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They took the public concept of "show someone a youtube video and film their reaction" and turned it into a major business (millions in revenue) on youtube. Th
by wavefunction 11y ago
They took the public concept of "show someone a youtube video and film their reaction" and turned it into a major business (millions in revenue) on youtube. Then they turned around and tried to trademark "reaction videos" and offer "licensing" to anyone else who.
Then 4chan organized some raids and they lost a bunch of subscribers and panicked and backed-off the trademark attempt.
- CamperBob2 11y agoDidn't they actually try to patent the concept? That was what I understood to be the reason people were so upset.
- c3534l 11y agoI don't think so. You may have heard that because most people don't understand the difference between a patent and a trademark.