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eBaum's World (subtitled "Media for The Masses") is a popular website based in Rochester, New York featuring entertainment media such as videos, Flash cartoons and web games. It is controversial for many reasons, primarily due to allegations that content on the website is taken from other sources without permission and rebranded with the eBaum's World logo. The site, which is owned by Eric "eBaum" Bauman, a native of Rochester, New York, ranks in the top 1000 sites on the Internet according to the website Alexa. It is co-owned by Eric's secretary and father, Neil Bauman.

Controversy

eBaum's World has garnered significant controversy in many Internet communities over the years due to numerous incidents of content being taken from other sites; such as YTMND, Something Awful, Albino Blacksheep, 4chan, Olde English and Newgrounds; without attribution. For example, Olde English always finishes their videos with a screen that states that "This video is protected under a Creative Commons License" in more than one video uploaded from Olde English to eBaum's World, the final screen is cut out of the video, where as YouTube and other video sites have it in to credit the creators. Companies such as Viacom , 20th Century Fox , and Sega have all claimed that Eric and Neil Bauman have infringed on their copyrights as well. Eric Bauman denies critics' claims that the site's content is stolen, citing research done by site editors and the consent form that must accompany uploads of material. He claims to honor all requests to remove unauthorized material , but this is contested by some content creators. In particular, web artist and animator Jonti Picking, was only able to have his animations removed at the beginning of 2006. Bauman has claimed that he formerly worked with Picking, though Picking has stated that this is false.

A web site, eBaumsWorldSucks.com, has been set up by Something Awful supporters Neil Cicierega (Lemon Demon), Shawn Vulliez (AltF4), and Abi Rendon (LegalCondom, a former eBaum's World employee) to document the ongoing eBaum's World controversy. The site hosts a page containing statements from content creators claiming that some of their works appear on eBaum's World without permission.

In December of 2006, eBaum's World posted a video using a racial pejorative in its caption, describing a white male wearing normal clothes with a cowboy hat as a drunken redneck.

BALLSSSS!!!!!

External links

• eBaum's World - Official Website.
• eBaum's World Sucks - Site critical of eBaumsWorld.com.
• Albino Blacksheep - Animator vs. Animation Controversy
• Dude, That Is So Not Funny - October 2006 article from Wired Magazine.
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• Comedy websites
• Entertainment websites
• Intellectual property