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Post by XIII on Sept 6, 2020 18:03:54 GMT -5
Every time I check this thread it has completely devolved into another meme And I'm not disappointed. if there is two things these boards are really good at, it's photoshop threads and making memes (sometimes beating them into the ground). Beating memes into the ground is a proud tradition in my family. My great grandfather Hezekiah XIII used to beat it 10 times a day and 12 on Sunday. |
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Post by The Heartbreak TWERK on Sept 6, 2020 18:05:32 GMT -5
I've been beating my memes since I turned 14!
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Post by Final Countdown Jones on Sept 6, 2020 18:06:33 GMT -5
I'm going to get raid shadow legends adverts for the rest of youtube's existence thanks to this thread arent I? Literally the first video I watched today after visiting this thread had an ad for Raid: Shadow Legends. Thanks, gang. Can you really pin that on us and not the marketing team behind Raid going just f***ing everywhere? |
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Post by msc on Sept 6, 2020 18:06:42 GMT -5
Every time I check this thread it has completely devolved into another meme And I'm not disappointed. if there is two things these boards are really good at, it's photoshop threads and making memes (sometimes beating them into the ground). Will this ruin the Freakin' Awesome Network Forums gimmick? Also, fake newz which travels across the net - see Christian's Slaves as the trope codifier... |
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Post by polarbearpete on Sept 6, 2020 18:21:51 GMT -5
To be fair, we don’t know that’s actually what’s happening. Might just be they can’t do it using WWE trademarked names. If that was the case I don't see why their official statement would include "Notwithstanding the contractual language, it is imperative for the success of our company to protect our greatest assets and establish partnerships with third parties on a companywide basis, rather than at the individual level, which as a result will provide more value for all involved." This is not the language of one protecting trademarked stage names, in which case they would be talking about people needing to enter deals with third parties without the use of IP owned by the company, and abotu the problems with unauthorized use of company IP. Yes but the whole statement was prefaced by talking about their characters and IP. That’s why Paige said on Twitch that she just needs to change her handle. |
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Post by Final Countdown Jones on Sept 6, 2020 18:45:43 GMT -5
If that was the case I don't see why their official statement would include "Notwithstanding the contractual language, it is imperative for the success of our company to protect our greatest assets and establish partnerships with third parties on a companywide basis, rather than at the individual level, which as a result will provide more value for all involved." This is not the language of one protecting trademarked stage names, in which case they would be talking about people needing to enter deals with third parties without the use of IP owned by the company, and abotu the problems with unauthorized use of company IP. Yes but the whole statement was prefaced by talking about their characters and IP. That’s why Paige said on Twitch that she just needs to change her handle. But then Austin Creed apparently said they're streaming, and if they're "not supposed to", someone would call them. Things don't really add up when you look at it strictly as an issue of IPs; that explain people changing their names, but not the defiant tones and the things we're seeing externally, or even with the pieces of WWE's whole statement. I know that they say things about their characters and IP in that statement, but they're also talking about how people need to enter deals through the company rather than individually. They don't have the authority to enter into deals using WWE's IP regardless. Something else is clearly a part of this, or else the fact this blew up in the first place hardly makes sense, and nobody's actions really click. Austin Creed, who has danced hard around WWE's IPs the entire time and had people christen themselves new names in his side hustle, should not be concerned about if he's allowed to stream. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2020 18:55:05 GMT -5
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Post by The Heartbreak TWERK on Sept 6, 2020 18:55:09 GMT -5
Let's just admit that we don't know what they're going to do because they haven't decided what they're going to do. They created this vague edict so they can wield it like a weapon to punish who they want to and reward others.
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Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-]
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Sept 6, 2020 18:57:54 GMT -5
Let's just admit that we don't know what they're going to do because they haven't decided what they're going to do. They created this vague edict so they can wield it like a weapon to punish who they want to and reward others. How do we know what they're gonna do when the talent themselves have even said "We don't know what's going to happen"? As I said, it's a "blink first" mentality at this point, none of the wrestlers are gonna stop doing what they're doing, if WWE decides to take action, then shit's gonna go south. |
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Post by The Heartbreak TWERK on Sept 6, 2020 18:59:49 GMT -5
Let's just admit that we don't know what they're going to do because they haven't decided what they're going to do. They created this vague edict so they can wield it like a weapon to punish who they want to and reward others. How do we know what they're gonna do when the talent themselves have even said "We don't know what's going to happen"? As I said, it's a "blink first" mentality at this point, none of the wrestlers are gonna stop doing what they're doing, if WWE decides to take action, then shit's gonna go south. It won't stop them, which is what really sucks. Even if it goes south. Nothing makes Vince blink except a court hammering him. Look how he tried to railroad Punk. |
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Post by Sir Woodrow on Sept 6, 2020 20:08:33 GMT -5
That's the least weird Vince has looked for a few years |
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Post by The Captain on Sept 6, 2020 20:17:23 GMT -5
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Post by camphor #BLM on Sept 6, 2020 21:01:17 GMT -5
Greetings my also internet bulletin board rapscallions -- here's some fine commercial products I personally highly recommendation!  |
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Post by ayumidah on Sept 6, 2020 21:27:44 GMT -5
holy shit, does this make Rod Zeniba?! |
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Post by polarbearpete on Sept 6, 2020 22:04:50 GMT -5
Yes but the whole statement was prefaced by talking about their characters and IP. That’s why Paige said on Twitch that she just needs to change her handle. But then Austin Creed apparently said they're streaming, and if they're "not supposed to", someone would call them. Things don't really add up when you look at it strictly as an issue of IPs; that explain people changing their names, but not the defiant tones and the things we're seeing externally, or even with the pieces of WWE's whole statement. I know that they say things about their characters and IP in that statement, but they're also talking about how people need to enter deals through the company rather than individually. They don't have the authority to enter into deals using WWE's IP regardless. Something else is clearly a part of this, or else the fact this blew up in the first place hardly makes sense, and nobody's actions really click. Austin Creed, who has danced hard around WWE's IPs the entire time and had people christen themselves new names in his side hustle, should not be concerned about if he's allowed to stream. Concerned because of a vague email/letter is possibly how some of the talent are feeling but that doesn’t mean the company is actually planning on shutting down people’s stream accounts under their real names. We’ll probably learn more over the next few days. Obviously it should have been more clear but I’d venture to say a lot of the higher ups probably don’t even fully comprehend Twitch and Cameo. |
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Post by nisidhe on Sept 6, 2020 22:41:46 GMT -5
I can see future WWE/NXT contracts requiring signees to agree to give ownership of any side enterprise (say, the streams, if they write a novel or record an album whilst working for Vince) to WWE. I can also see most WWE prospects, facing such a clause in their contracts, telling WWE to pound sand.
There is no longer any commercial advantage for anyone to sign with WWE if this becomes enforceable.
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Post by Natural Born Farmer on Sept 6, 2020 22:55:29 GMT -5
But then Austin Creed apparently said they're streaming, and if they're "not supposed to", someone would call them. Things don't really add up when you look at it strictly as an issue of IPs; that explain people changing their names, but not the defiant tones and the things we're seeing externally, or even with the pieces of WWE's whole statement. I know that they say things about their characters and IP in that statement, but they're also talking about how people need to enter deals through the company rather than individually. They don't have the authority to enter into deals using WWE's IP regardless. Something else is clearly a part of this, or else the fact this blew up in the first place hardly makes sense, and nobody's actions really click. Austin Creed, who has danced hard around WWE's IPs the entire time and had people christen themselves new names in his side hustle, should not be concerned about if he's allowed to stream. Concerned because of a vague email/letter is possibly how some of the talent are feeling but that doesn’t mean the company is actually planning on shutting down people’s stream accounts under their real names. We’ll probably learn more over the next few days. Obviously it should have been more clear but I’d venture to say a lot of the higher ups probably don’t even fully comprehend Twitch and Cameo. The likely scenario, it's just incredible that any publicly traded company these days, that indeed employs plenty of high profile people using the platforms in question, could be ignrorant of how these "reforms" would play. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2020 23:29:40 GMT -5
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Sept 6, 2020 23:50:44 GMT -5
Miro is uhh..not too fond of Meltzer. Well of course he'd hate Meltzer, he made his wife an Escape Goat!  |
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Post by WIENERS=$$$ on Sept 6, 2020 23:56:47 GMT -5
Come to think of it, if Vince were to create a streaming platform for his independent contractors to use instead, calling it "Raid" would be apropos.
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