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Probably none.

TWIST has enough of a fanbase without having to misrepresent who and what they are (it's not like Leo owns 'This Week in...')

As for 'sleazy', I think even Jason himself would admit that of all the things he's done, this is pretty low on the list of things that could be accused of sleaziness.

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Fair enough. I concede that my statement was rather facetious. I assert that the naming of the same business model with the same type of content in the same market through the same distribution method is possibly brand deluding, definitely confusing in some cases, and possibly an intentional coat-tailing. However, it is unlikely that those persons who chose to open their wallets did so under the impression that they were contributing to another network since they would, by definition, not merely be casual fans.

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