A message from the Fine Brothers:
Hello,
We're here to apologize.
We realize we built a system that could easily be used for wrong. We are fixing that. The reality that trademarks like these could be used to theoretically give companies (including ours) the power to police and control online video is a valid concern, and though we can assert our intentions are pure, there's no way to prove them.
We have decided to do the following:
1. Rescind all of our "React" trademarks and applications.*
2. Discontinue the React World program.
3. Release all past Content ID claims.**
The concerns people have about React World are understandable, and that people see a link between that and our past video takedowns, but those were mistakes from an earlier time. It makes perfect sense for people to distrust our motives here, but we are confident that our actions will speak louder than these words moving forward.
This has been a hard week. Our plan is to keep making great content with the help of our amazing staff. Thank you for your time and for hearing us out.
Sincerely,
Benny and Rafi Fine
*This includes "React," "Kids React," "Elders React," "Lyric Breakdown," etc. Please note: It takes a while for the databases to update, but the necessary paperwork has been filed.
**Content ID is YouTube's copyright system that automatically flags content that looks like or sounds like copyrighted content. This mostly flags videos that are direct re-uploads of our videos (which is what the system is built for), but if you know of a video that has been claimed or removed incorrectly, please email us with "false claim" in the subject line.
Quoted:
Hello,
We're here to apologize.
We realize we built a system that could easily be used for wrong. We are fixing that. The reality that trademarks like these could be used to theoretically give companies (including ours) the power to police and control online video is a valid concern, and though we can assert our intentions are pure, there's no way to prove them.
We have decided to do the following:
1. Rescind all of our "React" trademarks and applications.*
2. Discontinue the React World program.
3. Release all past Content ID claims.**
The concerns people have about React World are understandable, and that people see a link between that and our past video takedowns, but those were mistakes from an earlier time. It makes perfect sense for people to distrust our motives here, but we are confident that our actions will speak louder than these words moving forward.
This has been a hard week. Our plan is to keep making great content with the help of our amazing staff. Thank you for your time and for hearing us out.
Sincerely,
Benny and Rafi Fine
*This includes "React," "Kids React," "Elders React," "Lyric Breakdown," etc. Please note: It takes a while for the databases to update, but the necessary paperwork has been filed.
**Content ID is YouTube's copyright system that automatically flags content that looks like or sounds like copyrighted content. This mostly flags videos that are direct re-uploads of our videos (which is what the system is built for), but if you know of a video that has been claimed or removed incorrectly, please email us with "false claim" in the subject line.
Well at least we got an apology and they saw the errors of their ways, but the damage is still done. I don't really see them making a full recovery anytime soon, and most YouTubers have already made a really strong case against them.
This is just the Fine Bros trying to save face, but needless to say that if they didn't receive major backlash until well after they TradeMarked everything and got React World up and running it would have been a way different story all together one most likely filled with content ID claims, and the start of a new era of corporate YouTube taking away from the freedoms of new YouTubers. It's a battle won for today but the War to keep YouTube, well YouTube is not over.
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