Sony Computer Entertainment of America filed an application in October for the trademarking of the phrase "Let's Play." Discovered by a NeoGAF user, the filing aims to claim the phrase when regarding "electronic transmission and streaming of video games via global and local computer networks."
Let's Play videos have an extensive history on the Internet, dating back to pre-YouTube days. And as Engadget reports, the phrase has "a lot of common use history." It's a phrase that was popularized by the gaming community, and Sony apparently wants to capitalize on that.
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Let's Play videos have an extensive history on the Internet, dating back to pre-YouTube days. And as Engadget reports, the phrase has "a lot of common use history." It's a phrase that was popularized by the gaming community, and Sony apparently wants to capitalize on that.
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