Young Black Kids are FINALLY owning their CULTURE and getting PAID!!! #blackexcellence

[WheresWallace]

I remember the Childish Gambino interview with the breakfast club, Childish was saying that we constantly create cultural trends but we never go out and legally own it. Vultures come in, get the paper work, then get paid from our creativity.

Birdman even said that he wishes that he would have trademarked "Bling Bling" because after they released that song, the term became so popular it was all over TV shows, movies, other songs that it basically became the new word for jewelry. Had he trademarked it, he would literally get paid every time someone used the term commercially.

Childish Gambino Interview (@12:41)

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Birdman talking about how he regrets not trademarking "Bling Bling" (@3:43)

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Anyway, fast forward to 2014 and these young brothers used the word "Bruh" in a way that became viral on social networking sites to the point that he decided to trademark it and release merchandise.

to him for being smart enough to learn from our mistakes and make money for the things we create.

Also, that chick Karamel Kitten twerks in the interview.



They amount f times we use "breh" on the coli we might got to cut them niiggas a check...

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

Caramel Kitten

 

[Blackking]

great thread


We need to be proactive with our methods... not reactive.


It's sad that the only real reason i clicked the video was to see "Karamel Kitten twerks in the interview"

and she's not even my type... I think it's the Extreme smutness look that makes her appealing.

 

[Steve Piffler]

 

[↓R↑LYB]

Never heard of this before, but glad them dudes is capitalizing

 

[beanz]

got a chick twerking not even 30 seconds into the video

 

[L&HH]

Somebody who's keen on IP rights/protection speak on the bling bling thing. Im trying to see how he would have gotten paid. First off, doesn't there have to be a "trade" to be marked. By that I mean, there needs to be some product he's selling that's associated with the word. Maybe he could have started his own diamond company and "bling bling" could have become the xeros, qtip, vaseline, kleenex of it's industry. Idk, my point being he would have to have an associated product being sold.

 

[WheresWallace]

He could have trademarked Bling Bling as his record company name. I would think that the infringing use on the trademark wouldn't matter. For example, if I used Bling Bling to reference my feet, it would still be a trademark infringement even if the trademark is for a record label. Unless Im mistaken.

 

[L&HH]

He could have trademarked Bling Bling as his record company name. I would think that the infringing use on the trademark wouldn't matter. For example, if I used Bling Bling to reference my feet, it would still be a trademark infringement even if the trademark is for a record label. Unless Im mistaken.

Actually no it wouldn't. That's why we're able to have a Maybach records and Maybach cars. UPS has a trademark on the color brown, but only within that industry. But even if it did, where has bling bling been commercially used? Just because people colloquially use the term to refer to jewlery doens't mean it's being used commercially.

 

[BruhMayne]

Actually no it wouldn't. That's why we're able to have a Maybach records and Maybach cars. UPS has a trademark on the color brown, but only within that industry. But even if it did, where has bling bling been commercially used? Just because people colloquially use the term to refer to jewlery doens't mean it's being used commercially.

Actually breh a 30 sec google search in the shopping tab and you can see bling is VERY much being used commercially even in 2014

But still not sure how much money he would've made. Companies may have just refrained from using it and chose another buzz word

 

[Arishok]

Somebody who's keen on IP rights/protection speak on the bling bling thing. Im trying to see how he would have gotten paid. First off, doesn't there have to be a "trade" to be marked. By that I mean, there needs to be some product he's selling that's associated with the word. Maybe he could have started his own diamond company and "bling bling" could have become the xeros, qtip, vaseline, kleenex of it's industry. Idk, my point being he would have to have an associated product being sold.

Well doesn't that one guy have "Let's get ready to rumble" trademarked?

 

[newworldafro]

 

[Blackking]

Well doesn't that one guy have "Let's get ready to rumble" trademarked?

he does (400 Million of that shyt)

maddd cacs get paid on da low for trade marked phrases n shyt.

i learned early from this Italian dude to trademark everything. He never came up w shyt, but he'd pretend he did and trademark something then get paid.
same with Patents.. Some people even start businesses n don't patent the name ....... even up having to pay off a patent shark like this cac.


for example.... . If I said online... "my dikk gives hoes stockholm syndrome" and rappers and everyone starts saying it.. it became memes n gifs....

if i trademarked it... then promoted it... I could get paid.

 

[L&HH]

Actually breh a 30 sec google search in the shopping tab and you can see bling is VERY much being used commercially even in 2014

But still not sure how much money he would've made. Companies may have just refrained from using it and chose another word

They use it in their product descriptions in reference to jewelry related products. Had Birdman started a jewelry business and/or clothing business yeah they wouldn't be able to do that but like you said they would simply refrain from using it. That's the thing it's sort of a catch 22. Had he trademarked it that would have limited its usage and restricting its viability.

Well doesn't that one guy have "Let's get ready to rumble" trademarked?

Yes and he made alot of money for it selling the rights to video games, music, and merchandise. That's what Im saying, he would have had to have sold products using the word to make money. The way this whole bling bling thing is coming off is as if all he had to do was trademark it and magically he'd be entitled to all this money.

 

[2stainz]

seriously, bruh man is the original....dont know who these cats are at all. but props to them I guess