerk has not issued any of the four DMCA subpoenas. No user data has moved.

4 September
A target date proposed in the petition. It is not an active compliance deadline until Discord is formally served.

What Discord said

The statement addresses community concern over the broad scope of Take-Two's filing, which seeks registration data, last-login IPs, phone numbers, and linked accounts for users in named leak-hosting servers instead of just a single uploader handle. Rigney's response confirms Discord has neither complied with nor formally challenged the request yet, as the company must first review the legal paperwork once served.

The clerk still has the stamp

Official Lucia Caminos screenshot — Official Lucia still. Thursday's tape is still the official one. This page is about a subpoena that has not arrived.

While federal judges in the Southern District of New York signed orders directing the clerk to issue DMCA subpoenas across Discord, Microsoft, X, and YouTube following Take-Two's 20 August applications, docket records show the clerk has not yet stamped and issued them. No records have changed hands. While Microsoft previously indicated it works with Take-Two and Rockstar on copyright matters, Discord's position is strictly procedural: the platform has not received the document.

4 September is not a running clock

The 4 September date proposed in Take-Two's petition is not an active countdown for Discord. That timetable only begins once process is properly served on the company, meaning compliance dates remain on hold until the clerk formally issues the subpoena.

Microsoft and Discord petitions · X and YouTube petitions · Kotaku

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