Thanks a lot for the feedback, @eric3579!

I was trying for a long time to come up with a way to add at least a small level strategy into the mix, without making it too weird or confusing.

Now it's a bit more like Wheel of Fortune and less like plain old hangman I suppose.

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"Do we still get it?"
Classic.

He's done. From now on, any time he thinks he knows better than her, she's just going to say "Remember Wheel Of Fortune?" and instantly win the argument.

I'm gonna go with @mxxcon on this one. What they're doing is creating a service that allows other people to create a video using their trademarked names (i.e. Kid's React, etc.) and publish it through them as well as engage in profit sharing of the franchise.

In other words, you create a react video and want it seen by millions of videos, you can go through their new company which will promote it under trademark that they've taken out, thereby exposing it to a much larger audience than most YouTubers have individually. I haven't seen anything about them suing people who make reaction videos, but they probably would sue if you called it "Kid's React" just as, as mxxcon pointed out Wheel of Fortune would sue you if you created a new game show called "Wheel of Fortune," since those are now trademarked names.

I think the whole controversy stems from, as again mxxcon suggested, people ignorantly confusing the terms trademark and copyright or assuming they are the same thing. If you want to avoid trademark infringement, all you have to do is avoid labelling your YouTube the same as a trademarked title. Maybe "Children Respond To..." or something like that.

But honestly, this really seems like these guys really are trying to share the wealth. They realize lots of people out there have really good ideas for react videos and are probably making the suggestions in the comments. And what they're basically replying is, we don't have time to make a video of every good idea so why don't you go ahead and do it and we'll distribute it to our viewers and give you a share of the profits. Doesn't sound like a bad thing at all to me.

Because they did not get a *copyright*!!!
They got a trademark! A trademark for their PRODUCT.
IT'S A HUGE FUCKING DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A TRADEMARK AND A COPYRIGHT!
They did not go around internet shutting down any other videos! They did not claim to own anybody else videos! They stated as such!

They got a trademark for their shows. A very specific format of shows!

Just like Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune have trademarks for those shows to allow them to be licensed else and be named like that. However, these shows do not own the concept of a quiz show or a letter guessing show in a different format.

This is not any different.

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