Some people may have legitimate concerns and complaints and maybe those things would never have been addressed without an angry mob, but the quality of the conversation had little to do with real concerns about intellectual property and much more to do with how to most cleverly insult people.
It is quite understandable why so many people are upset with the effort of the Fine Brothers to trademark the word ‘React’ on online videos. Reaction videos represent a hugely popular genre on YouTube that thousands of people use to engage with their audience and to increase their subscribers, notes Venture Beat.
In fact, for video game developers, having their products featured in these reaction videos is a great marketing tool. And the trademark attempt of the Fine Brothers would make any business deals where a developer or publisher pays for a ‘React’ video a legal risk.
With a major legal issue looming large on the horizon, Ryan Morrison, the self-proclaimed Video Game Attorney on YouTube and Reddit, has offered to step in and provide help to the community of people and internet users who make React videos. He said that this particular trademark being sought by the Fine Brothers goes too far and he would not be taking it sitting down.