 All right, I think we're live and it looks like we have good audio. Hello, everybody a change of scenery this time the weather is nice for a change, so I thought I would Just go outside enjoy the outdoors for a little while. It's been a long time since we've done this So I'm out here. I have a The cigar I have the cat the cat is out here with me. He's on a leash, so he can't wander off I have no privacy out here, so I'm trying not to disturb my neighbors So I'm kind of up close to the microphone this time Yeah, see Hannibal I love it when a plan comes together So who do we got here? Hello, Beta Ray Bob comic tropes. Thank you for being here comic tropes I do have something to say about comic tropes here in a moment. Hello, Michael Michael Jean Fleming and hey Marianne is here. Nice. Thank you for being here Marianne. It was nice to see you earlier today Hello Matt noon. My name is Brian 7 p.m. Nice to see you. Hello Matt Rubin So I see we've got the mats here the mats are with us again Hi, Barry Campbell and the figure six pack and Jeffrey and And ww JD 85 and Ronald and the figure six pack and Andrew Andrew the guy is so nice. They named him twice Yeah, that is true, she's actually not been here while I'm well and she she got me this this really nice Ash tray this She got me this really nice ass tray, which I've only Been able to use for a short time because until recently the weather was really crappy. So now the weather is actually Better. Hello sergeant slaughter slaughterhouse. Hello, Australia. Nice to see you. Thank you very much for being here Hello, Daniel ww JD 85 and McLoog Kierg and Jay dioramas. What's up? What's up with you? Yeah, so Quite a day quite a week Quite a day. I am this is a backer rat It is Not a very expensive cigar, but but it's reliable and that's what I'm going for right now. It's Moderately priced and reliable and that's my speed at the moment Oh, let me I forgot to post in the social medias that I'm Going live here. Let's let's do that And then close those windows Oh my gosh, I've really got to get to my backlog of messages. I have got to get to Cobra convergence stuff. Hey, sparkster. Nice to see you. Hello, Christian bricks. Hello from Denmark. Nice to see you Thank you very much for being here. It's really nice to see you Yeah, yeah, that's the new catchphrase for Hannibal. It's good enough for the girls. I go out with Old Sandy Hello, man of action. Hello Lester. Hello Milwaukee Allen So Milwaukee Allen from Phoenix, Arizona, right? Hello Wilkinson Studios. Hello was roadblock on steroids, you know, not everybody who's big is on steroids Sometimes it's just genetics, you know, it's that genetic lottery that not all of us win Man of action says you go into Joe Fess. Yeah, I'm going to Joe Fess. In fact I'm going with Marianne the plan is for us to go together and I'm actually really excited about that. I am itching to go on a road trip. I Want to travel I haven't been able to do well, I've done some travel. I've done some travel travel Yeah, Marianne is tagging along, but she's doing more than tagging along. She is a travel partner Hello Chris nice to see you. Hey, Rob Vegas. Yes the the entire country of Australia is with us Milwaukee from Tucson. That's that's it. See that I was close I was close So What was I gonna say? Yes, um, so hello armor Magnus. Hello, Sean the What was I doing? Joe fast, I'm sorry, I got distracted I'm trying to see I'm trying to think and read at the same time and that's I can't do both Hello Ray and Gray Fox and Peter on nice to see you. Thank you very much For being here. Yes, we have lots to talk about including Including Beetlejuice Playing GI Joe. Well, we'll get to that. Oh, thank you for the super chat What's a Joe mind who said you could smoke in my living room? Well, that's a That's that's a fair point. I am in a way in your living room Look at me defying your house rules right here that That's just plain disrespectful. I don't think I would put up with that if I were you so What was I saying? Oh, yeah, I'm Joe fest I have been able to do a little bit of traveling like short trips But I haven't been able to take like a really long trip since November, I guess since the The trip to assembly required So I'm really I'm really itching. I'm itching To get on the road. We have a lot to talk about Including what's on Joe mind who thank you for the super chat what's on Joe mind beetle Joe. Yes, he did Beetle Joe. Yes, we'll talk about beetle Joe But we have like where's my oh, yeah, my my show notes I have I have show notes if you'd like to know what's gonna be on the show just read that really fast So there's news there's stuff Call the DEF. Yeah, let's it's um, yeah, that's I Mean who knows what's in here, you know It could be the PVC it could be Angel food cake, I don't know I don't know from drug names. I don't know but there could be something in there DEF may need to raid the place and and take me into custody trap me in a tiny net I Have Yes, Marianne is correct who we talked about this earlier. I have three points to make make but before I make those three points I want to like to remind everybody today is Tuesday That means there is a new Episode of half the battle from Timmer. He did a review of the GI Joe special missions comic book number seven also What's on Joe mind live after this show the link for both of those is in the description of this video You don't even have to go look for them. You don't even have to go search for them You just go to the link and visit them right after we're done Hello the track reviewer. Hello, uh, Guy Franzi. Nice to see you not not Cuban. This is Honduran but Cuban cigars are a little hard to come by in this general vicinity But also like I'm I'm being economical here. I'm being economical. Hello Chad far the younger brother of Jamie far I'm sure And Nyquist and Anybody else that's not in here. Hello. Hello, John Ulrich What was I saying? Oh, yeah, what's on Joe wine? There is another link though. There is another link in the description of this video Comic tropes Special cover of Vampirella Is in its last day on Indiegogo There's a link to that. This is your last chance to get it. I already had I had already ordered one, but I ordered another one a different one because Last time I ordered it. I did not Also get the robot plush doll and I I wanted the robot plush doll so I you know I went Went back. I ordered another one and I also ordered the robot plush doll Down to seven hours seven hours for the comic tropes cover of Vampirella and So if you have a chance and if you are so inclined do check that out the The link is in the description here. So Again, you don't have to go search for it. The link is right there. So what here's what you do as soon as this show is over you go You go to get go to what's on Joe mine because that starts immediately after but also open another tab in your browser and While what's on Joe mind is getting started up You go order your Vampirella cover from comic tropes and then at the end of What's on Joe mind because that's live, you know, it's live because it you so you got to wait till the end But then then you go then watch Timmer's new video and then you've seen everything So I wanted to remind everybody of that I also wanted to commend I Wanted to commend our friends at GI Joe Berg they They have have a new video up with Some modifications to their USS flag Undercarriage, I'm sorry. I'm having a cigar, but the cigar is not making me cough. It's the water I'm fine with this car and I'm choking on the water. So yes, I thank you W. See if you W. J. D. He's already ahead of the game having already watched Timmer's video Sam asks where and when is Joe fast Joe fast is in early June And it is in Augusta, Georgia over the dates. It was like the Sixth through the 11th. Why can't I remember that? I can't remember anything. Look, we're gonna get I've already I've obviously got the old timers disease, but it's um, it's let me get to the exact Information on this. Why am I? By the time I look it up somebody will already have posted it Ninth through the 11th June 9th through the 11th 6 it doesn't go that long June 9th through the 11 Thank you, Mary Ann. Thank you. Thank you. See this is why I don't need to look up anything You guys you guys are quicker with it than than I am so What else was I saying I Joe fast G. I. Joe Berg really cool new video prevent a professor grandpa. Yes My actually these are relatively new glasses that my my older ones broke because they were cheap But these are also cheap But they're they're sturdier, you know, there's the thicker frames so So yes, I'm professor and professor grandpa has a few things to say we've got a lot to talk about We've got a lot to talk about So if I've got three News items before we get to that I did have the the the new video up this week if anybody wanted to Discuss that you you're welcome to I I I Have a concern that I Was a little too cavalier with the subject matter But I you know, I was still trying to keep it light And and have fun with it and I did have fun with it. I No apologies there. I had a lot of fun with it and Mary Ann again assisted with the the opening The opening sketch with that. Well, he's right here With it with this dude right here That's this is what I need to help the algorithms. Hey, it's Joe Kujo. Nice to see you Kujo always nice to see Kujo Careful oh don't don't unplug don't yeah don't unplug the laptop that that would be a problem. That's that's actually that's not cool You're sitting on the court. There you go There you go, buddy There you go. Now you're fine Okay, but anyway What was I saying yes, so yeah, we the The the the review mutt and junkyard John says disappointed the network didn't work. I really thought it would work. I really did that's why I wanted to give it a few tries and Like I think the idea makes sense right the idea makes sense. Hello, Nestor nice to see you The idea Makes sense Yes, Alistair there at the at the start of the video. He was he was very cooperative more so than usual He's not used to being out outdoors and in a park, but we're getting used to that. We're getting used to that Um, how do you spell Alistair and Mary Ann Alistair? Think Alistair Crowley and Mary Ann you did spell that correctly capital M Capital a she has twice as many capital letters in her name in her first name Then most people do which I think is a little unfair I think that's more capital letters than than one person should have in fact twice as many capital letters As one person should be entitled to So I mean we've talked about this But yes, you spelled that correctly. Um, you spelled that correctly. Um, well, I had I had a lot of fun Doing that that video. I really did enjoy it I think the net may have worked if it had been further back looked like the net didn't spread enough Matt maybe yes, he's thank you for giving me the extra capital capital letter I He doesn't appreciate my my singing Chris The I thought maybe that it would help to move it further back But at least on my example in fact both of my examples that I have the spring is really weak So if I move it too far back then the spring power doesn't go far enough To net the guy so It's it's kind of a catch 22 now Maybe maybe if there's one with a stronger net That it would go farther and it would actually spread out and catch the guy the way it's supposed to But I mean I had to work with what I had and I had two examples of that particular accessory Both of them had really weak springs so So if you if you get if you get closer if you get close enough to reach the guy then you hit him with the missiles and and that's That's that's not non-lethal that is in fact lethal Thank you, Matt. Thank you. Thank you. Hello. Hey doctor. No. No good. Nice to see you. Thanks for being here Who else do you think of me? That's a good point now we haven't gone to the movie yet And I am gonna get to the movie I definitely want to get to the movie Race had to send his second set of Haslub sky sky striker figures back again that is disappointing. I'm sorry and you know what we I Gotta I gotta talk about hasbro later though. I got things to talk about. Hello JLS comics. Thank you for being here It's really cool to see you cool to see you JLS comics really good channel Cobra Convergence collaborator Really need to get working on Cobra Convergence 7. I'm working on that. Hey jump in general. Nice to see jump in general Hello. Hello, Gussie. Hello, Gussie see How did you make the cat move with the harness on my cats won't move at all when I so Yeah, he doesn't like to walk On the leash with the harness. So what I had to do was You know set him down and then work around him I had to move him a bit. I had to move him a bit. But yeah, he's like He was not really into the whole Walking outside with the harness thing. He didn't didn't quite dig that too much. But But once we found the spot With the background then then I could like The whole and I mean the whole point of the clip is that he doesn't move so What are you? Oh, I like this again So but the before we talk about Mr. Mom Playing a Gijo or a Cobra before excuse me before we talk about that the first item First news item is Hasbro is going back to window packaging for certain figures including Gijo classified great. That was I'm happy about that. So the window is packaging it was always a mixed bag for me because like If the art is really good Then it's great to have more artwork That's awesome. That's fantastic. If the art isn't so good, then You know, then I don't want More artwork But there's also the practical issue the practical issue that That People were running into situations where A figure was purchased at retail whoever purchased it took the Took the figure out and put something else in and then returned it to get A refund so essentially they get a free figure Um Hey bad ape, it's a it's a backer rat. It's an inexpensive middle of the road cigar reliable. That's what I'm that's what I'm Into right now is reliable Well, um the um But but yeah, so there's a there are practical problems with not having Uh windows in the packaging for certain types of figures. Um Right, exactly. Um, that that's a chris, uh comic tropes points out exactly The the issue that people were having with them and that's a problem. I mean, that's a problem um, I think it's a problem for Mint in box collectors because unless you open the thing You can't know if somebody has tampered with it before you got it So, yeah, that's I think I think ultimately that will be better I wasn't as worked up about the windowless packaging as some folks were But there were definitely problems with it and this will help this is this is better. I think this is a good choice This is a good Choice and I think in the long run Uh, it will be better uh Reviews where the figure came broke and see if you yeah, and if you can see the figure in the window Then you can see if there are any flaws any any damage Uh, or just like somebody's swapped out a different figure and that's That's a little I mean, you can't you can't know until you open the thing. So Uh, that's I I I'm I'm in support of that. They're gonna use Um, uh, some, uh, bio and a recycled plastic basically they're trying to reduce plastic Which is fine. That's actually a good thing. I mean, if you Think about how much plastic, you know, the toys themselves are plastic But then when you add the packaging on top of that and multiply by millions, then that's a lot of plastic So, um, obviously they're not gonna they have to make the toys out of plastic, but the packaging If they can reduce the plastic in the packaging, that's a good thing. Um, But the way that it was gone about Um, was was causing problems. It was it was becoming an issue Uh, with people. So, um, that is um Filled with salt shakers instead of figures and accessories. Well, you know, were they nice salt shakers? Yeah, that maybe that's something you should be grateful about. Hey, yay. I needed salt shakers So that that's item one on my, um On my list item two is uh Paramount I guess has um All right Hasbro has renewed their license with paramount And there is at least a rumor Of a reboot of gi joe and in some way or another the michael ketan's name was attached to it there is um A helicopter flying over So hopefully you can still hear me. So so michael ketan Um, I have no idea if this is true I don't know I have any idea if this pans out if they're talking about a reboot boot It's it's the they've got to be pretty early in the process. So Um So by the time it gets down the road if it gets down the road will michael ketan still be involved and it's really hard to say um I know that having an established actor a town. Thank you. Um Thank you comic tropes windowless packaging Worked like a bag on lieutenant falcons head and we should be thankful see Always looking on the bright side that the eternal Optimist that's great. Well done Well done. Hello raisiner. Nice to see you. Thank you for being here um So Let's let's just Guess let's play. Okay. Maybe Maybe new movie comes out Maybe it's a reboot and maybe michael ketan is playing something now. I somebody suggested that he play a bat um And that was funny. That's a really good idea. Um, he would be the batman android trooper So that's fantastic, but if he doesn't play a bat then who who should he play? Um, I know that uh Cobra commander has been suggested. He would be a good cobra commander But of course cobra commander usually has his face concealed And they're not going to pay michael ketan in a mo for a movie to have his face cover the whole time Hey, Diana davis. Nice to see you. Diana davis Uh, very nice to see you. Thank you for being here. Uh, so I think, uh, maybe the more obvious choices would be, uh, hawk or Joe colton, uh, which was, um, uh, uh, bruce willis's role in retaliation and I think he would be fine at any of those he would he would be fine and you know, he's he's a good actor You you you would be doing pretty well to have him attached to your project. That would be not bad um He is fairly advanced in age so if um If he played hawk, he'd be a pretty old hawk So that's why like, uh, uh, Joe colton or something like that would Make sense general flag. See that general flag that could also work um But something something along those lines. I think, um, could uh Could work for michael keaton. Not not. This is way early. We are Like, I don't know if it's so So early. I'm not even sure You could call it speculation raptor. See Daniel has the idea Michael keaton as as the bird man as as raptor. That's perfect Mr. Golobula's Admiral ledger. See these are these are good ideas. These are really good ideas. Um, I would imagine that If his name is attached to it, then it's more than a cameo Um, so whatever character he plays, I think it's got to be A significant So Here's my next question. Do you think it will be a hard reboot? Or do you think they will try To link it in any way to the snake eyes movie Yeah, I know I know the snake eyes movie whether you liked it or not. The fact is that it did not Make money it it was um A box office disaster Um But do they try to salvage it? They still spent money on it. They still made it Do they try to salvage it by linking a gi joe movie in some way in any way to that um Scarlett's dad branded frazier was yes branded frazier was in in uh, hey there and branded frazier is having himself a little bit of a renaissance now so Um, it's it's it's uh, it's interesting to speculate about I have no idea if by the time they actually get to A movie if michael keaton will still be attached to it. Anyway, it's way early. It's super early to think about any of that Um, hello impossible pie Either body with a gi joe movie. Um, that's I think that's a fair question. Um the They want to do something with the brand to um To to bring it back into the mainstream. I think that's what the snake eyes movie was supposed to do But it did not Do that. Um, I think for their longer term goals. They really want um gi joe to be like, um a more I don't know, uh Recognized property. Hey, it's men at mr. 10 13. Nice to see you Yes, get it right. That's the that's the issue That's the issue. Um, get it right. That's the problem. That's the difficulty Um, because there have been what for gi joe movies now, um If you count the the 87 movie and then rise of cobra retaliation and now snake eyes And i'm really not sure what to think as far as like How I feel about how it will Play out If it will be good If we will like it. I here's my here's my thing Uh, here's my thing and diana says it's not easy to get it right and that there is I think there's a reason Why it's not easy to get it right? um But I was cautiously optimistic about snake eyes. I I um I really wanted to Love the movie and I wanted the movie to be the success and I um And so I I I was cautiously optimistic Uh, that movie ended up disappointing So I'm I have a hard time being A continuing to be cautiously Optimistic so I guess I guess I'll switch and I'll be cautiously pessimistic If that is a thing but But one of the reasons I think One of the reasons I think that it is difficult to get a gi joe moon one um One format, you know one entity one project Is because gi joe has had a lot of different facets and um and I mean during its 80s and 90s run it had two separate identities that people associate with it with it and One being the comic book Uh storyline and the other being the the animated series storyline and they were not the same. They had different tones different ideas emphasis on different characters um And people have strong preferences for one or the other That's really difficult I think to distill into a single movie Uh gi joe had tanning or had tatum and the rock and somehow couldn't make it a big hit It was profitable at least at least it was profitable. It wasn't what I think they were all hoping for but um But it was at least profitable Uh since again can't get a live action. Uh, am I uh, why not just do another animated movie? I I don't I I would be less enthusiastic about an animated movie animation unless it's something along the lines of uh Like a Pixar something then it tends to be niche um, and I I don't think that's what they're going for they they really want to To get a broader audience which is you know, I I want them to get a broader audience One of the consequences of snake eyes not succeeding Uh, apparently was the the cancellation of the other projects that they had In the works the or at least putting them on hold so There was talk about Animation there was talk about a lady j show um Other things that might have worked. I don't know might have worked but the thing is because the the the first effort Was not successful. We don't get any of the other ones that that's the consequence of Of failure the consequence of failure is that you don't they don't just keep throwing money at it um To to give you different things so that there might be one That you that you like um So if you if you want an animated Anything then something's got to succeed something's got to Kick start that something's got to get it going. Um, so Wasn't snake eyes. So will it be this whatever it is There's whatever With or without michael keaton. I don't know but now now now i'm just I'm I'm cautiously pessimistic. We we will see I will give it a chance. Of course. I'll give it a chance. I'm a gi joe fan. I will always give it a chance but you know, I I I I'll have to see it. I really will just have to see it. I um I don't know cautiously. What a pessimistic. That's my new mode now How are we doing? We got 30 minutes. I have one more topic I have one more topic. It came up today. So, um, our friends Who do um after action report? Um, they have this command files kickstarter project that they've been doing um As of today this morning, I think um, they got a copyright claim against them from Well from a law firm that represents hasbro and um They they're not able to say anything About it right now. They they they there's nothing to say right now. Um They're still sorting out what's going on and what they can do about it. Um, and this This bothers me a bit. I don't like this move um And I'll tell you this why and I've got I've got a preference preface this. Okay. Um, first of all I'm no law scientist Okay, uh, and even if I was I I don't represent Um, the the people in after action report or the command files. I'm not I'm not their lawyer um, so I cannot give legal advice and I Am no, thank you. Rob. Vegas schedule is free. Oh, he can star in In the movie. It's fantastic. Um paramount pictures contact rob immediately He's available to star in the movie Mary Ann says, okay, dr. Juris. All right. All right But Um But I'm not I'm not a big fan of this move the um, uh As far as the the copyright claim What they posted about it, or I guess what what they had indicated was the copyright claim was sparse they essentially, um listed the things that That are copyrighted, which everybody already knows that that's not that's that's nothing new That's no new information but um, that doesn't That doesn't tell us like what their legal claim is because just owning the copyright is not enough um Or at least it's not enough to overcome a defense of fair use and that's what a lot of us use like A lot of what I do depends on the fair use of intellectual property, um And uh, it's something like the after action action report and command files that would rely on um On fair use of intellectual property and and fair use is important. It's not It's not all encompassing, you know, it doesn't protect every use of copyrighted material, but um, it's it's a very essential part of the copyright system and um The way to look at it is this all right A copyright law in the united states Not to say how how it works everywhere, but in the united states a copyright law is a compromise between um, the right to own And do with as you please Uh, the things you create versus the right of someone else to um, free speech and to free press Um, basically like the first amendment, uh, speech and press protections Um, it's a compromise between those because those two interests can be opposed opposing, right? because I could I could I could create something I could create um, I could I could write a book a brand new book nobody's ever Created anything like this. It's my book copyrighted to me Okay And I can decide I've made this book And I'm not gonna let Anybody talk about it I'll put it out there in the public But I don't want anybody Talking about it So, you know, somebody comes along and they're like well, I want to critique this book Or someone in the news says hey the the fact that this book it has been published is Newsworthy and I I the the news needs to report that this book Exists and and that it's out there and what it's about And I say aha. No, you can't talk about it You can't discuss What's in the book? You can't use any quotes. You can't use the cover. You can't do it because I own it Yes, you do own it, but the compromise is that for certain purposes There are limited abilities to use copyrighted work So that The ownership of the the intellectual property does not stifle the public's ability to Speak about it to talk about it to To even to show what you're talking about because sometimes you have to show what you're talking about one of the the elements in fair use is essentially how much The amount and substantiality of the copyrighted material that was used so You would not be able to like reprint My book or reprint Somebody else's comic book like just reprint the whole thing and say Fair use I put a comment there at the bottom That's that and that's that's Fair use not that that doesn't work. You can't in most cases you can't use the entire work For copyrighted purposes or for fair use purposes, so there's a limit and it's not a hard line Okay, it's not a hard line because it really depends on What you're using And how you're using it as to how much needs to be used In order for you to get the the the the fair use out of it And this is something This is something that should it concerns me It should concern others It should concern others because we have other joe fans publishing guides and things that are arguably Less fair use than Than this one than the command files um Carson from 3d joe's published a whole series of books that was high quality Recreations of the the artwork Which was awesome. It's really cool um But that's like Using the whole The whole work Right and without really much in the way of comment or criticism It's reusing and republishing the whole piece of art um So is that Going to be an issue now one thing that that There's a little bit of a misconception um Out there the there's this um It's it's called the the sweat of the brow um So you put work into it Um, and that is somehow a factor in You know whether or not You should be able to sell it or or whatever that's not that's not a thing the sweat of the brow is not a factor That that is not an element um And if if you write a book that is a criticism um, if you report a news story and You know use a photograph or something that That you need for the for the report, uh, if you're if you're an educator And you need to use something for the purpose of teaching um Then uh Then then fair use Covers that but but I mean but you if for for example, for example, um Oh, what would be a good example? um well like um uh 3d joes or or karson Has a project for the the art of gi joe coming up um That you know that i've purchased that others have have purchased If he makes a profit on it, he can you can make a profit on these um These fair use, you know commentary criticism review news reporting Education you can make a profit doing that you you are allowed to you the part that you put into it is still yours um, but um um, one of the factors in fair use is The oh, I forget exactly how it's worded, but it's the what kind of impact does it have on the In the market on the value of the work um, but something like command files is that's just going to have a positive impact on the Uh on the copyrighted work because this is generating interest that uh people you know, um Have to go out and buy like there's some of these Uh, um characters that are coming out in um classified as classified figures Uh, this is background. This is background on those characters that by the way you cannot get I mean hasbro has They don't have file cards even anymore. They have symbols They have icons so The the impact on the value of the work I think is arguably positive um But yeah, I it worries me it bothers me. I think this is not A good move. I I I wish they wouldn't do it. I think that um I don't and I don't know What the argument is what the thinking is of the of council who is Doing these uh copyright claims on the behalf of hasbro Um, I don't know the the and the thinking may just be that They claim everything Because most people will not be able to fight it No, most people will not be able to afford to Fight that claim But there I mean there are some things that um that have been claimed that obviously are not fair use like if you were um Making if you decided to just make um I don't know Make your okay. Let's see if you you just decided to to well, what that's what's what's a better example um Well, okay, let's now that's not a good example either I'm trying to think of a good example um Well, I think I think I think diana actually posted Uh, or maybe with somebody else some of the other claims that they had filed and somebody was making like my little pony pins well, uh, my little pony is the property of Hasbro and just like making a pin of it is that would dilute their market Um, that is you don't own that and there's not that's not really a fair. There's no commentary. There's no criticism There's no news reporting. There's no fair use purpose to that Um, so you can't do that that it doesn't cover that okay um, but I mean, what about the stuff that I do what it's about the stuff that karson's doing. What about the other things that we are doing that we have been doing for years that um It's just fan stuff. It's the kind of stuff that fans do um and If it were if it were illegal if it were um a violation of Of intellectual property rights Then I would say no you shouldn't be able to do that But I don't think it is So I mean, this is something that I had thought about some time ago Um Uh, uh, jls says the amount and substantiality of the portion used as a component of fair use that most frequent That of the most frequent errors and can get you in trouble easily. Yeah, that is probably the one that a lot of people do um run into um but There's not There's not a hard bright line on that You have to look at the context. You have to look at the context To see if it's too much or too little actually did Ask a copyright law attorney about this Um, when I was in law school and studying copyright law About like what's is there a rule of thumb is there a Is there a An amount a percentage it's it's not that simple. It's not that simple. It's not necessarily a matter of This percentage you can use and then nothing above that That's not there. There isn't like a bright line like that um But I was thinking I've been I've I've thought about this before what I do. I think falls squarely in Fair use. I think that what I do Uh Fits all of the factors. I think all of the factors are in my favor um, but I think Most at least most of the factors are in the favor of these publishers and these writers of these books Um, and but they still got they still got deemed so I've thought about I've thought about, um What would I do though if uh, if hasbro decided that They're just gonna, you know roll the dice and take a shot at what I do And decide that that's that is above uh Or beyond the line and They're gonna make the same sort of claims about about what I do What would I do in those circumstances and I have thought about it and um Here's well, I'll tell you what I'll do. I I would fight that I would fight it I would fight it because somebody has to I would I would fight that on behalf of everyone else who is Everyone else who is involved in commentary and criticism and who like me uses Small portions of the material only as necessary to Make the comments to the criticism and the review Um because uh somebody's got to but but I can tell you this I can tell you this If I had to Go to battle against hasbro To just do fan stuff to just do normal fan stuff That would put a fairly bad taste in my mouth and I'm not sure What that I mean, there's no relationship between me and hasbro right now, but My attitude towards them. I'm not sure how that would evolve Evolve under those circumstances. I can tell you one thing. I would never be able to review any new product again never and not because I would hate them or suddenly hate the product. That's not the point The point is that if I've had to go to battle against the The maker of that property then um Even though I know I could still be unbiased even though I know I could still um Be fair in a review. It still creates the the appearance of Um Of a bias and it would be hard to shake that because how can I be Unbiased when I've had to to fight these people just to be able to do stuff um So, I mean that's that's one consequence is I'd never be able to review any any current product of ever again um I don't think this kind of um This kind of litigation is helpful. This is something that matel Used to be really known for well. I think they still are matel. Matel has a history of being very litigious Um, sometimes just really unreasonably so really going after people who were Using works in ways that were clearly transformative clearly, you know Within their rights But you know the big companies and big firms want to push their weight around and Um, and that's matel has done that Allegedly in my opinion Um, I don't think that's it. I don't think it is a wise choice for hasbro to Take that tactic Um, there is a lot of goodwill that can be lost With that tactic And that that is not to say they should not protect their intellectual property. They absolutely should that's not what we're talking about We're not talking about them whether they should protect their intellectual property. We're talking about whether they should misuse their um position uh to uh to keep people from From Using the copyrighted material in a way that they have a right to It's not a question of whether they should protect their property, but whether they should misuse their position Um, in a way that would burn up a lot of goodwill and I I hope that they Make the right choice because I um Like I said, I can't give legal advice. I don't know the the minute small details of this project or you know, what kind of claim they would have but From what I from from the little bit that I do know it seems that um, the command files project has a stronger fair use argument than other projects that Have already been done and have been successful and Didn't have a problem So if that's the standard now Then what is it safe to do? Um, so anyway, I apologize. I I ran to the little bit. I don't like to rant But I had I just I've been thinking about this and I had to had had to talk about it I had to get it out of my head once again. None of this constitutes any kind of legal advice I am not anyone's lawyer I am not involved I am not and I I I can't get Directly involved anyway because I don't have the licensure to to take it that case so But I hope that they will talk to somebody who can Because this This I mean, it's a problem. It's a potential problem for A lot of us and I don't want to see that problem Grow into something that is a real issue in the community I hope that I hope they handle it better. I really do But I will I will leave with this If if I if I found myself in that position I would I would raise legal funds and and I'm pretty confident that I could do that and I would I would exercise every defense that is available to me um Because what I think what I think I do and what I think I think again, I don't know have the details It's not I don't have that book in front of me to see exactly how everything was used in fact. I don't think it's done um, I so I couldn't but Based on the information that I have it seems to me like What they are doing they should be allowed to do that it is not an infringement on anyone's property So Yeah, I look I I don't I don't have any antagonism against hasbro hasbro has created some amazing things that I love And they can't change that They can't change how I feel about it. I also can't change the company that makes them But they they can't change how I feel about the cool things that I that I have been able to experience um But um I feel like what I do is um I I feel like I know what I do is Permissible under the law that I'm careful about how I do it To make sure that I am using my rights the way They are they can be used that I'm within my rights And I I really don't want to have any battles over this but but Let's just hope it doesn't come to that. So so I apologize. I know I left it on a downer But my my sympathies with the command files guys in the after action report guys um I I Hope that things work out for them and I hope they are able to work those things out um, and I I I sincerely hope that That doesn't Come become a bigger issue. I truly and sincerely hope not Um in the meantime. Oh, I will wrap up saying that I have three minutes And then you got to go over to see what's on Joe mine three minutes. Okay. I'm working on the next video. It should be done It should be done by uh by friday It's really long. Why is it really long? Because Um, the coming sunday is the ninth anniversary of this channel nine years and I wanted to do something A little special for it and I did something It's pretty special. Is it good? I don't know. I can tell you it's really long I can tell you that I've spent now a lot of hours working on it and Editing it. I can tell you that I'm really sick of hearing the sound of my own voice now I and I'm not near done So, uh, actually when I'm done as soon as I get off here, I'm going to go back to editing It's my only hope of having this done on time, but I'm working on it. I am working on it It should be done It should be done on time. Hopefully I'm going to do my best Uh, but now is a good time to wrap it up. Uh, so screw it on over to what's on Joe mind If you would like to see what they are doing there. I think they are going to talk about the rumor mill as well. Um It and yeah, we'll we'll we'll we'll be back Um on next tuesday and uh, I should have a video up on sunday So thank you everyone for watching. I will say good night And I will see you next time Good night everyone. Bye Bye