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CHARLES: MOVING ON TO BEYONCE
WHO IS REALLY TICKED OFF ABOUT
ONE LETTER, THE LETTER F, AS IN
FEYONCE, WHICH HAS BECOME A BIG
THING.
THERE IS ACTUALLY A WEBSITE,
THERE IS ACTUALLY A WEBSITE,
IT'S CALLED FEYONCE.COM.
SHE FILED A CEASE AND DESIST IF
THEY DON'T SHUT THIS DOWN.
CLEARLY THEY'RE PLAYING OFF OF
HER NAME, THE LYRICS ON HER
SONG, "SINGLE LADIES."
GARY: HE PUT A RING ON IT.
THEY'RE TAKING THAT.
THE FONT IS THE SAME FONT SHE
USES ON HER ALBUM.
HARVEY: NOT TO MENTION THE
SPELLING.
CHARLES: EXCEPT FOR THE F AND
THE B.
HARVEY: IT'S FEYONCE.
IT'S NOT FIANCEE.
CHARLES: THAT'S WHY WE'RE DOING
IT.
HARVEY: I UNDERSTAND THAT.
I'M JUST MAKING A POINT.
GARY: NOW WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME
PAGE, YES.
CHARLES: THE OBVIOUS THING.
HARVEY: I'M JUST MAKING A POINT.
CHARLES: YOU ARE RIGHT, YES,
SIR, YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
GARY: VERY OBSERVANT.
HARVEY: EXCUSE ME.
CALLER: I'M CALLING FROM EUREKA,
I DON'T BLAME BEYONCE, NOT ONE
BIT, THIS WILL WATER DOWN HER
BRAND.
SHE MEANS BUSINESS ABOUT HER
NAME.
DON'T GET NOWHERE CLOSE TO IT.
YOU WON'T WATER DOWN HER BRAND.
HARVEY: I WILL SAY THIS AT THE
RISK OF BEING HUMILIATED AGAIN,
A LOT, THIS IS NOT GOING TO RUIN
HER BRAND OR WATER DOWN HER
BRAND EITHER.
THE REASON THEY FILE THESE
LAWSUITS.
SOMETIMES THEY FILE THEM AGAINST
SMALL BUSINESS PEOPLE.
BUT THEY WANT TO SEND A MESSAGE
OUT TO EVERYBODY, DON'T SCREW
WITH BEYONCE.
IF SHE ALLOWS THIS TO HAPPEN, 20
OTHER PEOPLE WILL DO IT, THEN
IT'S A BIG PROBLEM.
SHE WANTS TO NIP IT IN THE BUD.
CHARLES: I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE
SAYING BUT AT A CERTAIN POINT
WHEN THEY'RE MAKING A LOT OF
MONEY --
HARVEY: ARE THEY MAKING A LOT OF
MONEY ON THIS THING?
CHARLES: YOU SEE THE MUGS
EVERYWHERE.
GARY: THEY WERE ON ETSY AND
THEY WERE GETTING SOLD OUT.
SO MANY PEOPLE WERE BUYING THEM,
THE SHIRTS, THE MUGS.
HARVEY: IN THE GREATER SCHEME OF
THINGS, IT'S NOT A LOT OF MONEY
FOR BEYONCE.
SHE'S DOING IT TO SEND A
MESSAGE, DON'T SCREW WITH MY
BRAND BECAUSE I WILL GO AFTER
YOU.
IT HAS MORE OF A WARNING THAN
GOING AFTER THE COMPANY.
CHARLES: SO IF SOMEONE WANTS TO
DO LIKE HEY-YONCE, THEY CAN'T DO
THAT.
HARVEY: ARE YOU COOL WITH WHAT I
JUST SAID?
CHARLES:, YEAH.
I LOVE IT.
HARVEY: GOOD.
CHARLES: OK.