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Food Theory: Is Your Cake ILLEGAL?

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Cake decorating is an art. It takes HOURS for people to decorate a cake. I mean, I can't be the only person to sit down for one How To Cake It video only to look up and realise it has been 5 hours, right? Well, that's not what today's episode is about. It is actually about Miley Cyrus and that time she stole a cake design. No really. It got me wondering if, like art of other forms, you can copyright a cake design. Well Theorists, it's about to get LEGAL!

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Credits:
Writers: Matthew Patrick, Schyler Martin, and Luke Barats
Editors: Koen Verhagen and Forrest Lee
Assistant Editor: AlyssaBeCrazy
Sound Editor: Yosi Berman

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20 Comments

@Oiledupmyers 5 years ago

Imagine getting arrested for making a cake that says happy birthday

@bruhify 5 years ago

i just wanted to eat my cake man i didn't know i was going to prison for this

@henriquemarcio4367 5 years ago

you cant just say that 20% of my genes are copyrighted and a moment after try to make me interested in cake law

@andrearobyn3701 5 years ago

Such a bizarre part of the claim is that Miley used 'her handwriting' - can you claim copyright to a font that you used, when the font already existed? It's just capital letters printed - how is that part intellectual property?

@Prabh_ 5 years ago

2010: the cake is a lie
2020: everything is cake
2020, mat pat: is your cake, ILLEGAL?!

@trumn124 5 years ago

"can i help you officer?"

"yes, you were reported to have consumed an entire cake."

@treespawned7844 5 years ago

Food Theory: "Don't get legal advice from the comment section"
Me, an intellectual: Get's legal advice from youtube videos instead

@amara_the_god2145 5 years ago

I don’t really think writing something on a simple looking cake takes that much creativity.

@ChaseBanhart 5 years ago

Here's something that I don't see discussed, Miley was likely not even aware of the Rae cake. She was just acting as the model/spokeperson. Someone else on the team that was responsible for that ad probably was the idea thief.

@MusicDecomposer 5 years ago

10:47 I’ve always known “uncopyrightable” as the longest word that has no repeated letters in it. That’s the first time I’ve ever seen it actually used in a sentence.

@dxjxc91 5 years ago

6:33 I was today years old when I realized: THAT is why recipes are secret. They don't have legal protection against bring replicated and sold in competition.

@DangerAngelous 5 years ago

This is the sort of thing that makes me think "Oh, she just wants to make herself look good/better than others instead of just supporting the cause"

@karstenalbers2255 5 years ago

"Short phrases can't be copyrighted"
Jerry: Sad "hungry for apples" noises intensify

@thomaskunkel9177 5 years ago

"I didn't want to make an episode about cake law"

Subway episode flashbacks

@armori7166 5 years ago

Theory: Is Markiplier challenging food companies to give him a sponsorship a GOOD IDEA??

@DarkWidget 5 years ago

What I love most about this drama is that it clearly shows that it's not about spreading the message, it's not about fighting for a good cause, it's not even for "empowerment".
It's all about personal gain, the "feel good" and personal attention.

@juggernautstyle3944 5 years ago

I don’t know much, but I do know:
90% of the time the Instagrammers are wrong

@brawlkuribohabridged 5 years ago

This pretty much sums up how a lot of people just want to sue without any grounds for it.

@iamafannow.7891 5 years ago

“Is your cake illegal?”

Cannibals: Perhaps.

@AmyraCarter 4 years ago

9:16 There's a fourth caveat. Level of Uniqueness. A lot of things that people think should/could be copyrighted are not unique enough to be copyrighted, and yeah, the cake in question is not even close. Anyone could emulate this relatively simply.
Honestly, as much as copyright gets abused, anything I create goes public domain. Yeah. 'Nuff said.