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Shit like this is why Zyklon Ben exists.
Dramacow FineBros - Copyrighting React Videos Controversy, the Ongoing Shitstorm, Sadly Increasing Subs
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Shit like this is why Zyklon Ben exists.
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More shit is being dug up. Apparently, back in 2012, a channel called "stillcosmo" was making a series based on Kids React, named Seniors React, which predated the Fine Bros'. Elders React series. On May 1, 2012, the Fine Bros. announced a "Seniors React" series, and over the course of the month all of stillcosmo's videos were taken down. On May 24 the Fine Bros. released their first Elders React video.
Reddit users have managed to recover one video of the original Seniors React.
Boy, I love YouTube drama.
Reddit users have managed to recover one video of the original Seniors React.
Boy, I love YouTube drama.
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so they aren't even original in their lazyness
they've made this extremely dumb baby, and they want to make sure it gets big.
this is all they have basically.
hell, it's the same for most reaction video channels, all they can make are reaction videos.
because it's more important people see their stupid overacting than the original video and giving the creator of said video credit and views
it's literally one step below top ten lists in terms of creativity.
that puts it at the bottom.
both of them just show a video and go LOL THIS EXISTS
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Another case of entitled corporate fucks who think they invented something that's been around for decades. Their shit is not even as recognized as some very old reaction vids, such as 2 girls 1 cup. They want monopolization, their name associated with countless reaction vids which gives them better paychecks, more recognition from search engines and wipes the competition out. Of course it also destroys any possible creativity since you either agree to their creative control or watch your stuff go down. Imagine a race where the winner sets the entire track on fire after crossing the finish line. Any possible competition has to make a deal with Reaction World of Shit to even enter the track, and kiss their achievements goodbye, or take a seat in the locker room. Another thing about this clusterfuck of a practice, it encourages other rich entitled "power players" to do the same. Imagine PewDiePie licensing "Brofist", "Bro", "Brother" etc. Retarded? Yes, but that's how it goes. Remember Gates fighting with Google over "Slide to Unlock", or Microsoft eliminating Netscape by making Defective Explorer a vital part of Windows? Sellout Brothers want to pull a similar stunt.
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Everyone who has a video they've done a "Reacts" video to should sue them.
Drag their name through the mud as infringing on 2girls1cup and shit like that. Send it to all their fucking neighbors.
It's an unsettled question how derivative works like this are treated under law.
By the way, "unsettled question" means "really expensive question."
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I have nothing against Fine Bros. I think reaction videos are cheap click bait crap but it works for them and I guess that's what matters. However I'm pretty amazed someone didn't watch their initial "World React" and think that maybe the way this idea is presented looks like a huge cash grab.
The obvious way they should have approached this was to just say they were making part of their company an MCN that specialized in reaction channels. It would have gotten a lot more positive response and probably would have made them money. As it stands right now it sounds a lot like a legal threat disguised as them saying they're helping. Them making a video trying to explain everything makes it seem even more like a legal threat with the one dude saying how they had to take other people's videos down on occasion.
They sort of pulled a DSP with this one. "Fuck the fans. I'm only in this for the benjamins."
The obvious way they should have approached this was to just say they were making part of their company an MCN that specialized in reaction channels. It would have gotten a lot more positive response and probably would have made them money. As it stands right now it sounds a lot like a legal threat disguised as them saying they're helping. Them making a video trying to explain everything makes it seem even more like a legal threat with the one dude saying how they had to take other people's videos down on occasion.
They sort of pulled a DSP with this one. "Fuck the fans. I'm only in this for the benjamins."
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http://www.livecounts.x10host.com/?channel=Fine Brothers Entertainment
Don't forget to click on this to watch the downfall of subscriber counts!
When you first posted this, I clicked on it, just checked again - in that hour or so 11,000 subscribers have dropped. Is there some viral thing going around to make this constant free fall happen? Is this a publicity stunt on their side? How is this in a constant state of free fall?
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I don't think they've actually done anything wrong except being retarded hamfisted hipster faggots with no clue. If you wanted to franchise your clickbait out to spics and euros why the fuck wouldn't you just quietly contact spics and euros you can trust to produce content and set it up instead of publicly launching a "we'll happily license any kind of shit from any idiot willing to pay us" campaign?
This is not how the internet reacts when you franchise your internet gimmick, this is just how the internet reacts when you obliviously pimp your internet gimmick out like an Avon pyramid scheme.
This is not how the internet reacts when you franchise your internet gimmick, this is just how the internet reacts when you obliviously pimp your internet gimmick out like an Avon pyramid scheme.
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Some people just want to watch the React World burn
But on a more serious note, situation itself is pretty viral at this point and Sellout Brothers really pissed everyone off. Just read the comments under their initial video and shitty damage control video. I don't see a single person defending them. Fans are pissed, regular people who clicked the video are pissed, Reddit is very fucking pissed...They have tackled a wasp's nest and now it pays back. For one negative comment removed they receive like 20 new ones.
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One of the times reading comments is worth it.
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Some people just want to watch the React World burn
But on a more serious note, situation itself is pretty viral at this point and Sellout Brothers really pissed everyone off. Just read the comments under their initial video and shitty damage control video. I don't see a single person defending them. Fans are pissed, regular people who clicked the video are pissed, Reddit is very fucking pissed...They have tackled a wasp's nest and now it pays back. For one negative comment removed they receive like 20 new ones.
Somebody needs to make a loop video of that quote from the original video where they say something along the lines of one day they will look back with pride on this day where we announced that over the top of the plumiting subscribers.
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The world reacts to the naming of the Jew
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The world reacts to Fine Brothers losing money and leaving youtube:
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Don't forget that with no advantage possible from doing it, they basically threatened to sue the entire Internet for no reason at all.
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The Fine Bros copyrighting 'react videos' is about the same as Sony/Playstation trying to copyright Let's Plays.
Because both plans are both retarded and won't work out in the end.
Because both plans are both retarded and won't work out in the end.
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They are about to drop to 13 million subs. Watch the trainwreck in slo-mo! http://thefinebrosdemiselive.com
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Don't forget what's-the-faggot-company's attempt to copyright not just the name "Candy Crush Saga" but each individual word, and trying to get tons of shit removed from the app store.
I've heard of people trying to trademark common food names, including "french fries".
This shit with trademarking and patenting stupid as hell shit in attempt at blatant money grabs needs to be stopped. It's getting beyond fully retarded. At least it lets people no to never have anything to do with that company. I had no interest in Candy Crush or reaction videos in general, but this has made damn sure I'll never give these fucks the ad revenue from a click.
Also how do people like this not expect the internet to tear them a new asshole like it has to the previous attempts?
Edit: I just watched the live counter. It's fucking hysterical how fast it's plummeting. I think I'm gonna keep a tiny window of it in the corner of my screen to watch this throughout the day.
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This is reaching back a very long time, but didn't TheFineBrothers have a bunch of shitty/cringey failed video series about a decade ago? If they're the team I'm thinking of, they've been trying to make a quick buck from YouTube literally since YouTube existed and only recently hit gold with their "REACT" nonsense.
edit: Jesus, the "thefinebrosdemiselive.com" site just got done loading and in seconds they've dropped 200+ subscribers.
edit: Jesus, the "thefinebrosdemiselive.com" site just got done loading and in seconds they've dropped 200+ subscribers.
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Moving this to Lolcows, as it doesn't really fit in community.