THE FINE BROTHERS HAVE CONCEDED THAT MAYBE THERE REACTS VIDEO
TRADEMARK WAS NOT NECESSARILY A GREAT IDEA, SO THEY HAVE
ACTUALLY DECIDED TO GET RID OF THE TRADEMARKS THAT THEY TOOK
OUT FOR TEENS REACT, ELDERS
REACT, AND NOW THEY ARE SAYING, WE ARE NOT GOING TO COME
AFTER YOU, YOU DON'T HAVE TO LICENSE THESE VIDEOS.
"WE REALIZED WE BUILT A SYSTEM THAT COULD EASILY BE USED
FOR RON.
WE'RE FIXING THAT.
THE REALITY THAT TRADEMARK LIKE THESE CAN BE USED TO GIVE
COMPANIES LIKE OURS THE POWER TO POLICE AND CONTROL ON MY DEAL IS
A VALID CONCERN, AND THOUGH WE CAN ASSERT OUR INTENTIONS ARE
PURE, THERE IS NO WAY TO PROVE
THEM."
THEY ALSO EMPHASIZE THAT THEY HAVE FILED THE PAPERWORK TO
CANCEL ALL TRADEMARKS, AS WELL
AS RELEASED ALL PAST CONTENT ID CLAIMS ON THE YOUTUBE SYSTEM
THAT PULLS DOWN OTHER REACT CONTENT.
THAT MEANS THAT IF OTHER PEOPLE ON YOUTUBE HAD POSTED
REACTION VIDEOS, BASED ON YOUTUBE CONTENT ID SYSTEM,
THOSE VIDEOS WOULD BE TAKEN DOWN OR FLAG.
SO PEOPLE WERE ALREADY UPSET ABOUT THAT, AND THEN THEY
ANNOUNCED THEIR REACT WORLD PROJECT AND PEOPLE
COMPLETELY LOST IT.
GRACE THEY ARE SAYING, SOME OF THE STUFF THAT HAPPENED
EARLIER WAS NOT CONNECTED TO THIS REACT PROJECT, BUT I
UNDERSTAND THAT YOU MAY NOT SEE IT THAT WAY AND WE DON'T
HAVE ANY WAY OF PROVING THAT.
THEY SAID THEIR INTENTIONS ARE PURE, BUT THERE WAS NO WAY
TO PROVE THEM, SO THEY ARE GOING TO DO THE BEST THEY CAN IN
ADDRESSING THIS SITUATION.
I ACTUALLY LOVE HOW THEY HANDLED THIS.
I KNOW IT WAS AFTER SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE, PEOPLE WERE SAYING
THIS MORNING THAT THEY LOST 400,000 SUBSCRIBERS.
THINK ABOUT 400,000 BODIES IN A ROOM, THAT IS A LOT OF PEOPLE.
ON THE INTERNET, ONE OF THE MOST COMMON THINGS YOU WILL HEAR,
ESPECIALLY AT YOUTUBE IS, THAT'S IT I'M DONE, I'M UNSUBSCRIBING.
AND THE NEXT VIDEO, SAME GUY, THAT'S IT I'M DONE, I'M
UNSUBSCRIBING.
HAVE AT IT ALREADY.
BUT IN THIS CASE, THEY MEANT IT.
OBVIOUSLY THEY THINK THEY MADE A MISTAKE, AND THIS IS WHY I
LOVE BEING PART OF THE ONLINE COMMUNITY, THEY ARE GOING
TO LET YOU KNOW.
WHENEVER WE MAKE A FACTUAL MISTAKE, EVEN OUR BIGGEST
SUPPORTERS ARE ALL OVER US.
I REMEMBER WHEN OUR FANS DEFENDED JOHN MCCAIN,
BECAUSE WE HAD USED A LOCAL NEWS VIDEO, AND THEY HAD EDITED
IT IN A WAY THAT WAS NOT FAIR TO JOHN MCCAIN.
WE WENT BACK AND FOUND THE ORIGINAL VIDEO, AND OUR
VIEWERS WERE RIGHT, AND WE CAN ACT ON AND SAID THANK YOU
FOR HELPING US.
TO BE FAIR TO JOHN MCCAIN, THAT IS NOT HOW IT WENT DOWN.
THIS IS THAT ON A MACRO SCALE.
HEY FINE BROTHERS, WE LIKE YOU GUYS, THIS IS PROBABLY NOT
THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
I LIKE HOW THIS STORY TURNED INTO AN EXAMPLE OF THE
DEMOCRACY ON THE INTERNET.
PEOPLE HAD A VOTE, AND THEY VOTED THAT THEY DID NOT
LIKE THIS PROGRAM.
THEY MADE THEIR VOICES HEARD, THEY TOOK ACTION, AND AS A
RESULT THE FINE BROTHERS RESPONDED.
I THINK THAT WHAT THEY ARE DOING IS INCREDIBLE, I HAVE A LOT
OF RESPECT FOR THEM, BUT I DID NOT LIKE THE PROJECT.
WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A DISAGREEMENT ON THAT, BUT
I'M GLAD THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY THEY REALIZED THEIR
PROJECT WAS NOT A GOOD IDEA AND THEY TOOK ACTION.
THAT SPEAKS VOLUMES OF WHO THEY ARE.
KUDOS TO THEM FOR HOW THEY HANDLED IT AFTERWARDS.
IN A TV AT ALL MEDIA, YOU ARE BOLD AND TWO OTHER INTERESTS.
THE CORPORATE PARENTS THAT OWNS YOU.
NBC USED TO BE OWNED BY GE, A GIANT MILITARY CONTRACTOR,
SO THEY FIRED EVERYBODY AT NBC WHO WAS AGAINST THE IRAQ WAR.
WAS THAT A COINCIDENCE?
A CLAIM BS.
OTHER MORE REASONABLE LEGAL FIGHT MAYBE NOT SUCH A
COINCIDENCE.
IN NEW MEDIA, WE ARE BEHOLDEN TO OUR AUDIENCE.
THAT MAKES YOU RESPONSIVE TO THE RIGHT PEOPLE, SO WHEN YOUR
AUDIENCE SAYS DON'T DO THAT, THAT PITTED US OFF AND IF YOU DO
WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE, THAT GIVES YOU ALL THE RIGHT
INCENTIVES TO DO THE RIGHT THING.
AND A LOT OF THESE GUYS GOT TO BE THIS STRONG ONLINE BECAUSE
THEY WERE RESPONSIVE TO THEIR
AUDIENCE.
I WANT TO ADD TO THAT.
WE ARE VERY IRREVERENT IN THE WAY WE COVER THE NEWS, AND
THERE IS A REASON FOR THAT.
THE REASON IS BECAUSE OUR AUDIENCE BASICALLY SUPPORTS US.
WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT MEMBERSHIP CASUALLY AND IN PASSING,
BUT THE FACT THAT WE HAVE MEMBERS THAT FUND OUR SHOW
IS EXACTLY THE REASON WHY WE HAVE THE TYPE OF EDITORIAL
FREEDOM THAT WE HAVE IN THE NEWS, AND IT IS INCREDIBLE.
WE ARE JUST HELD ACCOUNTABLE BY OUR AUDIENCE MEMBER OF.
IF YOU WANT TO SUPPORT THE SHOW AND INDEPENDENT MEDIA,
BECOME A MEMBER.
TYTNETWORK.COM/JOIN.
SUPER EASY.
I CAN'T HELP BUT ADD ONE MORE THING.
IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU ALWAYS DO WHAT ANY ONE PERSON IN THE
AUDIENCE SAYS, BUT EVEN IF A LOT OF YOU ñ
A LOT OF PEOPLE IN YOUR AUDIENCE SAY IT.
IT IS ONE THING TO LOSE YOUTUBE SUBSCRIBERS.
WE JUST RECENTLY PASSED 5 MILLION SUBSCRIBERS FOR THE
NETWORK.
AND THEN WE HAVE SUBSCRIBERS ON OUR WEBSITE YOU ACTUALLY
PAY MONEY TO GET THE FULL SHOW, EXTRA CONTENT.
THAT IS OUR BOTTOM LINE.
IF THEY LEAVE, THEN WE CAN'T DO THE SHOW ANYMORE.
IT DOESN'T GET ANY MORE RESPONSIVE TO THE AUDIENCE
THAN THAT.
EVEN SO, IT IS OKAY TO BE PRINCIPLED IF YOU THINK YOU
ARE ON THE RIGHT SIDE.
A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF THAT WAS WHEN OBAMA WAS OUR NEWLY
ELECTED PRESIDENT AND HE IMMEDIATELY STARTED
CONCEDING TO REPUBLICANS, AND THE CENK WAS CRITICAL OF THAT.
OUR FANS WERE NOT IN FAVOR OF IT BECAUSE THEY WERE LIKE, YOU
HAVE TO SUPPORT THE DEMOCRAT.
LATER ON, OUR AUDIENCE REALIZED THAT CENK WAS RIGHT IN
CRITICIZING HIM.
WE ALWAYS GOING TO DO WHAT WE FEEL IS RIGHT, BUT AT THE
SAME TIME IT IS VERY LIBERATING TO KNOW THAT YOU ARE FUNDED
BY YOUR AUDIENCE, AND THAT YOU HAVE THAT KIND OF FREEDOM.
ABSOLUTELY, AND IT IS A GIVE AND TAKE.
YES, WE LOST A LOT OF PAYING MEMBERS ON THE WEBSITE AT THAT
POINT, BUT EVENTUALLY THEY CAME BACK, AND EVEN MORE SO BECAUSE
THEY REALIZED WE WERE BEING
AUDIENCE HONEST ABOUT OUR OPINIONS.
THAT'S WHAT I LOVE ABOUT NEW MEDIA.
WE ARE ALL THE YOUNG TURKS TOGETHER.