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'''EBaums's World''' is a website that features videos, flash, pictures, and web games that are submitted to the site. The site is owned by [[Eric Bauman]] and co-owned by his father [[Neil Bauman]]. There has been controversy between the eBaum's World website and other sites, due to allegations of content theft. 
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'''eBaum's World''' is an entertainment website featuring videos, flash games and animations, and still images. The site is co-managed by Eric Bauman and his father, Neil Bauman.
  
In January of 2006 eBaum's World displayed the image from [[Facial Expressions|"Lindsay Lohan doesn't change facial expressions."]] and watermarked it. They gave no credit to YTMND for the image, and as a result of eBaum's World's ads, thousands of dollars were made off of someone else's work, as usual. This caused users from YTMND, [[Something Awful]], LUElinks, Newgrounds, [[4chan]], FARK, Ugoplayer (Flashplayer.com), Weebls-Stuff, and IGN to initiate a raid against the [http://forum.ebaumsworld.com/ eBaum's World Forums]. People spammed the forums with posts about how the image was stolen and just general abuse in the direction of anyone on eBaum's World. In the wake of the "forum raid" there were many [[YTMND]] sites made that encouraged raiding or documented the raid.  Some used DDoS attacks on the site, which YTMND owner [[Max Goldberg]] advised against. 
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==Content Theft Controversy==
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eBaum's World is a source of controversy between the eBaum and YTMND communities. In January 2006, a submission posted to eBaum's World displayed the GIF animation from the Lindsay Lohan YTMND {{ytmnd|lohanfacial|Lindsay Lohan Doesn't Change Facial Expressions}}. The image was watermarked with the eBaum's Worlds image, implicitly claiming ownership over the image. No credit was given to YTMND as the image's origin.
  
On January 10, 2006 Max Goldberg posted a [http://ytmnd.com/news/?news_id=17 cease and desist letter] he received from Neil Bauman, co-owner of eBaum's World.  Later, Goldberg and Bauman came to an agreement and Bauman removed the image from his website while Goldberg removed all YTMNDs related to eBaum's World [http://ytmnd.com/news/?news_id=18]. However, since then, rivalries have risen again, and most users on YTMND bear some grudge against eBaumsWorld. As only an example of tensions, a sound clip of a woman shrieking at a telemarketer was put on eBaumsWorld soon after it was put in a YTMND. The YTMND user did not make the sound himself, but he recieved permission to put it up, while eBaumsWorld generally considers that "it would circulate around the internet anyway".
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===Retaliation===
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Since the YTMND was already a well-established fad, several devotees of the YTMND Network, including: [[Something Awful]], LUELinks, [[Newgrounds]], and [[4chan]], initiated flame- and troll-raids against the [http://forum.ebaumsworld.com/ eBaum's World Forums]The forum was overwhelmed by allegations of intellectual property theft, copyright infringement, and general discontent towards users of the eBaum's World Forums.  In order to enlist more participants in the anti-eBaum campaign, several negative YTMNDs appeared criticizing the incident.  Even more extremely, many users begain utilizing [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DDoS DDoS] attacks against eBaum's World content servers.
  
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===Neil Bauman's Response===
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On January 10th of 2006, [[Max Goldberg]] posted a [http://ytmnd.com/news/?news_id=17 cease and desist notice] received from Neil Bauman, a registered co-owner of eBaum's World.  The content of the letter has been put into several satirical YTMNDs due to the slightly manic content of the ''Cease and Desist'' order.  Goldberg and Bauman mutually decided to come to a compromise over content use: Goldberg pledged to remove all negative YTMNDs related to eBaum's World, and Bauman replied by removing the image from the domain.
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===Continuing Tensions===
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Even with Goldberg and Bauman's apparently amicable resolution of the dispute, users of the two communities still do not interact well.  Hostilities between the two communities occasionally comes to a head, but it quickly dies down. For the remainder of their existance, the two communities will most likely cease to co-exist peacefully.
  
 
==See also==
 
==See also==
*[[Yiddish Cup]]
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*[[Yiddish Cup]] A satirical reading of Neil Bauman's response.
*[http://www.ebaumsworldsucks.com/ eBaum's World]
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*[http://www.ebaumsworldsucks.com/ eBaum's World] The official eBaum's World Forums
 
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Revision as of 17:30, August 11, 2006

A small screen capture of the Neil Bauman response

eBaum's World is an entertainment website featuring videos, flash games and animations, and still images. The site is co-managed by Eric Bauman and his father, Neil Bauman.

Content Theft Controversy

eBaum's World is a source of controversy between the eBaum and YTMND communities. In January 2006, a submission posted to eBaum's World displayed the GIF animation from the Lindsay Lohan YTMND Lindsay Lohan Doesn't Change Facial Expressions. The image was watermarked with the eBaum's Worlds image, implicitly claiming ownership over the image. No credit was given to YTMND as the image's origin.

Retaliation

Since the YTMND was already a well-established fad, several devotees of the YTMND Network, including: Something Awful, LUELinks, Newgrounds, and 4chan, initiated flame- and troll-raids against the eBaum's World Forums. The forum was overwhelmed by allegations of intellectual property theft, copyright infringement, and general discontent towards users of the eBaum's World Forums. In order to enlist more participants in the anti-eBaum campaign, several negative YTMNDs appeared criticizing the incident. Even more extremely, many users begain utilizing DDoS attacks against eBaum's World content servers.

Neil Bauman's Response

On January 10th of 2006, Max Goldberg posted a cease and desist notice received from Neil Bauman, a registered co-owner of eBaum's World. The content of the letter has been put into several satirical YTMNDs due to the slightly manic content of the Cease and Desist order. Goldberg and Bauman mutually decided to come to a compromise over content use: Goldberg pledged to remove all negative YTMNDs related to eBaum's World, and Bauman replied by removing the image from the domain.

Continuing Tensions

Even with Goldberg and Bauman's apparently amicable resolution of the dispute, users of the two communities still do not interact well. Hostilities between the two communities occasionally comes to a head, but it quickly dies down. For the remainder of their existance, the two communities will most likely cease to co-exist peacefully.

See also

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