Ryder Ripps is in deep trouble. Here's why (

[@TheDefiant]

EDIT: following publishing Ryder reached out and informed me that he had in fact presented his findings to Yuga before going public. He is also adamant that he is not low-level trolling nor that he wrote the post on 4chan although someone was indeed sponsored to create it. Leaving many unanswered questions. We will attempt to do a follow up as the film is obviously missing his voice. Which it needs.

[@aleksandr7284]

You can get a voice generator instead of sounding like a 9 year old mocking him.

[@thebuttwind]

Shame your film had a partial bias against Rider, Defiant is usually so good and evenly balanced

[@JawGrindingAction]

don't listen to this hack, instead watch the video full of facts. watch?v=XpH3O6mnZvw&t=49s

[@PrecociousFriand]

@@thebuttwind Do you need The Defiant to create a safe space for you so that you can have a good cry about it?

[@thebuttwind]

@@PrecociousFriand I only cry over spilt beer

[@robbie99076]

You've such an immagination with editing video i don't know how you can do you It!

[@WAST.]

Thanks for always putting out these amazingly well made videos 🙏

[@OPIXdotWORLD]

yep...quality stuff...

[@skydriver1990]

You can’t copy an NFT. Screw censorship and screw yuga labs. Anything to protect your bags, even if it means destroying everyone else’s. Not that I even care about the money at this point. I love this space because of how disruptive it is and that’s exactly what RR is doing.

[@PrecociousFriand]

Yuga have been exceedingly generous with rights to holders so it's a moot point. Ripps picked BAYC for this because he is an irrationally obsessed bunny boiler. Aronow dubbing him 'a demented troll' is accurate. If he wanted to make a point on IP activism he could have attacked DMCA-happy Tyler Hobbs' Fidenza. But he didn't. Anything to get rich and famous, even if it means destroying the value of actual digital Art considered an important part of the NFT not throwaway. Who is he to fuckin' decide the image is not an important part. Tunnel visioned and arrogant. But there you have it, Ripps will destroy the entire space for Artists if he has to cos he doesn't GAF about anyone else except his OWN success. Case closed.

[@TheSleepyBoysPodcastt]

@@PrecociousFriand Just admit that you got troll by and gave a ton of money to a bunch of nerds on 4chan, and move on

[@cutback443]

#BURNBAYC

[@maxhe6926]

what an intro

[@rahim2925]

Bro you deserve at least 1 million subscribers

[@from2ureview251]

how in the hell are you promoting Nexo, it's just another giant insolvent company that will follow suit, ofc you have financial motives to promote them, but not at the expense of your viewers

[@arosvalar]

The most important channel in the industry.

[@FreezePL94]

Wait? What trademark inquirements, if they don't owny any registered trademark? XD

[@gryphon8023]

you cant copyright or trademark a computer generated image, and thats what this case will come down to and im pretty sure yuga labs know theyre in the wrong

[@spencerweiss6337]

Exactly I don’t know why Ryder and Pauly insist on focusing on the race/Nazi aspect when legally this is by far the most substantial argument they have going for them

[@Anselm243]

I didn’t know you had that intro in you 👏🏾👏🏾

[@renaissancemaneric8019]

I feel like you should be selling tickets to your performances. Love your creativity.

[@BaydreamR]

Wish i had a percentage of your energy. You may not be 'Jack'... but I nominate 'The Defiant' for an Emmy for efforts and execution. Bravo.

[@heavycavalry9919]

BAYC, you just broke the internet.

[@QuantumVariant]

This is the Video I was waiting to see you make. Well Done Sir. Well Done!

[@nicholasbishop2695]

good on ya guys, best content on web3 from The Defiant imho

[@deezo4444]

Given the somewhat arcane subject matter this video will probably only be seen by a few thousand souls. Shame as that intro was God tier/Oscar worthy.

[@sonny5082]

totally unbiased: creates balanced discourse, but one voice is done in a funny voice .... LOL

[@sonny5082]

shill

[@bespoken2017]

Bravo, for the intro !! 😎

[@JawGrindingAction]

16:17 PLEASE TELL ME WHO alleged that ryder was the one who posted that.

[@ankittripathi5301]

I want to tell you two things 1: that you have excellent cinematography and you produce the content very quickly but quality is always maintained 2: why you deleted my yesterdays comment on the meta video 😞

[@JawGrindingAction]

I’m typically very against the “everything is racist” mindset. However, the points made are very hard to deny. Anyone finding themselves denying it after an hour long of “coincidences” is in denial.

[@PrecociousFriand]

Or maybe they are a bit smarter than you and realize that 2, 5, or even 1000 coincidences still don;t actually compound into evidence. They are still a 'coincidence.' Well, in your opinion and an opinion is not fact.

[@postmanwithsnow]

nice video i must say, a lot of work went into that. congrats, really good.

[@alessatrx]

I've been thought that if there is a need for a mental gymnastics to excuse someone than he's probably guilty

[@PrecociousFriand]

Also if they really believed in what they were doing Ripps and Cahen wouldn't work so hard to defend their actions all the time. But when there's the tiniest criticism of it they can't cope. Both complete narcissists.

[@igazimusic9567]

Greed dilutes everyone’s essence and inspiration

[@dac5225]

I think a lot of what the lawyer you had on falls moot and is actually a weak argument for yuga labs because parody/recontextualization of art is protected under the 1st amendment and is considered a form of protected free speech! The intro was funny though!

[@FukU2222]

Considering that it literally wasn't transformative in any way outside of royalties and name - that's arguably a weak argument

[@FukU2222]

Pretty sure Sargon Of Akkad lost his suit where he just uploaded a video/clip of someone else's with a new title, nothing else (maybe description I guess)

[@dac5225]

@@FukU2222 Lol yeah but Ryder didn't really mechanically "copy" any visual content, the token just has the same link to the IPFS in the smart contract. Blockchain tokens are different from youtube video uploads. Yuga is not pursuing any copyright charge in the lawsuit. Also, trademark infringement usually deals with confusion with origin or source of goods. Ryder had a disclaimer with the purchases of these tokens that they were not affiliated with yuga whatsoever and that they were along the lines of parody/protest/criticism/satire.

[@PrecociousFriand]

At the end of the day it will be decided in court. These cases are undoubtedly still an arguable grey are and law is not exactly justice.

[@rayjd]

Isn't what is sold just links and text on the blockchain that happen to link to images? It would be the fault of the marketplace that uses those links to bring the image forward for tricking any customer by not properly labelling the collection as something other than the legit BAYC project. It's very easy to know if you are buying an NFT from the real BAYC contract or another if you are simply exchanging NFT's directly on the blockchain. Not sure Yuga actually can win this case. And their greatest fear here is not only the 4chan meme art being talked about, it's that RR is trying to make a 0% fee marketplace for Yuga's NFT's which will cut them off from royalties. Their investors must be pretty angry about the prospect.

[@patrickshanghai2064]

good show. thx

[@kmpd46]

wow so confident

[@tylerwasson4788]

Love your skits

[@discussionizer1873]

I find it interesting that you have that huge print next to you with an ape that has an ex soviet symbol on it which in fact as bad as any nazi symbol. In many countries it is illegal by law. So maybe dont use double standards?

[@PrecociousFriand]

Why do you hate grammar and punctuation so much? Show us on the dolly where it touched you

[@AndersonLottermann]

👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@timtim2500]

*Now do one, utilizing the Wolf of Wall Street*

[@lento2307]

Y'all are the best. The best!!!

[@luidiazpodcaster]

“You can’t handle the truth”

[@eelco4256]

Thanks for the in-depth look and the unsatisfying end here. Now I'm quite curious for the next philion video as well.

[@devdetective1758]

Quality!!!

[@sliggyy]

american accent is pretty good

[@kowabungafpv]

That intro.

[@jaymontana6293]

This won’t age well at all.

[@fothrmuckr]

"I prefer you just said thank you and went on your way" This was brilliantly done. 👏 👏

[@punkasaurian3055]

amazing

[@billykrushbeats]

Creative as FAC 😎

[@hourhour103]

Great video

[@olgringold5142]

I don't think they should settle with RR, I think they should crush him and make an example out of him. Taking advantage of people's ignorance to confirmation bias, social proofs, and the like to smear someone else and profiteer is unacceptable in my opinion and nobody who behaves this way should see the light of day (that includes much of the sensationalist media as far as I'm concerned). Really hoping to see justice prevail here. The spirit of Web3 is not to let those who have committed criminal acts evade prosecution, it's to hold the courts accountable when they themselves fail to behave justly.

[@olgringold5142]

@Saša Milic Why would that be a shitpost? Do you actually believe this is what web3/btc/crypto/any of this space was made for? I was responding to the quote in the video regarding the spirit of Web3.

[@olgringold5142]

@Saša Milic Read the rest of what you quoted me on for your answer. Web 3 should use the justice system where it should be used, obviously.

[@olgringold5142]

​@Saša Milic You can make that exact same argument about the internet, or FIAT money. Of course, criminals exist, and they will use all technology for "illegal reasons" if they believe it will make their crime more efficient. VERY obvious that this is not the main use case, and that line of thinking leads to some very dangerous conclusions like punishing the many for the actions of the few.

[@olgringold5142]

@Saša Milic Fair enough, I can see your perspective, but that was not what BTC was made for, and Silk Road was (rightly) shut down by the FBI.

[@Alexander-jy2lz]

Small brain energy. Ridicules comment

[@PrecociousFriand]

The impersonation of his annoying voice is just the icing on the whole shitty urinal cake. And he lied about getting royalties by the way. I have screen grabs of him saying he wasn't getting royalties as justification for the project. Then a few days later he said he was gonna let holders decide on what charity the royalties went to. He can't even keep track of his own lies.

[@tamaam9035]

Good film maker

[@thebuttwind]

What's with the whiny voice for RR?

[@zionsky3342]

Simon Cowell 🤣

[@zionsky3342]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@phkit420]

Apes are great I couldn’t afford one like But there a cool yet simple design And I understand why people like them

[@FukU2222]

Very balanced take. Was worried it would be a little too 'left leaning' (maybe that's the 'bag bias' ?). Lol.... At any rate, I don't hodl any NFTs myself anyways, but thought it was hilarious how many people lapped it up as if they were intelligent for following a few puzzles and connecting a few dots

[@cutback443]

maybe he WANTS Yuga to sue... so he can bring this sh!t to the attention of the public

[@budaraivoso]

Suing for copyright infringement, thats so cypherpunk!! Hope they lose of course

[@poundcake4936]

They wont lose. They will win solely on federal copyright and infringement laws. The trademark office has a specific code to trademark nfts now. Any art created under that trademark is protected under federal laws. I just helped a friend file for a trademark for their digital collection.

[@watcher8582]

grifters vs. grifters

[@mirko1989]

ofcourse , everything is racist these days , even not being racist is racist , so go figure , utter stupidity

[@LupusMechanicus]

Newsflash you are all mouth breathers.

[@deyanpetrov4447]

What a load of crap

[@Shhhhhhplease]

Why do you know who this guy is ??? Why is his art successful because he understands something you don’t -hence the hate

[@peterludlow6054]

I've never seen anyone try so hard to be the cool dad. You know, maybe RR isn't trolling the apes so much as he is trolling podcasters like you that are going to lap up anything he labels "art." Falsely calling people and their work Nazi when it clearly isn't? It's ok, it's art! Take it out of its artistic context and spread it all over the internet? Doesn't matter, it was originally labeled "art"! Do it in a time when actual nazis are alive and well and active? Crying wolf is still cool if you label it "art"! Dude, calling something "art" doesn't insulate it from critique, and it doesn't make it ipso facto interesting. Why don't you actually walk through the allegations step by step instead of obliquely suggesting that there must be something to them.

[@TheDefiant]

Because that wasn't what the video was about. I'll take cool dad though, my kids will be stoked

[@sasamilic720]

You're accusing it of not being art while providing no critique.

[@peterludlow6054]

@@sasamilic720 Read what I said. I never said it wasn't art. I said that false accusations of being Nazis are still false accusations of being Nazis, even if you label it "art". Calling it "art", whether it is art or not, does not excuse it. Fascism is on the rise in our world. It is wrong to cry wolf by falsely accusing innocent people of being Nazis. It is likewise wrong to celebrate people who do this.

[@peterludlow6054]

@@TheDefiant Every video is about what it is about. Throwing a tautology at me doesn't help your case. The issue is that we live in dangerous times, and boy-cries-wolf claims of fascism, targeting innocent people, is wrong on every front. Labeling the act "art" does not make it somehow better. Also, there is a difference between being a cool dad and trying to be a cool dad.

[@sasamilic720]

@@peterludlow6054 You think Ryder doesn't genuinely believe BAYC is rife with Nazi dog whistles?

[@bayc8855]

As a BAYC owner I like seeing Yuga stand up for their brand and in turn holders, they need to show that NFT IP rights are real

[@sasamilic720]

They aren't real though

[@Cubannerd]

@@thomassloan1199 The lawsuit is not based on the artwork of the 10K collection but on the brand BAYC itself.

[@Name-uq5bv]

You can't copy an nft. Not real mofoo

[@PrecociousFriand]

@@sasamilic720 What's it like living in a complete delusion?

[@sasamilic720]

@@PrecociousFriand What am I delusional about? Can you clarify?

[@Red-Envelope]

Sounds like cry for attention to stay relevant

[@eser299]

That bloody irritating voice 🤷‍♂️😫 Ruined the good content.

[@TheDefiant]

You'll be okay, if one in the moment bit of fun ruined a piece of content you watched for free then I'm genuinely sorry.

[@Shhhhhhplease]

They didn’t buy them they were given them -so you know nothing 🤣🤣🤣

[@Shhhhhhplease]

Disgust??you sound like you’ve been told what to say?😂😂😂😂and yiu look like a detective from 1920 🫡

[@FukU2222]

RR is top tier cringe, the smear-piece doco was the cherry on top