The Fine Bros are attempting to copyright reaction videos and claim that other reaction vidoes infri - General

[QUOTE=theevilldeadII;49645298]wait did'nt they say that you would'nt get the same kinda of support that you would if you sign up with BK,( access to assets and stuff ) in there FAQ and now this video is doing a 180 on it. or wording there bullshit it in a way that sounds good but is clearly bullshit. [b]Edit:[/B] how did I get gold? this is awesome but how?[/QUOTE] They're still being very vauge. Also, auto-gold is back. You get it by having over 2000 posts and having an account over 5 years old. I guess the 5 year mark just ticked over for you.

Oh that explans it, the sub count is all over the place they still have 14+ Million Subs.

[QUOTE=General J;49645348]Licensing a video format is not absolutely fine. You can't own as something as ambiguous as "reaction videos". It'd be like me trying to claim ownership to "Let's Play" style videos (Don't compare this to Sony. Sony was just trying to own the phrase "Let's Play", not LP Videos in general) and then retroactively canceling like half of all Youtube videos unless people pay me first.[/QUOTE] Alright I might actually have to change my stance on this because I thought Boogie and others were telling the thruth when they said "It wasn't ambiguous" but I'm not sure anymore [url]http://www.tmfile.com/mark/?q=866893643[/url] This is the trademark file in question, I don't know if this means anything (legal expert please) but this is the "Classification Statement" "Entertainment services, namely, providing an on-going series of programs and webisodes via the internet in the field of observing and interviewing various groups of people" Does this mean that this is what is trademarked or this is just a description of what they do?

I never imagined that watching a number slowly tick down would be this captivating. Wonder if it'll pick up even more momentum as the days go on. How many subs did they have when this all started?

ATM they're losing about 20 subs a minute. That doesn't seem like much, but if it stays at that rate for just one week they'll have lost over 200,000 subs.

[QUOTE=Mr.Brown;49629790]I unsubscribed and stopped watching their videos a while ago when some guy posted about how they made some other old people delete their reaction videos so they could make their react series[/QUOTE] link/proof?

I think the basic licensing thing is okay if it was literally a certain format, but they didn't do it in a specific way and reading about all these content claims and the fact they're trying to copyright 'react' as a whole is just scummy. I really enjoyed seeing many of their videos, but no more.

[QUOTE=Britain;49645306][url]http://socialblade.com/youtube/user/thefinebros/realtime[/url] anyone wanna watch it drop below 14m to 13m? Should be fun to watch.[/QUOTE] If that thing is accurate then they are gonna dip below 14 mill in a minute. This really didn't work out how they expected it to, did it.

I found these on their twitter page :v: [t]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CZbwWJWWcAE6C95.png[/t] [t]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CZhfrGzUsAAW3ll.png[/t] [t]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CZmeTabXEAIKg1x.png[/t]

Soon...

[QUOTE=kapin_krunch;49645577]If that thing is accurate then they are gonna dip below 14 mill in a minute. This really didn't work out how they expected it to, did it.[/QUOTE] [I]B-b-but[/I] come [B]on[/B] guize, we should be rooting for the #teaminternet [I]~community~[/I] so people can look back on the monumental importance of Let's Rea©t videos 100's of years from now.

They've reached below 14M subs now

According to the site I'm using, they just went below 14 million.

And done. They dropped under 14mil.

They just dropped below 14 million subscribers :poot:

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/MAHhL6O.png[/IMG] GET FUCKED INCESTOUS CUNTS

[img]http://i.imgur.com/MFDezQK.png[/img] justice

[IMG]https://i.imgur.com/U4GDFLi.png[/IMG] edit: god damnit.

[QUOTE=AbioFlesh;49645583] [t]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CZmeTabXEAIKg1x.png[/t][/QUOTE] [B][U]24 Hours later...[/U][/B] [QUOTE=Britain;49645631][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/MAHhL6O.png[/IMG] GET FUCKED INCESTOUS CUNTS[/QUOTE] Wow, what an exciting announcement! :goodjob:

Anyone know how many subs they were at the other day before all these shenanigans started?

lol theres a stream where you can watch both of their channels die [URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WH0qahqv5YM"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WH0qahqv5YM[/URL]

[QUOTE=kapin_krunch;49645642]Anyone know how many subs they were at the other day before all these shenanigans started?[/QUOTE] They've lost over 220,000 subscribers over the past few days, so around 14.2 million.

[QUOTE=ShadowSocks8;49645645]lol theres a stream where you can watch both of their channels die [URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WH0qahqv5YM"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WH0qahqv5YM[/URL][/QUOTE] Haha, wow - almost 800 people are indulging in some top class schadenfreude right now!

Can we get below 13M by the end of the week?

I'm honestly surprised by the amount of subscribers they're losing. I would've assumed that the vast majority of their subscribers are casual Youtube users who don't care about this or are even aware about it.

[QUOTE=kapin_krunch;49645642]Anyone know how many subs they were at the other day before all these shenanigans started?[/QUOTE] [url]http://socialblade.com/youtube/user/thefinebros/monthly[/url] 14,080,108 before it started dropping.

[QUOTE=AbioFlesh;49645583]I found these on their twitter page :v: [t]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CZbwWJWWcAE6C95.png[/t] [t]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CZhfrGzUsAAW3ll.png[/t] [t]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CZmeTabXEAIKg1x.png[/t][/QUOTE] I still can't get over how smug and obnoxious they look.

[URL]http://ryanmorrisonlaw.com/attorneys-react-the-fine-bros-react-trademark/[/URL] lawyers are working to repeal their trademark it seems [IMG]http://puu.sh/mR7xV/a023b530e9.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://puu.sh/mR7nV/3bb44ef903.png[/IMG]

[QUOTE=butters757;49645669][url]http://socialblade.com/youtube/user/thefinebros/monthly[/url] 14,080,108 before it started dropping.[/QUOTE] That's kinda insane that it's only 10 days worth of subs that they lost in total though. Unless this continues to happen for months they will easily be able to shrug this off within a few weeks.

Yeah, in reality it's only a small percentage of their subscribers that they're loosing. Still, it's interesting to see where it goes. If it does go anywhere.