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Watch before it gets pulled.
The big news now is this "Third Party Edict", where WWE stars can't do anything with 3rd parties (i.e. any other company) using their REAL NAMES.
That's total BS. They've always owned the stage names, but doing personal appearances using your actual name, like on Cameo was never an issue.
Supposedly Lana doing an energy drink ad (using her real name) ticked them off. I hope there is huge backlash and they walk back this dumb move.
That's total BS. They've always owned the stage names, but doing personal appearances using your actual name, like on Cameo was never an issue.
Supposedly Lana doing an energy drink ad (using her real name) ticked them off. I hope there is huge backlash and they walk back this dumb move.
But it doesn't matter if it costs him or not. There's a very limited range where you can copyright/trademark someone's real name on a universal basis; in cases like these where there is no use of their name on the show, there is no legal basis for WWE to be able to say that they "own" the real name or have any control what they do with it. I remember having this discussion with my trademarks law professor about this, and they found it interesting/amusing.
Throw in the whole "independent contractor" situation, and they legal basis to weaker than a jax promo.
Maybe if they were employees, or they restricted the scope to wrestling-related material, they might have an argument.
What gets me is that the only thing that's really letting them get away with this is the "take it or leave it" stand they are going to take, so no one is really going to fight them on it.
Throw in the whole "independent contractor" situation, and they legal basis to weaker than a jax promo.
Maybe if they were employees, or they restricted the scope to wrestling-related material, they might have an argument.
What gets me is that the only thing that's really letting them get away with this is the "take it or leave it" stand they are going to take, so no one is really going to fight them on it.
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How was Brock able to turn himself into a human sandwich board for Jimmy John's? Who was the next guy in McMahon's office wanting to be a walking billboard and what did he want to advertise for?
Will this affect Xavier Wood's Gaming Channel? I like when AJ Styles is one and does Retro Styles showing off old and rare games/systems.
Will this affect Xavier Wood's Gaming Channel? I like when AJ Styles is one and does Retro Styles showing off old and rare games/systems.
upupdowndown is awesome. But who knows?
Paige has already changed the name of her twitch account.
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Thanks for the update. How does that plan out financially? Hope Xavier don't get screwed with Vinny Mac wanting more than just a taste.
I would imagine that vince gets a larger cut of the sales for "allowing" him to make money from UUDD, not to mention hosting the store, etc.
Sadly, I would imagine this also means that WWE bought the copyrights to UUDD, or at least registered it in some way that Creed wouldn't be able to use it outside of WWE.
On the other hand, so long as it sells merch, that also means that Creed's job is secure, as they wouldn't keep the shop up if they release him, and they wouldn't do that if it's profitable. So in a roundabout way, I guess it's a good thing in this case?
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Tony Khan seems like the type of male who uses the expression "claps back".
TONY KHAN CLAPS BACK AT VINCE McMAHON
NOT ONLY ALLOWING HIS CONTRACTED TALENT
TO KEEP 100% OF THEIR TWITCH EARNINGS BUT
ALSO PROMOTE THEIR INDIVIDUAL TWITCH ACCOUNT
ON AEW DYNAMITE LIVE ON TNT
TONY KHAN CLAPS BACK AT VINCE McMAHON
NOT ONLY ALLOWING HIS CONTRACTED TALENT
TO KEEP 100% OF THEIR TWITCH EARNINGS BUT
ALSO PROMOTE THEIR INDIVIDUAL TWITCH ACCOUNT
ON AEW DYNAMITE LIVE ON TNT
On top of which, AEW talent are actual employees with benefits, etc. It's hard not to root for them.
We know they're primarily NXT & trainees, so I don't think there will be any major surprises.
I've read names like Dominik Dijakovic, Mia Yim, Mercedes Martinez, Dio Madden and Mojo Rawley