See, his game was actually a fangame of my fangame, Five Nights at Dee's. I have not shared the "property rights" to anyone other than said-friend, and yet months after the game was canceled, he figures out it got DMCA'd.

Obviously this is a scam. I couldn't have forgotten about sharing my game rights and character rights with anyone, because I've only shared those rights before with one person and that person was my friend. I haven't shared any rights with anyone else.

Do you guys have any thoughts on this? why would my friend get his already taken down fangame DMCA'd even though I own FNaD and haven't filed any DMCA's, I haven't shared property rights with anyone other than my friend, and my friend also followed all copyright laws.

I'd appreciate any help you guys can give.