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Social media influencer Alix Earle denies the rumor that she had allegedly trademarked her previous racist feedback from AskFM in 2014, an nameless query discussion board, to cease folks from sharing them on-line. In a press release shared on her Instagram Story, she apologized for the “deeply offensive” slur she used within the posts and mentioned she regretted not releasing a press release sooner. Earle does handle whispers circulating on TikTok and Reddit that individuals who repost her racist feedback on-line acquired warnings from Earle’s authorized staff of trademark infringement. “Within the absence of my addressing this, my silence allowed others to fill the void with rumors that merely aren’t true. One rumor particularly is that I attempted to trademark my previous posts, which is totally ridiculous and unfaithful,” Earle claimed. “One other is {that a} model introduced they’re now not working with me, though we’ve by no means been in conversations with them a couple of partnership in any capability.”
Two weeks in the past, Do We Know Them? podcast hosts and YouTubers Jessi Smiles and Lily Marston reportedly acquired an e mail from Earle’s authorized staff for “violating their copyright” for exercise taking place on the podcast subreddit, one with which the creators have acknowledged they don’t have any affiliation. “We had violated a dozen legal guidelines in accordance with this, together with cash laundering,” Marston famous within the episode because the display confirmed an alleged copy of the e-mail from her attorneys. “Individuals had posted screenshots of [the comments] in our subreddit and her lawyer mentioned they’ve a trademark to that. Which is like, you trademarked her racist AskFM issues?” Smiles added. Earle does maintain a trademark to her title, however it’s unclear if the trademark might prolong to her title on the unique screenshots or if the trademark in query is for the screenshots themselves. Both manner, has Earle ever heard of the Barbra Streisand Impact?