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Somebody call VH1: "The Fine Bros" are trying to trademark "reaction videos"
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The sheer schadenfreude of this has been so amazing. The constantly ticking down sub counter, people digging up dirt (like their reaction to Ellen DeGeneres doing the same thing and sending their fans to attack her), the only way they can save face is to cancel the trademark, cancel React World, and grovel. Maybe they'll only start doing it when the sponsors start jumping ship.
I don't even get why they started this, they were clearly making good money. Oh right, they can't just have a good chunk of money, they have to have ALL of the money.
By the way, I'm trademarking the word "Believe". Evilore you owe me royalties now.
I don't even get why they started this, they were clearly making good money. Oh right, they can't just have a good chunk of money, they have to have ALL of the money.
By the way, I'm trademarking the word "Believe". Evilore you owe me royalties now.
ZackieChan
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Thanks mods. solidsnakesalute.bmp
The music is pretty entertaining as well.
alfredofroylan
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Thankfully nobody has trademark "Megaton" and "Bomba" yet.... THEY'RE MINE.
I think what's really surprising is that I'm not seeing a lot of defenses for their actions. You'd think by the law of averages that a channel with over 13 million subscribers would have hoards of people coming out of the woodwork to say they're in the right. But apparently they fucked up so bad that nobody will do it.
Hell, I've seen channels with waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay less get major defense forces *cough*IrateGamer*cough*.
Hell, I've seen channels with waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay less get major defense forces *cough*IrateGamer*cough*.
KanameYuuki
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And they better trademark it before FineBros does it.
SchrodingerC
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Fuckin' saved.
BreezyLimbo
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It's because their first video was so damn transparent. They would've probably gotten more defenders if they came outright and said what they were doing instead of trying to obfuscate. But in todays age, 'reaction' videos are just a part of the internet. It is what it is and these asshats didn't think to leave it alone. Nobody was infringing on their shit, and they still have a shitload of viewers compared to your average joe or jenny who does a reaction video.
RedBaron17
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LOL the streamer is on a roll with the music. Vengaboys and now Scatman. Every time a new song plays, the chats loses it shit.
So... If they lose 100k subs, do they have to send back the plaque you get for 100k subbscriptions to the YouTube offices?
Littlefang
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I clicked and it's playing Linkin Park. I'm dying from laughter.
KanameYuuki
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Hahahaha, that's a good point.
This is amazing. I am so happy I discovered this thread! I hope the subscribers number goes as low as possible. Corporate greed advocating creative help and freedom. I hope videos of exact replicas of their videos start with people reacting to the announcement and the backtracking. Use similar logos and music and everything and you should be protected behind the first amendment as satire
Reading the TVTropes page for this series (because of course there's one) and I found some interesting things. Their YMMV page mentions instances where big companies screw them over, like Miley Cyrus' label because one video had teens say "not-so-nice" things, and Disney took down a video where kids reacted to Frozen's Let It Go.
Kind of hypocritical that they become part of the very system they fought against before.
Kind of hypocritical that they become part of the very system they fought against before.
I guess I just needed Google to find them:
Hitler Reacts to the Fine Brothers React Trademark
Hitler Reacts to the Fine Brothers
Hitler Reacts to Fine Brothers Copyrighting the Word React
"That is like me copyrighting Geoncide - I will copyright genocide and then sue all who violate my copyright!"
"Perhaps I have just been reacting to stuff for too long - I should have had this idea in 2007!"
The first and third videos are best. The second one has an anti-Semitic slant that is appropriate given that it's a Hitler video, but it's a little comfortable because of that. The third video breaks the 4th wall in some really amusing ways.
Hitler Reacts to the Fine Brothers React Trademark
Hitler Reacts to the Fine Brothers
Hitler Reacts to Fine Brothers Copyrighting the Word React
"That is like me copyrighting Geoncide - I will copyright genocide and then sue all who violate my copyright!"
"Perhaps I have just been reacting to stuff for too long - I should have had this idea in 2007!"
The first and third videos are best. The second one has an anti-Semitic slant that is appropriate given that it's a Hitler video, but it's a little comfortable because of that. The third video breaks the 4th wall in some really amusing ways.
i'm dead
alfredofroylan
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-105,120 just today, that's 1/3 of Jim Stearling subscribers.
Jacksinthe
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Yup. Its quite clear they aren't trying to just trademark their "brand" but the entire space its in. Trademark can be loose as hell so the farther you can reach the better for the holder.
DARKWING DUCK!
Palculator
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Asshats.
Ben Morales
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Stream is playing the Full House theme lmao I can't
And the fact that enough people are doing this to counteract their up-to-this-point 10k per day gain
rootbeerafloat
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Damn, Hitler looks good in HD.
Compsiox
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Ban Puncher
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Stream playing FORCES?
orthodoxy1095
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This is amazing. Wow. Legendary GIF Sunhi.
Zombie James
Banned
Looks like they're losing about 100-150 subscribers per minute. This is glorious.
You know I just thought this as well. I almost began to feel sorry for them but then I think about this stunt they pulled and their reaction videos with teen actors/models and I just don't give a damn about them anymore.
ElectricBlanketFire
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I'm trying to reconcile the type of person who would subscribe to the channel in the first place also caring enough about this fuckery to unsubscribe.
Some? Sure. But I think the majority probably aren't.
I love reaction videos and generally like at least 1 of their videos a week. I was subscribed. I even posted a thread over here for one of their videos. I unsubscribed as soon as I saw the react world video.
It's not that hard to think about, a person who watches them and subscribes to them would in general like other reaction videos and would sub to other channels as well. This has potential to effect other folks output of reaction videos and a person would not necessarily want everything to become homogenized and fine bros react-series like, hence unsubscribes.
UncleSporky
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I wonder how many people actually thought, "wow, this is great, I don't care about them taking a cut and promotion from a channel that big would be awesome."
Some guy out there starting up his own reaction empire as we speak, and who knows, maybe once this is all over it'll end up working. They'll feature him, he'll get a bunch of subs.
Some guy out there starting up his own reaction empire as we speak, and who knows, maybe once this is all over it'll end up working. They'll feature him, he'll get a bunch of subs.
It's pretty amazing that the internet response is just like the original response for their React videos. "Beyond our wildest imaginations". Except in reverse.
I watched a few Kids/Teens react vids a long time ago and I subbed then, but ever since they started expanding to elders, youtubers, etc., it turned me off. Plus overall it just felt a little fake. The kids and teens who reacted started to get a little full of themselves.
Why are sw yoon's Korean girl vids so much more entertaining?
Choice quote from Filmcow's response:
I watched a few Kids/Teens react vids a long time ago and I subbed then, but ever since they started expanding to elders, youtubers, etc., it turned me off. Plus overall it just felt a little fake. The kids and teens who reacted started to get a little full of themselves.
Why are sw yoon's Korean girl vids so much more entertaining?
Choice quote from Filmcow's response:
This is fucking amazing.
Probably a lot of people in this thread.
Because while it's fun to bitch about, they DO make good reaction videos and are basically the standard in them. They're good videos. But not gonna support this garbage. Is it really that confusing? Or are you just being hip here assuming nobody can enjoy them?
Absolutely beautiful
Laughing Banana
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Oh please... the "type" of person you said.
They made harmless, entertaining videos and I do enjoy many of the personalities featured in their React videos (like Rock in the Elder series, love that guy, hahaha), so I subscribed to them, but I was totally blind-sided by this announcement of theirs and thus I unsubscribed.
Sigmund Freud level of psychoanalysis is not exactly required for that.
Lightning_Roller
Banned
Man what they are trying to do is just straight up disgusting. Glad that this is blowing up in their faces.
Jane Mansfield
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LOL! Playing "Snake Eater" song.
Tell me about it. Not a great reaction, on their part.
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