Reactions to The Fine Brothers' Attempt to Trademark "React" Videos

[Tiberius]

For those unaware of the situation, a few days ago The Fine Brothers, a couple of brothers who run the most successful and popular YouTube channel for "react" videos (i.e. filming people reacting to other stuff), announced "React World", a licensing platform where by paying them a percentage of your video's revenue (30-50% I hear), you can license their "format" and graphics, etc. and make your own reaction videos.

Of course, The Fine Brothers don't actually own the genre of reaction videos, and such videos have been around for years before they even started on YouTube. So people got pissed off, and they are currently losing a large amount of subscribers. Their "apology" video was also criticized and they started losing even more subscribers after that.

This thread isn't about their videos though, and I won't give them any hits by linking to them here. Instead, this is for videos that other people have made reacting to The Fine Brothers. Enjoy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=No_Vti186Tk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-Zr7c-J6qE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRYnOPJiTaA

This video was actually uploaded more than 2 years before this whole meltdown, but it's a pretty close (and funny) prediction of what actually happened:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXJ3FFOXvOQ

[dyresand]

The Finebro's are douche bags
I mean really going to try to claim React is their word.
It would be like some really famous youtuber who plays video games trying to own the words
let's plays you just don't do it. Reaction videos are really just starting to catch on before
years ago when they first came out they were just mildly amusing.

[Tiberius]

Amusingly Sony tried to trademark the words "Let's play" and got their trademark refused earlier this year.

[dyresand]

Amusingly Sony tried to trademark the words "Let's play" and got their trademark refused earlier this year.

I have a network and they  wouldn't  be so pleased if their contracted youtubers gotten slapped with a copyright strike.