Parkland school shooting survivor wins ownership of shooter's name in lawsuit settlement 

Couldn't the killer just change his name though?

@@lightyagami3492that’s the beauty of it. say he does change his name, there’s no way to tell of his crimes without mentioning that name. the murder’s name has been established as a legal fact. any claims otherwise are fraud

This won't hold up. Nor should it. I understand the victim's feelings in asking for that deal but let's be honest, you can't own another person. We had a civil thingy largely in part about that, remember?

​@@prettypuff1 Nothing about this deal is beautiful. It's another example of perverse justice in an insane situation. If the felon wanted to appeal this, I highly doubt a court would agree that, "well you agreed to be owned so now you're owned".

@@zeroneutralhe doesn’t own Cruz, he owns the rights to his name. Two different things.

😂😂😂

This accomplishes absolutely nothing. Pettiness at its finest.

*I don't get it, soo the survivor owns the shooter name?*

@@Freddy_ConfettiHe literally cannot profit on his own name. He would have to ask permission from a victim to be able to do ANYTHING.. That’s more than pettiness. So many killers go get to be the focus of interviews and series - getting the attention they craze.

@@vivaguerro1932They explain it in the video… the video is so short and straight to the point.

@user-ru5jy5lr4g You think that angle wasn't accounted for in the legal work? lol

​@@wownewstome6123 and when he breaks the rules and gives an interview, what are they gonna do? Charge him? 😂😂😂😂 what a joke this is

​@@wownewstome6123no becouse its all simbalic what money was this kid gunna make off his name ...rediculas

Lmao hes just goona sell the rights to the name to netflix for big bucks

@@billyboy4477 i don't see anything wrong with that!

Yes indeed

This is horrible. Someone can take your name for any reason. Crazy

@@RUTHLESSambition5”any”

⁠​⁠@@RUTHLESSambition5 there was 17 survivors… why just one gets ownership of the name, or the possibility to profit from it? And why? I mean, John Gacy, Robert Yates, Charles Manson… they didn’t get their names taken away. Maybe I miss something.

W

I'm genuinely curious if now that the shooter's "name" is "owned" by someone else. Do you think they (the shooter) could be tried in any additional subsequent lawsuits? Would the prosecution have to change the accused party to "unnamed"?

...@@twiffster451

Can the victim release Hollywood movie rights?

So if I’m not mistaken, then that trust fund or whatever it was Cruz had after his mother passed away, that’s now Anthony’s too?

@@Novelist1029 yes.. Cruz officially BELONGS to Anthony.... Anthony owns him now basically..

@@1truthbegettingtold275 bullying made me want to be successful today and have a greater drive than my colleagues Depends on how you react to the stress People get bullied in other countries like Asia and don’t go in killing sprees He had irresponsible parents don’t blame society blame the parents

it's a form of death, i suppose, a ceasing to exist. couldn't happen to a more appropriate person.

​@1truthbegettingtold275 bullying doesn't lead you to decide to take a life. Being mentally ill does

Brown ppl activities

@@1truthbegettingtold275incel logic, bring back bullying! Weirdos picking their nose n smellin like azz

i know can't people read ? He basically owns the killer's right to speak or make any money out of what he did, with interviews, docs etc.

@@CanadianHorseFaceohhh that’s so good and smart I didn’t even know that was a thing 💀

We can read

He owns him, the guy has to call the kid for permission to do anything 😂😂.

He’s still going to do interviews the media companies don’t care. They want views and stories. It’s messed what Cruz did. But what are they going to sue for if has nothing. If He does a against the contract interview, who’s going to stop it. The news or any interviewer can air the interviews. They didn’t sign anything. They don’t even have to use his name. They Can easily not use his name and just write Florida school shorter interview as tv title. Not defending dude. But that was kinda pointless. He don’t care who owns his name. It’s just a paper to him. Dudes locked up for life, he has other stuff on his mind. Rip all the victims.

I thought he turned over his mother's estate funds towards restitution. He wanted them to have it.

Ikr

​@annacoats2988 😂😂😂😂 dude shot people and you trying to make him sound d so generous 😂 Get out

@@susannpatton2893 Yes, he killed people. How can a fact be generous?

@@susannpatton2893 Stating facts. I don't know about generous. Murder is not generous.

Agreed.

Even if Anthony (the owner of the name) allows an interview Anthony will get the profits and can charge as much as he wants

Wait until you find out it was an MK Ultra operation.

​@@DVolvoguy777-x7oyou sound delusional I think it's time to go outside

@@anubisshadowreaper8808 nope, not delusional. Socialist.

The Son of Sam law already prevented that

@@sik59rt It sounds like the bad guy is super regretful and is basically trying to atone for his actions. That can never happen, so he is doing r ridiculous stunts like this. This guy seems very sick. So weird they are allowing this to be done it gives the bad guy more publicity which it seems like they don’t even want. Clown media strikes again

Same 🤔

he won a copyright to use the name that’s all. he didn’t get a slave.

@@LIVEMETRIX187no but it means he can delete him from history no movies no interviews people will forget who Cruz is in about 10 years

​@@proudamerican1933 that honestly kind of embarrassing, mass shootings happen so often that people can just forget about them

@@meepmeep3308 people have forgotten far worse it is a very sad truth of the world

The news still called him a killer, who cares. We all know what he is. That’s probably what he calls all guys

Because they cannot use his name, that’s what they mean when they say he owns the killers name.. I believe they used different titles for journalistic emphasis..

​@@mindywages2411that's exactly what it means, they can't use his name in an interview without his express permission.

lol he’s white

God bless you Anthony Borges ❤🙏

You can't buy a person. It's not legal. This is AI generated fear mongering propaganda.

No? It doesn't at all, he doesn't own him, he owns the copyright to his name bozo.

@@A1readyDead Lol no he does not. you cannot own the copyright to someones name. that's called slavery and treason.

@@jrodspeaks yes you can bozo, its not slavery at all are you dumb? They don't own him, they own his name idiot.

​@@jrodspeaksYes...in certain situations, you can

No, the killer still has his rights. He just doesn't have permission to use the name in published media.

Pretty sure the court system did that by finding him guilty and sentencing all those life sentances, you're just a number in prison and he was never getting out.

America

Its getting there

How?

Jews

To be fair some survivors are not victims.. if you get my drift

​@@gonelucid I dont.

@@gonelucid elaborate?

@Tunehymnidk about that judging the impact statements im pretty sure most of them were victims. Especially that one girl and her bf. And the other girl wit shrapnel in her face

@Tunehymn if you just type in the search bar Nikolas Cruz impact statements you’ll see where I’m coming from. But they’re a few that hit me the hardest like the one special needs guy crying about his older brother, the one girl talking about her now deceased ex boyfriend and the father who’s son was a teacher and sacrificed himself to protect his students.

It is me & my sister have it. My sister survived 911 she gets it from that. I have it cause of almost loseing her and for a 2nd reason i dont feel like shareing due to internet trolling. I also have ld wish isnt fun either

@@stonemarkstudiosproductionYour sister must have seen the worst things

The legal difference is those two cowards are dead. They cannot profit off their crimes. The Cruz lawsuit doesn't stop the media, it stops Cruz from profiting off his crimes/ being interviewed by media.

I agree. Those first two years of reports were just FAR too sympathetic. They've become pop-culture icons, almost like Elvis now. So many money grubbing people write plays, publish their writings, make tee-shirts, etc. We wouldn't be in this situation, had the media not reported every rumor they heard. The Brown family has become somewhat shunned in their community, for taking every opportunity to be interviewed and make money off of the tragedy.

Why bother even mentioning them? They don’t deserve to be remembered.

But those two are no longer alive.

also really trippy how they're gonna get his brain when he's dead to prevent future school shootings? bro there's been so much since parkland like, i think his isn't gonna matter when he finally passes

He owns his name, not his life calm down. Nikolas doesn't have to change his name. He just has to have consent to do interviews.

​@@thephatjesus3032he does not have a life. He's in jail. He is in jail for the rest of his life. He can't do any prison interviews, can't write any books with his name in it. If a book is written about him any money that would go to Cruz goes to the survivor. If Cruz dies, or someone left him as beneficiary, the survivor gets it all. Theirs other stipulations then the permission for interviews.

​@thephatjesus3032 it's more than that, he can't profit from his name or likeness anymore.

@@hugespicyhuge I know that

@@thephatjesus3032Is Nikolas your boyfriend?

and there's no way in hell he's gonna approve of it..

@@CodemaeX not only that but if one day someone writes a book or documentary about the situation all the money goes to him

​@@raularaujo1329 Only if using Cruzs' name. Could just call him "The Shooter."

Wrong lol he just can’t profit of his name. Cruz can do any interviews he wants and even get paid. What will they do if he does? Take his money and give him more prison time? Dude has nothing to lose or gain

@@andreww1001 true

Who is we all? And why

I think it’s just you and don’t use boys name without permission

@@Quick--it’s a bot account

@@Quick--it’s a russian bot account dude these russians just comment controversial things all the time to get people riled up and arguing with each other

You cant just go and do this, either. It's not constitutional. This is AI Generated false flag material.

Killer agreed to the terms. Not sure why

probably ignorance

Mr no name. Is how he should forever go by. He doesn’t deserve the respect of having a name

He did what he did but you have to remember this is resultant of bullying. People talk down and expect nothing to happen cause they mostly do it online Let him and others alike be an example of what happens when you start talking out the neck. I’m not justifying anything either I’m just saying this is what happens

@@ogarrt nikolas cruz is a massive racist and fascist that though being abused meant that it was okay and that he should abuse others. hes a worm

Many said he was bullied at school….so maybe the ones who bullied him should be held accountable….they are the ones that made him act like this. And someone said he’s Autistic too…..so they continuously bullied an autistic person…and the school didn’t do anything to stop it. People need to start holding ALL accountable when stuff like this happens….because majority of these school shooters were repeatedly bullied and abused by other students and those students need to start being held accountable when the one they are bullying finally cracks and does something…..they need to start going to prison as well. And every teacher or school administrator needs to also go to prison if they were told about the bullying and did nothing to stop it. ALL of those people created this.

I agree with the reply above. Accountability is huge. The problem is when there's none to trace.

Right!

never heard of him.

​​@@greenleaf2233Now you have, and so have I. May he rest in peace🙏🏾

Not only was this an incredibly intelligent move to make it means nobody can come in and buy this story and use it to make money and twist it however they want without permission from this last survivor which is huge.. so many criminals get to make money sitting in their off the crimes that they did in this one will never get to Netflix will never get to no one will ever get to make money off of this tragedy

@@devingibbs9061 He/she means nothing more than my next door neighbor. sorry

Like a letter or two of his name? hilarious

@@Normie-c7s more like a share in any profits and a vote on how it will be used, Einstein…

I watched it and still think it’s stupid, it’s a slippery slope. Before long everyone will be suing anyone to grab their identity for petty lawsuits.

@@mikeg2491 I’m talking about the people who think he changed his name to his.

@@mikeg2491It’s not a slippery slope seeing how this can and only happens to most egregious of crimes like mass murder, not petty theft. You don’t know what a slippery slope is do you Mike?

​@mikeg2491 This only happened because Cruz agreed to all of the terms given to him, there is no way a judge would allow someone to own another person's likeness or force their body to be donated if the other person didn't agree to it. Honest Cruz could probably change his mind and there is no way the agreement would be enforceable.

@@mikeg2491 Comparing mass murder to petty lawsuits says a lot about you.

what profit? there is no money coming from this

@@Normie-c7s very naive of you to think that the shooter could not have profited in some way.

@@RutabegaNG by your logic prisoner X could also make profits for being the person formerly known as Y

Bingo! Absolutely disgusted with the way Hollyweird romanticizes these sick bastards.

Exactly. Can they do this to anyone with a lawsuit? If they don't want someone to be talked about, they just have to sue them for rights to their name.

Only if they use the criminals name, image, or likeness. If they just talk about their experience, don't use the name, and don't have an actor play him - absolutely not

​@@lizzyblitz07Honestly I don't think that's right. The other victims should be able to tell their story in any way they like. If they want to use his name, they should.

@@-notmycat The real question if this would result in exploiting other survivor. As in who would be profiting from having the incident being used in media. would it be everyone or just that person who got the rights. What if one of the victim was called in for a interview for a documentary and the person who have the rights wasn't invited demanded money just because of that interview. This would really going to be a very tricky legal case once media production and money get involved. I think all victims should have the same right as that victim so there is zero to no chance this rights get abused. (I am commenting this in a neutral way, and anything that would involved IP can get pretty tricky)

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The first part is correct

@@Gee_Morty..hate mullets?

@@OneAndOnlyOmarI think he’s a baldy who can’t grow a dope mullet

​@@ybnalex9628 there's no such thing as a "dope mullet".

Why not every survivor? Why is he so special? How about the family of the kid who was holding doors open for others that ended up dying? Or a group decision of all those wounded that day. But nah let's make it all about one dude

@afunkymonke nothings wrong with every survivor, they're all brave, but this video isn't about every survivor, it's about Anthony, described by AP News as "the most severely wounded survivor of the 2018 massacre at Parkland Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School".

I'm surprised that hasn't already happened.. at this rate

Honestly, once you're dead whatever happens to your body is irrelevant. Not really a punishment to that person, it would be more of a punishment for the parents, I would say.

They can maybe find out what leads to a person doing this horrible stuff, by looking at his brain. They won’t have to worry about his soul, that is going straight to hell.

@@alzabeeswwoh so this whole thing exists because it’s actually some humanitarian cause. Why not have Cruz be the guy’s personal slave? He doesn’t deserve any rights after what he did after all.

This was a civil lawsuit and Nicholas Cruz agreed to the terms. This is the land of the free. Who are you to say a man can't sign away the right to his own name, speech and image for anything other than legal documents in the land of Liberty?

​​​@@Victorianousyou: "Land of Liberty" also you: its ok to own people Slow down there Jefferson Davis.

Yeah, it SEEMS like that because you just watched propaganda lol

The monster has no rights after killing people like that

​@@Emilythematerialgurlif he has no rights, he shouldn't be able to sign documents signing over further rights. The court system should have been the one to take his name, strike it from public record, and let him be know to history as prisoner 48829 or whatever his number is. But no instead now one dude gets to profit over all the other victims which definitely seems fair.

unfunny

Not anymore. Freedom of speech only means freedom from government persecution per the Constitution. This is not in violation of the First Amendment as it’s currently written.

Yes. They mentioned that any insurance policies directed to the shooter are also handed over to the gentleman who won the lawsuit.

@MagnumCarta thank you for the clarification. I really appreciate that

@@93sabbathh You're welcome. I totally need a second confirmation for a lot of things myself as well. This is a really exotic and unusual case too with an equally unusual settlement.

Why doesn’t this get spread around to all the victims, why doesn’t a judge just bar him from interviews instead of doing this absurd ruling

@@Jojothegodofrandom Yes this seems a bit unfair to the other victims

I think I see what you're saying, but preventing the shooter from profiting on interviews, books, movie deals, etc while in prison doesn't seem bad. When the show Dahmer came out, I didn't watch it, but I remember thinking how awful that had to be for the families of the victims. No matter how he was portrayed, the fact that he and his name was getting more publicity and even a fan following seemed kind of sick. Like making families relive the trauma all over again. And there's been several mass murderers that have directly profited from those kinds of things or relished the idea of an interview because it keeps them relevant. This doesn't mean he doesn't have a name, it means he can't profit off of his life story or the story of the acts that he did. Ever. Now, I do have mixed feelings about the part where the shooter had to forfeit any insurance beneficiary claims he is named on and has to dedicate his brain and organs to science after death. But I don't know if I would call even those cruel given what he did and his lack of remorse. Seems like it can all be summed up by forcing the shooter into eventual obscurity except as a subject for medical research. And that might not be a bad thing considering how society has been treating shooters and serial killers up until now. Most people can name 5 mass shooters or serial killers but can't name 5 victims of them.

Happened with prince. Legally he couldn't call himself prince after parting ways with his last company.

@@irregulargamer1352 I don’t like that either

And giving the kid his life insurance policy. This is so weird to me

Nope because he's a murderer.

​@@josephbennett3482 that doesn't change your constitutional rights. People used to say the same thing based off skin color... they legit thought different races were evil criminals.

​@@josephbennett3482Just know that even criminals in the United States have constitutional rights 😂.

I don't think it matters in this case since the shooter agreed to the terms.

@@N_May1 Can a felon own a firearm? Can they vote? Maybe you should brush up on law there homey

Only at certain prisons, and certainly not at maximum security prisons. Prison is not the dream vacation that you think it is. Maybe you should spend more than 10 minutes thinking about it and research it. You know like you did in 2nd grade.

pretty sure he is in prison for life

@@stevenmitchell1 Nice attempt at gaslighting, but it doesn't change the facts about how intelligent criminals abuse the system in order to loop right through it. Your snarky reply doesn't change anything about how easy it is for seasoned, organized networks of criminals to hit a dozen scores and plan for the fact that they might get pinched on the 12th one. But so what? The profits and resources from the other eleven will simply allow them to bond out and afford any amenities they need. That's the reality, son. You might want to do some research, but I ain't yer instructor. 💪😎✌️

​@@Novastar.SaberCombat, exactly. And they teach each other how to bend the system to their will. I know it's not a perfectly lovely life but they make do with the allowances they are given (TV, computers, etc).

Tell me you know nothing about the prison system without telling me you know nothing about he prison system

No

Nope.

I guess they would have to get permission from this guy….and if he doesn’t give permission then they would just change the name or write “the perpetrator” instead or something.

u know damn well the victim here did it so the killer cant profit off his own name.

Thank you. It so long before I could find a reasonable comment. Something is very wrong here

It's not really the mainstream that's gonna keep Nikolas Cruz legacy alive is it? This comes off as kneejerk. But hey if the effect lasts the survivors lifetime then hey mission accomplished.

I'll pass

I agree - it's a bit unfair to the other victims for all future monetary benefits to go to one person.

@@lavenderblues777 yeah that’s my only issue here (well, besides this being a weird precedent that could have huge implications down the line. Like imagine this happening to a celebrity?). I totally get the world we live in now, where crime documentaries are all the rage and getting an interview with a killer would mean killer ratings. I think that says more about us as people than it does about the murderers

Thought I was the only one thinking that

No he doesn't

This is insane you think losing media rights equates to human ownership

@@user-tr2mb4xs7i they're not that smart

shut up

Modern day slavery.

Ok, are you people not watching the video? You know this is NOT common? This is a mass shooter, vs victim once in a time kind of deal.

​@@chrisrobbins9058Of a once in a lifetime deal, of a mass shooter... stop acting like it happened to you.

it’s like owning a word legally, he gained copyright of it lmfao.

@@TheAccursedEntity dude it’s not everyday a mass murderer can give his name away or should I say his rights of his name

no, they mention it tons of times in the video, this was purely to shut him down the tldr is that he yes has all the rights to his name, but there is no chance in hell he is agreeing to let the killer do interviews or be apart of documentaries.

Have you ever heard of a "prisoner"

IF they were to do it, he was putting an example on what it means, but the reality is that this is to prevent any money gain for the killer... Would you rather have the killer to gain money or the victims? Or are you dense enough to not know the difference?

There's a reason Columbine is practically the only school shooting to get documentaries about it. In fact I don't think there's a single doc on Netflix about any school shooting. You won't see one any time soon

@@TheAccursedEntity how would he get the money?

​@@TheAccursedEntityyes. This is ripe for corruption

And making sure a killer doesnt profit off of his story and killings