I figure this can be a thread for situations where you get some satisfaction out of the misfortune of others.
For a first entry, not sure if anyone else is following the drama on YouTube about the Fine Bros.
For the cliff notes, they create content that is creatively lazy - namely "reaction videos" in which they film people (like kids, seniors, YouTube "celebrities") reacting to viral videos or events.
Anyway - this genre of entertainment has been around for a long time, but they are the most successful channel of this content on YouTube with about 14M subscribers.
Last week they announced that they filed papers to trademark their "React" series - and it was ambiguous if they would take action against other reaction type videos to remove the content from YouTube. And they have, in fact, done that in the past - even trying to brigade the Ellen show when she did a "kids react" segment. In addition, they announced they would license their "format" so other people could create similar content - but of course they would need to pay a licensing fee.
The internet exploded with parody videos. Then the Fine Bros released ANOTHER video trying to defend their position but came off as condescending *******s. They have since removed this video.
The impact is that they have currently lost more than 250,000 subscribers over the last few days and people are livestreaming the fall in subscribers.
Below is a chart of the last few days:
http://ift.tt/1UE2Oh1
For a first entry, not sure if anyone else is following the drama on YouTube about the Fine Bros.
For the cliff notes, they create content that is creatively lazy - namely "reaction videos" in which they film people (like kids, seniors, YouTube "celebrities") reacting to viral videos or events.
Anyway - this genre of entertainment has been around for a long time, but they are the most successful channel of this content on YouTube with about 14M subscribers.
Last week they announced that they filed papers to trademark their "React" series - and it was ambiguous if they would take action against other reaction type videos to remove the content from YouTube. And they have, in fact, done that in the past - even trying to brigade the Ellen show when she did a "kids react" segment. In addition, they announced they would license their "format" so other people could create similar content - but of course they would need to pay a licensing fee.
The internet exploded with parody videos. Then the Fine Bros released ANOTHER video trying to defend their position but came off as condescending *******s. They have since removed this video.
The impact is that they have currently lost more than 250,000 subscribers over the last few days and people are livestreaming the fall in subscribers.
Below is a chart of the last few days:
http://ift.tt/1UE2Oh1
Schadenfreude thread