Bigger YouTube Drama Right Now?

[cageking666]

So in one corner we have the Random YouTube Wars going back and forth between deleting channels and monetization from channels such as Channel Awesome, IHateEverything, and others

In the other corner, is the Fine Bros and the giant controversy about them trying to trademark all react channels for supposedly stealing their format

So...anyone have any opinions?

[wisdomwizard]

Things seemed to be resolved between Channel Awesome and YouTube, I don't know about the others.




The Fine Bros. are getting a lot of hate, most of it coming from Reddit. I think you should explain for those that don't know what's been going with these situations.

[Lupin the Third]

What about that whole thing going on with Yamimash? I didn't even know about it until today, and I was like, "Holy crap. This got awkward."

Which sucks, because I did enjoy his Prop Hunt collabs with Markiplier, Jacksepticeye, and Muyskerm.

[xCompackx]

YouTube is still the Wild West in terms of ownership and copyright. It seems weird how we keep having these issues since Google owns YouTube, but nobody has a damn clue on how to actually make this stuff work.

[wisdomwizard]

Feb 1, 2016 0:10:25 GMT -5 Lupin the Third said:

What about that whole thing going on with Yamimash? I didn't even know about it until today, and I was like, "Holy crap. This got awkward."

Which sucks, because I did enjoy his Prop Hunt collabs with Markiplier, Jacksepticeye, and Muyskerm.

Ok, this is new. Ironically I only know who Jack Septic Eye and Markiplier are thanks to the Fine Bros. Who is Yamimash, what's this about?

[Deleted]

See, the whole channel revenue thing has been an ongoing battle for God knows how long. Every once in a blue moon a heavyweight or two takes a shot or falls and then the shitstorm begins again, but it bubbles up, settles down over time, and nothing changes.

Now what The Fine Bros. are up to is a whole nother side of that same coin. Now, I would understand if they were sticking to their words and what they say. And it is entirely possible that whoever is flagging vids and channels is doing it falsely and claiming they're The Fine Bros. It is WAY too easy to flag stuff on YouTube, especially if it isn't a YouTube affiliated channel or a corporate channel. If I wanted to go to one of Wrestlecrap's YouTube videos, flag something, and claim I'm "The Ghost of Mike Check", it would have a pretty high chance of going through. It's so easy and goes so unchecked it's scary. Ask Maffew or LittleKuriboh.

Now, don't take that as me defending them. If I was a betting man, I would bet at least some of these flaggings are, in fact, them. But a lot of people are assuming ALL the flagging is them, and unless Reddit has dug up some tracking info to show it's undoubtedly them (I don't go anywhere near there), I'll give them at least a little benefit of the doubt. And their idea of copyrighting certain basic terms is still dubious. That I have no defense for; that's greedy. And yeah, they can say all they want it won't be used for [X] and [Y], but as all the hooplah over SOPA and PIPA showed, just the idea of having the hand over the button is enough for people to cry foul.

[Perd]

The OP could've been in Mandarin and I'd have roughly the same grasp as to what's going on. Which is zero.

You crazy kids with your YouTube and hip sneakers.

[Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-]]

For those who care, there are Live Streams of channels showing real time subscriber loss for the Fine Bros, who are essentially losing over 100 Subs a minute

TO AWESOME TUNES WHICH YOU CAN REQUEST IN THE COMMENTS!!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_qoGYnBJsY

[Vice honcho room temperature]

Feb 1, 2016 0:26:53 GMT -5 Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] said:

For those who care, there are Live Streams of channels showing real time subscriber loss for the Fine Bros, who are essentially losing over 100 Subs a minute

TO AWESOME TUNES WHICH YOU CAN REQUEST IN THE COMMENTS!!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_qoGYnBJsY

So what was the high watermark these guys in terms of subscribers

[wisdomwizard]

I think Boogie has a good video about this, since its one of the few balanced ones.

[stealthamo]

Feb 1, 2016 0:35:54 GMT -5 Vice honcho room temperature said:

Feb 1, 2016 0:26:53 GMT -5 Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] said:

For those who care, there are Live Streams of channels showing real time subscriber loss for the Fine Bros, who are essentially losing over 100 Subs a minute

TO AWESOME TUNES WHICH YOU CAN REQUEST IN THE COMMENTS!!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_qoGYnBJsY

So what was the high watermark these guys in terms of subscribers

Looking at stat sites, it looks like their peak was around 3 days ago, when they were at 14,080,000 subs. But they've lost at least 100,000 in the past day with their latest video.

[Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-]]

Feb 1, 2016 0:35:54 GMT -5 Vice honcho room temperature said:

Feb 1, 2016 0:26:53 GMT -5 Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] said:

For those who care, there are Live Streams of channels showing real time subscriber loss for the Fine Bros, who are essentially losing over 100 Subs a minute

TO AWESOME TUNES WHICH YOU CAN REQUEST IN THE COMMENTS!!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_qoGYnBJsY

So what was the high watermark these guys in terms of subscribers

Over 15 Million I think, or close to it.

So they've lost almost 3 Million Subscribers since React World and their attempted Update to try and clarify and backtrack. Their Second Channel, simply titled 'REACT" has also lost a ton of Subs.

[Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-]]

Feb 1, 2016 0:36:11 GMT -5 wisdomwizard said:

I think Boogie has a good video about this, since its one of the few balanced ones.

Boogie is cool but I prefer AlphaOmegaSins take

Not embedding due to language

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObI0eDa-P2U

[Lupin the Third]

Feb 1, 2016 0:16:14 GMT -5 wisdomwizard said:

Feb 1, 2016 0:10:25 GMT -5 Lupin the Third said:

What about that whole thing going on with Yamimash? I didn't even know about it until today, and I was like, "Holy crap. This got awkward."

Which sucks, because I did enjoy his Prop Hunt collabs with Markiplier, Jacksepticeye, and Muyskerm.

Ok, this is new. Ironically I only know who Jack Septic Eye and Markiplier are thanks to the Fine Bros. Who is Yamimash, what's this about?

He's another Let's Play YouTuber who apparently was flirting with a 14-year old gal and sending her dick pics. I haven't really read much on it, but that's basically the gist of what I've read.

[wisdomwizard]

Here's a great article I've found that explains what happened with the Fine Bros.



www.reelseo.com/licensing-video-content-fine-bros/

[Drillbit Taylor]

They are trying to trademark the word React....


tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=86689364&caseSearchType=US_APPLICATION&caseType=DEFAULT&searchType=statusSearch

[ShaolinHandLock]

I think the FineBros drama is the bigger one right now. They're losing subscribers at a very fast rate.

As for the Yamimash thing, I really hope that it isn't true. I've been watching his videos for years, usually only his Pokémon videos as I was only ever a casual fan of his, but still.

[Jacy Jayne Atomic Dog AMV]

From this point on, I'm trademarking the color magenta.

[Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-]]

Feb 1, 2016 4:04:34 GMT -5 Jacy Jayne Atomic Dog AMV said:

From this point on, I'm trademarking the color magenta.

...Wait... you hadn't yet??

NEXT YOU'LL TELL ME YOU DON'T OWN SUBWAY!!

[The Ichi]

Internet celebs taking themselves too seriously is the funniest thing to me.