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| ] once threatened eBaum's World with a lawsuit, asking the website owner to remove material related to ], ], ] and ]. When another party asked that material related to ] be removed, Bauman complied as well, believing that Rogers was not a fit subject for parody. Some of the content has been considered distasteful by many, including the "Epilepsy Test" (an animation constantly flashing black and white with the word 'epilepsy' on it), ] that is a parody of the ] series and ], which challenged the government's report of the Pentagon crash on 9/11. Bauman has complied with several of the requests to remove some of the content or place a warning on it, but he does not, in the eyes of many people, take criticism lightly. There is a section on the site called "Hate Mail" which exhibits emails "with all bad grammar and typos left intact" sent to him containing negative remarks by visitors. | ] once threatened eBaum's World with a lawsuit, asking the website owner to remove material related to ], ], ] and ]. When another party asked that material related to ] be removed, Bauman complied as well, believing that Rogers was not a fit subject for parody. Some of the content has been considered distasteful by many, including the "Epilepsy Test" (an animation constantly flashing black and white with the word 'epilepsy' on it), ] that is a parody of the ] series and ], which challenged the government's report of the Pentagon crash on 9/11. Bauman has complied with several of the requests to remove some of the content or place a warning on it, but he does not, in the eyes of many people, take criticism lightly. There is a section on the site called "Hate Mail" which exhibits emails "with all bad grammar and typos left intact" sent to him containing negative remarks by visitors. | ||
| The forum has quite an interesting history. There was once a reputation system. Where you start off with one green rep bar, with no rep points. If you do a good post someone gives you a positive rep. You're rep points then raise. If you make a bad post you get neg repped. You're rep points can go down into the negatives and you will get a red box. If you get over 100 positive/negative rep points you get another box. Once you get to 500 points (6 boxes, 100=2 200=3 300=4 400=5 500=6) You need to get 200 rep points for another rep bar. The bost bars you can get is 11. Which equals up to 1500 points. If you got around 1800 points you get a free premium membership. There were such things as "rep whores" such as a member called Garbage Can Lid a.k.a. GCL. Who just wants reps and will do anything for one. Even suck Lexington Steele's penis. The rep system was taken away because to many people were rep whores. There are also many drama whores and attention whores. Drama whores are basically just big drama queens. For example Shawzy. An attention whore is someone who just wants to be noticed. For example, Jerry_rules, he continues posting pictures of himself, although sexy, he just wants people to notice him. There are many legendary members, such as Kanism, a crazy asian mod man who had a gigantic banning rampage. The fourm also holds some of the best RAH's (Random Act of Hatred) Some of the best were Jasmine_Rain and The Kitty Exploding in a Microwave. | |||
| eBaum's World Forum has the horniest members I have ever encountered. esruC used to continuously hit on Mech Rabbit. Mech Rabbit contiuosly hit on BSR. Zephyr is also included into the mix somehow. Spike Lee has just found a new member he is very fond of called Jessi. To bad she's a lesbian. Skelator hits on Riley but Jerry_Rules is trying to get in there. Whenever a member posts a hot picture of their femimine self, they will most likely get raped. Or just get scarred for life. | |||
| Then there are the black members. DrtyRock, Ghostdog, and Mr. Deliquent. The necro member, Brainkandy87. The NASA member, Battleship Ron. The grammar nazi, DeVaSTaTioN. The forum racist, b00ndocksa1nts a.k.a. Boony. The member with sissy wallpaper, H0tsauce123. The Pyro member, _.:Pyro:._ (Go figure). The forum girls, Riley, Mech_Rabbit, and Zephyr. And many, many more. | |||
| ⚫ | eBaum's World is, in many people's minds, significant in Internet culture. It has several infamous features, such as "soundboards", which are pages with many recordings of celebrities saying words and phrases. Soundboards are widely believed to be one of the most popular features on the website and are often used for ]. In addition, the site features another section believed by some to be very popular as well called "Forum Fun", a series of images intended to be used on online ]s (most, if not all of which are taken from other websites). In addition to these, there is a section for games, other images, animations, jokes, and other content (much, if not all, of which is taken from other websites). Since the site receives many emails with content to add, there is a section called "Moron Mail" for submissions that do not meet the Baumans' standards. There is a ] and ] as well. | ||
| ⚫ | eBaum's World is, in many people's minds, significant in Internet culture. It has several infamous features, such as "soundboards", which are pages with many recordings of celebrities saying words and phrases. Soundboards are widely believed to be one of the most popular features on the website and are often used for ]. In addition, the site features another section believed by some to be very popular as well called "Forum Fun", a series of images intended to be used on online ]s (most, if not all of which are taken from other websites). In addition to these, there is a section for games, other images, animations, jokes, and other content (much, if not all, of which is taken from other websites). Since the site receives many emails with content to add, there is a section called "Moron Mail" for submissions that do not meet the Baumans' standards. There is a ] and ] as well. | ||
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The correct title of this article is eBaum's World. It appears incorrectly here due to technical restrictions.
eBaum's World (subtitled "Media for the Masses") is a popular website featuring videos, Macromedia Flash cartoons, and Flash games (all of which are taken from other sites), as well as other humor material also taken from other sites. The site was founded in 1998 by Eric "eBaum" Bauman (born 1980). The vice-president of the site is his father, Neil Bauman.
It is often criticized by people who point out that the entire site is composed of content taken from other Internet sources and rebranded, and that Bauman does not have the right to use the material or to profit from the sale of advertising space on web pages featuring the stolen content. Images and flash animations are modified to remove any original watermarks. In response to such criticisms, Bauman has claimed that he believes that most material on the Internet is public domain and that he is providing a service by making it all available in one spot, though why he chooses to rebrand it as if to appear as though the content was created by eBaum's World is unknown. Also, this claim is undermined by the fact that copyrighted material is hosted there, and the fact that any work is copyrighted unless explicitly stated as public domain. Many have likened Bauman's actions to outright theft, yet Bauman has not yet been convicted of copyright infringement. Some claim that this is due to his choice of content--almost invariably appropriated from small or independent sites, which lack the resources to successfully prosecute.
Viacom once threatened eBaum's World with a lawsuit, asking the website owner to remove material related to Judge Judy, Dr. Phil, Howard Stern and Tim Meadows. When another party asked that material related to Fred Rogers be removed, Bauman complied as well, believing that Rogers was not a fit subject for parody. Some of the content has been considered distasteful by many, including the "Epilepsy Test" (an animation constantly flashing black and white with the word 'epilepsy' on it), prank flash that is a parody of the Where's Waldo series and Pentagon Strike, which challenged the government's report of the Pentagon crash on 9/11. Bauman has complied with several of the requests to remove some of the content or place a warning on it, but he does not, in the eyes of many people, take criticism lightly. There is a section on the site called "Hate Mail" which exhibits emails "with all bad grammar and typos left intact" sent to him containing negative remarks by visitors.
eBaum's World is, in many people's minds, significant in Internet culture. It has several infamous features, such as "soundboards", which are pages with many recordings of celebrities saying words and phrases. Soundboards are widely believed to be one of the most popular features on the website and are often used for prank phone calls. In addition, the site features another section believed by some to be very popular as well called "Forum Fun", a series of images intended to be used on online forums (most, if not all of which are taken from other websites). In addition to these, there is a section for games, other images, animations, jokes, and other content (much, if not all, of which is taken from other websites). Since the site receives many emails with content to add, there is a section called "Moron Mail" for submissions that do not meet the Baumans' standards. There is a chatroom and store as well.
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