# The YouTube implosion of TheFineBros

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-youtube-implosion-of-thefinebros/744856>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 1, 2016, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-youtube-implosion-of-thefinebros/744856 "2016-02-01T17:05:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2016, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-youtube-implosion-of-thefinebros/744856/61 "2016-02-02T19:20:59Z")

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> [@Skywatcher](#):
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> No official statement here, either. FWIW, their trademark applications have yet to be killed.

There was a reddit thread this morning in which the lawyer that’s taken on the anti-Fine Brothers white knight role confirmed that all of the relevant paperwork has been correctly filed.

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**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2016, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-youtube-implosion-of-thefinebros/744856/62 "2016-02-02T20:15:46Z")

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> [@Cardboard](#):
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> PR experts … what should The Fine Bros be doing right about now?

Not a PR expert by trade, but I’d advise them to do nothing. This, like all other internet outrages, will blow over.

And of course they backtracked because they were losing subscribers. Other youtubers’ opinions would mean diddly if the masses didn’t revolt and the money rolled in.

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**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2016, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-youtube-implosion-of-thefinebros/744856/63 "2016-02-03T01:18:54Z")

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> [@Derleth](#):
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> [Actual lawyers say things about this:](http://ryanmorrisonlaw.com/attorneys-react-the-fine-bros-react-trademark/)

These particular lawyers represent clients that seek to oppose the Fine Brothers’ trademark and to cancel others already granted.

Therefore, while the information they offer has some value, it should not be taken as a neutral, objective analysis.

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