My Chat with Warner Bros.

Well, that wasn't nearly as bad as I expected.

I literally just got off the phone with the Warner Bros representative and... I have to rebrand my YouTube channel, Etsy shop, and website.  Meaning I have to re-name it something that doesn't include any of their trademarked names (i.e. Muggle).  I'm not sure exactly what I'm going to re-brand as, but it has to happen within a week.  I am going to post a video on YouTube letting everyone know about the rebranding before it happens.  Hopefully I don't lose a ton of subscribers because of this.  They might not notice the re-brand and think it's some random channel.

Other than that (and of course not charging for anything using their intellectual properties) I can keep doing everything the same!  No other changes!

As for the phone call itself, it was actually pretty good!  He was very nice, told me that his new boss wants to crack down on infringement hard, but since I had spoken with him before and I was given the okay to allow free downloads - he wanted to give me the chance to simply rebrand.

He also told me that he really likes what I'm doing, that I have a lot of talent and my YouTUbe channel is very unique.  He said he was actually wanting to buy one of my t-shirts but couldn't find my teespring shop after I changed the name!  haha...

And the last bit of the conversation was the best.  He gave me the contact information and told me what I needed to do to request a license or even an official partnership/collaboration with Warner Bros!  But, that's not his department so it's up to me to try and make it happen - but he said I could drop his name in the email to avoid any further intellectual property issues.  Since I've already spoken with him about it and as long as I make the changes we discussed, he said I won't have to worry about getting in any legal trouble for what I'm doing.  As long as I don't charge for access or sell anything that uses WB IPs.  

So yeah - that's it.  I feel so relieved.

BUT I NEED HELP REBRANDING!

I originally decided on Muggle Magic because it was as if we (muggles) could do these DIY projects and, like magic, have a piece of the Wizarding World we all love.  I'd like something just as clever, but I've barely had time to brainstorm.  Let me know if you have any suggestions!  

Here are a few Ideas off the top of my head:

My freelance graphic design company is called Diabolic Design.  I could use that.

I could go back to just using my name, Danny McMurray.  That's what I started out with.