React Trademarks Rescinded

[eJoculate]

Fine Brothers Entertainment have just recently posted the conclusion to their React saga on medium.
Link here: https://medium.com/@FineBrothersEnt/a-message-from-the-fine-brothers-a18ef9b31777#.yo5jkbx45

Filtering through their PR speak, here's what they plan on doing

 

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1. Rescind all of our “React” trademarks and applications.*
2. Discontinue the React World program.
3. Release all past Content ID claims.**

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*This includes “React,” “Kids React,” “Elders React,” “Lyric Breakdown,” etc. Please note: It takes a while for the databases to update, but the necessary paperwork has been filed.

**Content ID is YouTube’s copyright system that automatically flags content that looks like or sounds like copyrighted content. This mostly flags videos that are direct re-uploads of our videos (which is what the system is built for), but if you know of a video that has been claimed or removed incorrectly, please email us with “false claim” in the subject line.

It will be interesting to see how this affects their current downward subscriber trend which has been hemorrhaging several thousands over the course of this whole affair.

Edited February 2, 2016 by eJoculate
Fixed formatting

[ivan134]

My mind is still blown that someone woke up one morning and thought this would be a good idea.

[Speedyv]

All that for nothing.....

Damage control is too late lol

[Fulgrim]

RIP their subscriber count. Watching it drop puts a smile on my face.

 

 

 

[SansVarnic]

Wow, umm fix the formatting...please.

OT: I agree its too late for damage control.

[Rohith_Kumar_Sp]

Fixes some formatting issues. 

 

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Hello,
We’re here to apologize.

We realize we built a system that could easily be used for wrong. We are fixing that. The reality that trademarks like these could be used to theoretically give companies (including ours) the power to police and control online video is a valid concern, and though we can assert our intentions are pure, there’s no way to prove them.
We have decided to do the following:

1. Rescind all of our “React” trademarks and applications.*
2. Discontinue the React World program.
3. Release all past Content ID claims.**

The concerns people have about React World are understandable, and that people see a link between that and our past video takedowns, but those were mistakes from an earlier time. It makes perfect sense for people to distrust our motives here, but we are confident that our actions will speak louder than these words moving forward.

This has been a hard week. Our plan is to keep making great content with the help of our amazing staff. Thank you for your time and for hearing us out.
Sincerely,

Benny and Rafi Fine

*This includes “React,” “Kids React,” “Elders React,” “Lyric Breakdown,” etc. Please note: It takes a while for the databases to update, but the necessary paperwork has been filed.

**Content ID is YouTube’s copyright system that automatically flags content that looks like or sounds like copyrighted content. This mostly flags videos that are direct re-uploads of our videos (which is what the system is built for), but if you know of a video that has been claimed or removed incorrectly, please email us with “false claim” in the subject line.

 

 

[Trik'Stari]

translation from lawyer/PR speech:

"We're sorry you realized we tried to f**k people over and lock down an entire type of video for ourselves, please stop hating us for being greedy bastards. Please forget our anti-capitalist behavior.".

The end.

[MrDynamicMan]

Wow, look at that reaction from there ssubscriber base. 

 

[MeshFile]

Wonder why they didn't use YouTube as the platform to post that letter.

[LAwLz]

Wow they actually did it. Credit where credit is due, they did the right thing this time. I was expecting them to try and do more bullshit like their update video for a while longer. 

[Misanthrope]

So this one doesn't merits another video? I'm guessing they're to pissed off about being forced to rescind they didn't want to appear in camera (being angry probably makes them extra derp). Also not sure we needed another thread, perhaps mods can merge.

[Sakkura]

Can't believe you plebs made us do this.

 

Personally I'm still annoyed at how Linus gave them a free pass in the last WAN show, just totally parroting their propaganda.

[Misanthrope]

11 minutes ago, Sakkura said:

Can't believe you plebs made us do this.

 

Personally I'm still annoyed at how Linus gave them a free pass in the last WAN show, just totally parroting their propaganda.

On the other thread @Slick claims they just didn't have all of the info, which makes no sense to me it was literally the exact same info the entire time (Trademarking the word react) but I guess they just didn't feel it was enough of a big deal. 

[Lethal Seraph]

Mess with  the internet, get rekt!

[That Norwegian Guy]

47 minutes ago, Lethal Seraph said:

Mess with  the internet, get rekt!

Never underestimate the internet's hive ability to rally around trivial shit and ignore the real issues.

[Guest]

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