A24 has reportedly been issuing copyright strikes against independent artists and developers who have created content inspired by the "Backrooms", the eerie liminal-space internet phenomenon that the studio adapted into a film. Because the Backrooms originated as collaborative online folklore rather than a piece of owned intellectual property, many affected creators and observers have questioned the legal basis for A24's takedown requests, arguing the studio is claiming ownership over material that predates, and is broader than, its own film.

Examples cited include an artist whose Backrooms-themed wallpaper design was removed from Redbubble, and the developer Davilkus Games, whose Google Play account was reportedly banned after three strikes, taking down their game "Exit the Backrooms: Level 94". Several other small developers were said to have been hit in a wave of bans on 3 July, while larger studios were unaffected. Kane Parsons, director of A24's Backrooms film, responded on Reddit that he was "looking into" the situation and said the strikes "should not be happening", though A24 itself did not comment on the reports at the time of publication.