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They never went after their fans. That's the hypothetical scenarios most people were afraid of. They had one angry twit against Ellen, they had some weird take
by dwild 11y ago
They never went after their fans. That's the hypothetical scenarios most people were afraid of. They had one angry twit against Ellen, they had some weird take down (which didn't need theses trademarks either).
All I've seen them trying is to allow people to legitimately do a copy of their show. I wouldn't never try to copy that format, I wouldn't be afraid to make my own "react to" but I would try to be different, original, with the concept. Having access to their format, their contents, etc... that could be a good way to try, to start, a way that I wouldn't dare taking because of copyright, but would be interesting for simply 20% of literally not much revenue.
Stopping React World does nothing else than stopping legitimate copy...
- exelius 11y agoYou can do all of this today without their branding though. Or their permission. It's not like being associated with them is going to get you much credibility when it's an open system. Nothing is stopping you from making a total rip off of their show and its format today - and you don't need to get permission or pay royalties. That's how it should be; it's not like anyone is using copyrighted characters.
- greyfade 11y agoThe react format is not original. It predates FineBros by some years. Even the name being "X reacts to y" predates FineBros. It could not be more unoriginal. But what Fine was doing was claiming that people were copying them and then trying to lock up the format behind their trademarks. It's like if you invented the wheel and people started also making wheels, and then I came along and started claiming everyone stole it from me several decades later.