"Cease and Desist" from Neil Bauman

I received this email from Neil Bauman (Eric Bauman's father and "Executive Vice President of Ebaum's World Inc.) earlier today, followed shortly after by a second email with only "Please feel free to post this if you have the gonads.".

I strongly suggest you read more to see the most magical email thread I have ever been involved in.

From: "Neil Bauman"
<neil@ebaumsworld.com>
To: <legal@ytmnd.com>
Subject: Cease and Desist
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 16:01:53 -0500

To Whom It May Concern:


Please be advised that several of your forum soldiers have decided to personally visit our corporate offices. The pictures they took while trespassing on our property were proudly posted on your site. In addition some of the postings on your forum literally threatened murdering Eric Bauman. You have now officially crossed the line. You can consider this formal notification that we have initiated a criminal complaint with several agencies including the FBI Cyber Terrorism Unit. I realize that most of your entire website is comprised of pathetic, pimply-faced maladjusted pre-teens whose parents don't love them, and their best Saturday night date takes AA batteries. Be that as it may, you have now become a criminal threat. There a lot of people now monitoring your site. I strongly suggest that there are no more unauthorized "visits" to our office. There will be severe penalties for failure to heed this warning. The forum banter on your site means nothing to us or anyone in the world for that matter, but your threats of bodily harm and property damage cannot be ignored. I was afraid that the FBI and police departments would not be responsive. I was pleasantly surprised to find the contrary.

Interestingly, no individual or corporate entity has approached us with any question or problem regarding the content in question. This is true lunacy! There is this big dispute over a piece of content that we received a signed release for. Do you have any idea how foolish and immature you look through this? Of course I am referring to the real three dimensional world where real people live and work. You and your forum obviously live in very dark places where they don't teach spelling, grammar, logic, reasoning…etc. Well, that being said, we don't care how you advertise your stupidity, but eBaum's World Inc lives in the real world, and we are very tolerant and sensitive to the underprivileged and the mentally challenged. We will however use any and all legal remedies to ensure our safety. The police and FBI are taking this very seriously. I will leave you with this challenge, if any member of your forum or anyone any where wants to challenge our policy, simply come out from under your rock and call me on the phone, or schedule an appointment. I would be happy to discuss any problem with any credible individual. Of course I am assuming that these "kids" are capable of meaningful dialogue. We have received hundreds of calls, but alas, zero meaningful dialogue, only weak pranks. Judging from the posts I have read from your site I am confident that no one possesses the aforementioned skills necessary to pull that off. The first guy you sent in here probably soiled his pants when he couldn't answer the simplest question and literally ran out the door…LOL. I don't think he is a candidate for Mission Impossible. The police have already contacted him and our lawyers will have fun with Ben and his parents. The invitation stands. BTW, the FBI told me that the operators and facilitators of your site are more liable than they think; they also assured me that nobody from your site would come out from under their rock to talk. They likened your forum to terrorists who always stay under ground. Is that the way you envisioned your forum at its inception? How pathetic. I look forward to your reply.


Neil J. Bauman


Executive Vice President
eBaum's World Inc.
neil@ebaumsworld.com
Office:585-292-0069
Fax: 585-292-0722

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Upon receiving this I could hardly believe it was real, as it would be somewhat surprising to see an "Executive" of a company act in such a way. I immediately called the office of eBaum's World Inc. and left a voice mail for Neil. This is the letter I received some time later.

From: "Neil Bauman" <neil@ebaumsworld.com>
To: <support@ytmnd.com>
Cc: "'Eric Bauman'" <ebaum@ebaumsworld.com>, "'Jason Martorana'" <jason@ebaumsworld.com>, <wlevinson@culleymarks.com>
Subject: Phone Message

Dear Max,

My assistant informed me that you called our corporate office to verify the correspondence titled Cease and Desist was in fact sent by me.it was. I would like to have any kind of meaningful communication with you or anyone representing your site. As stated in my earlier note, we have never been formally contacted by anyone regarding the questioned content. I am easily accessible during normal business hours. Feel free to contact me if you are capable of exhibiting a nominal use of some professionalism. I have had a great deal of contact from several of your loyal followers. That contact was far from meaningful or professional. In a short time you will be held accountable for the deeds and threats that were aimed at our site and our people. Obviously you have lost possession of your Yiddish cup. We are not about to be physically threatened by you or anyone else. If you thought this was a joke, you are very misguided. I am not one to be trifled with. How dare you and your brethren make death threats against our personnel? There is no veiled threat here, just your wake up call. You had the ability to stop this early in the game and choose not to. That strategy will prove to be a serious mistake in judgment on your part. Soon you will be contacted by Federal Investigators. Have a great day.

Neil J. Bauman
Executive Vice President
eBaum's World Inc.
neil@ebaumsworld.com
Office: 585-292-0069
Fax: 585-292-0722


He even CC'd his lawyer. You would think a lawyer would tell his clients that isn't in their best interest to write such emails.

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And my response:



Dearest Neil,

I appreciate every email I get, but yours holds a special place in my heart!

If you had been paying attention, for the last three days I have been deleting hundreds of users, sites and posts with pieces of your personal information.

I'm done.

I don't think you understand the extent of this situation. People have been attacking me and my ISP just for making public statements NOT to attack you. You obviously overestimate my involvement, but I guess you have to be paranoid when you are so widely hated. These users who are attacking you are doing so on their own accord.

You may think that because you steal your content via "submissions" you hold no liability to the content you host. The fact is, I run my website as a hobby. I have a full time job so I can pay my rent, I can't pay moderators. I generally try not to be involved in sleazy practices, both in business and in my personal life. It amazes me with the history of your site and the massive amount of internet users that can barely spit your name out in disgust without following it with an expletive that you still don't get it.

I am not a part of this. I run a website where (some) people spend a lot of time and effort CREATING things to entertain others. You run a site where you TAKE and REBRAND things to host them without citing credit. How long do you think you can hide behind your "submission" technique?

I think we both know there is no possible way the majority of the content owners from which you steal can beat you on the civil level. This is due to the fact that you are a sleazy businessman that practices underhanded techniques and has a team of lawyers, while the people who are creating the "crazy" content you so masterfully profit off of have NOTHING. These people don't have lawyers, they probably earn very little if nothing off their works. Do you think if this Lohan issue went to court either side would win? No, we both know it would go nowhere, and this is why you still have it up. These kids don't want your money, they want the general respect any person should give. When someone spends the time to create something, regardless of their content sources, they just want to be cited. Fuck, is it really that much of a big deal?

Ebaumsworld Inc has a notorious reputation for being non-responsive and trying to make everything an uphill battle every step of the way. Last night I spent an hour on the phone with your hosting company, explaining the steps I was taking to try and prevent further damage from happening and explaining that I was willing to help out however I could. This morning I received a phone call from your office about a content issue on forums.ytmnd.com and how someone had posted your addresses. I explained that I had already deleted the posting earlier that morning. As a webmaster I can understand the major privacy invasion this entails and as I told your host, I want nothing to do with it.

Let this be an example of how angry the community (and not just on my website) is at your practices. I didn't put these kids up to these charades, they choose to do it on their own free will. I made public statements warning people of the legality of these issues and how it just isn't worth it to harass people in this way, and they still visited you. Do you really think so many users of my website would be so angry if someone from this community HADN'T spent the time to make that image? Do you seriously think these people are delusional enough to actually make this big of a deal over nothing?

I'm not sure of your legal background, but in my experience sending a letter degrading and demeaning the very community you steal and profit from isn't a valid way to send a legal notice, nor is using "LOL" in a sentence. This is not the way the "executive vice president" of a company acts. You sent a cease and desist but never explain what it is you want me to cease or desist doing?

I will help the FBI and local authorities out any way I can and I will provide them with any possible information they could need. I'm even willing to take a lie detector test, how about you? I have no quarrel with eBaumsworld. That being said, here is my challenge to you:

How about you stop hiding behind the money and privilege of a legal team paid for by PartyPoker popups and admit you and your employees are engaging in profiting from theft and purposefully going out of your way to make sure content creators don't get credited for their work? Who is the person that claims they made the work in question. If they signed a consent and release form why not make the information public?

I tried to be amiable. I tried to offer you my help in ending the entire thing and you did nothing but insult me, when I think it's obvious I have had nothing to do with this. I'm done with you. I will continue deleting things that break my terms of service, but beyond that, expect nothing. Here is my final offer: tomorrow at midnight I will delete anything with the term "eBaum". I offer to do this for you if you remove lohanfacial.html from your website.



Lovingly,

-Max

Sole proprietor, YTMND.COM




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January 11th, 2006
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Is bauman trying to say the hundreds of thousands of people who visit YTMND are all responsible for the attack on ebaumsworld? What about the little people like me who did nothing but sit back and laugh at how pathetic the baumans are.
January 11th, 2006
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Well played, good sir.
January 11th, 2006
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Good show, Max! I'd love to see that piece of sh*t respond to that e-mail. If you ever need a hand with anything, you know where to reach me (this is the real Stalin, someone stole my username on ytmnd ha ha ha)
January 11th, 2006
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THE INTERNET=SERIOUS BUSINESS
January 11th, 2006
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"BAUMAN IS GOING TO SUE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR DOG. cuz that's how the bauman's roll." My dog too? :-( That's just not cool.
January 11th, 2006
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This is pathetic, you and EBaum are doing this together, no way do I (or could anyone with an ounce of intelligence) believe this was serious after reading this nonsense.
January 11th, 2006
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Wow, after Max told us to give it up, I figured it was pretty much over, and would just die down from there, but all this guy has done with his immature boasts of maturity, insults and logical fallicies is add more fuel to the fire! How hypocitical to send your first official business letter to Max declaring you wish to speak to someone in a professional manner, with the least professional letter from an "Executive Vice President" I've ever seen. He really should've ran it by his lawyer first. That's what they're there for.
January 11th, 2006
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If the FBI is really reading this, hopefully they are smart enough to see what really is going on for themselves.
January 11th, 2006
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christ, guys
January 11th, 2006
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Good job Max! :D
January 11th, 2006
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All I have to say is this: You rule.
January 11th, 2006
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Let me say that before, I felt that this internet war was really dumb. Though after reading Neil Bauman's "letter", I'm 100% behind Max on this. Though I don't condone a lot of the crap YTMNDers are doing in his name. I mean, for a grown man, probably in his forties or fifties, to write a letter calling me and many others on here "pathetic, pimply-faced maladjusted pre-teens whose parents don't love them, and their best Saturday night date takes AA batteries." is extremely mind-boggling.
January 11th, 2006
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And since I didn't explicitly state it my previous comment: "Max Rules!"
January 11th, 2006
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eric bauman is probably a jew
January 11th, 2006
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send him a present from www.fecalgram.com
January 11th, 2006
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vice president got pwnt
January 11th, 2006
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you think if we organize maybe SA and other websites to raise money for lawyers we can finally raise the moeny needed to get this guy in jail?
January 11th, 2006
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WIN.
January 11th, 2006
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your son owns you, and max just pwnt you
January 11th, 2006
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You're the man now dog!
January 11th, 2006
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Max, you clearly showed that you are the better man, and are right about this subject. I liked watching ebaums content, but when I saw then blatantly steal content and not even give credit to a fellow YTMND warrior, it really pissed me off. I wrote a letter to Ebaums, hopefully they will realize what huge douches they are. Please FBI, bring Mulder and Scully back, I LOVE THAT SHOW.
January 11th, 2006
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"This is pathetic, you and EBaum are doing this together, no way do I (or could anyone with an ounce of intelligence) believe this was serious after reading this nonsense." Won't it be hilarious when you finally find out it's actually happening. That 'ounce of intelligence' will have taken you far.
January 11th, 2006
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Well, Max this was a very mature approach to handle their "legal" threats.
January 11th, 2006
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AHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA mr bauman telling us that we're pimply faced nerds? has he EVER looked at his son? mwuhah.
January 11th, 2006
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I cant be bothered reading all that sh*t. Someone give me the jist of it.
January 11th, 2006
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His father must be 18 or something, because he types his emails like my little sister does. I'm proud of you Max, even though I wasn't involved I still appreciate everything you've done and are going through right now.
January 11th, 2006
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it's absolutely incomprehensibly utter idiocy for him to send you such insulting e-mails when you have so clearly been trying to bring an end to the "war". I didn't think it was possible but he's actually reached a new low
January 11th, 2006
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some pathetic little bastard who works for his son is trying to insult me? Now that's funny.
January 11th, 2006
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The Baumans are retarded. Max is god. If for some reason, YTMND is shut down, I say we raid eBaumsworld HQ. I agree with what most people have said. Props to Max for being professional, not sinking to the Bauman's levels. I would like to lash out against eBaums, but I fear consequences, not only to myself, but to YTMND, and I'd never, ever do anything to harm YTMND. If it is anything that proves that Max is much more mature than any of the Bauman's, it is this. I doubt LohanFacial will go down, and this "war" will continue. I just hope that no harm comes to YTMND, or I'll track down the one who did it and kick their ass. This is my plea, you may think you're doing good, but you may be doing the ultimate wrong. Help YTMND, Listen to Max.
January 11th, 2006
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Muller, you are a dumb sh*t. I gurantee this thing is real, too much stuff has happened. WoW.
January 11th, 2006
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I'd like to post a "dramatic reading" of Neil's emails as a parody, but I don't want to have it misinterpreted as a "call-for-war" - just a parody. Kay ? Don't delete it pls.
January 11th, 2006
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*rolls eyes* When will people learn to just get off of this? Seriously. Max has asked you fools to stop. Max isn't trying to appease anyone. He's trying to save YTMND from trouble. And YOU GUYS TOO. When words like Terrorism and Criminal gets thrown around, even if it's not done seriously, it's still serious none the less. It's better to err on the side of caution on this. Now Max has made clear his wishes. So... let me reiterate it in simple terms. http://nomorehaxorhooligans.ytmnd.com/
January 11th, 2006
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I also find it funny him calling us kids. Hell i'm 19 years old and a correctional officer for the state of illinois. I guess that makes me a pimple face nerd.
January 11th, 2006
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indeed. this would all end if they just took down the lohan site.
January 11th, 2006
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For someone so concerned about the professionalism of ytmnd users, the extraordinary lack of professionalism from Mr. Neil Bauman makes it extremely difficult to take him seriously. Can you say hypocrite?
January 11th, 2006
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HAHHAA OWNED. Thatll be down in about 5 seconds. that moron probably doesnt even realize that he used those internet lingos.
January 11th, 2006
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an interesting site here where you can sign people up for spam. http://www.toastedspam.com/freespamlist
January 11th, 2006
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I hope some one out there has the ability to help Max out if he does indeed need it. I can't stand Eric Bauman. He's a cheat and a liar.
January 11th, 2006
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This is the worst Hanuka ever :(
January 11th, 2006
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Ebaumsworld.com - We steal your work so we don't have to work.
January 11th, 2006
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Well, it's 1:24 am and "Lohan" is still up on EB. I guess it's money but it doesn't make any sense why you have to be an asspirate just to bump your profits from $5000 per day to $6000...dude has enough word-of-mouth publicity for that site to scream on the front page that he stole everything and it wouldn't hurt him.
January 11th, 2006
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Posting in a legendary thread.
January 11th, 2006
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MAX IS THE MAN NOW DOG
January 11th, 2006
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You know... I much prefer the Lohan page on ytmnd because Ebaum's version really loses something without the music. It just doesn't compel me to watch as much as the other one does. By the way, Neil pretty much insulted everyone who uses the internet (or makes original content for that matter) by his remarks. If his intentions were to make people stop hating on his website, he sure is doing a sh*tty job of it. And yes, who is this magical entity who submitted the Lindsay Lohan animation in the first place? That's the guy who we should be crucifying right about now.
January 11th, 2006
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Max, I love you within the bounds of my heterosexuality! Thanks for taking the HIGH ROAD and being higher class than that Ebaums "executive"
January 11th, 2006
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You kick ass, Max.
January 11th, 2006
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I'm glad that the FBI "internet unit" (sounds like a good idea for a sitcom... >.>) could take it's time away from the crackdown on internet child pornogrophy so that they could , in turn, come after you max. "LOL" oh! "BTW" ur teh gay now ebaum.
January 11th, 2006
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That's really good of you to take the high road Max. Kudos for the ultimatum too. And, how effing unprofessional is that guy?
January 11th, 2006
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B) He links us to the form which was "signed" and it consists of a few fields (name, e-mail, etc.) and a check box that agrees to a lengthily e-greement -- hardly a signed consent that he has been claiming to have! But it doesn't matter anyway, since it was "signed" by someone who didn't even own it to begin with! I don't think Mr. Bauman would appreciate someone from the YTMND community stealing content from his site, and posting it somewhere else without HIS consent! But hey, going by his logic, ANYONE can release ANYONE else's work! So long as they "sign" a "release"!
January 11th, 2006
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Stick it to the man Max. YTMND FTW. It just goes to show how far YTMND fans can take it to not get the dirty sanchez from some prick on a throne. Now if you can excuse me...time to make another YTMND site.
January 11th, 2006
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well I must say after reading that, I decided to join ytmnd,in support of Max. Mr. Ebaum has no right to say I don't love my child, and as for what I do on saturday, My mp3 player takes TRIPLE A batteries! I cannot believe he actually dared you to post that. does he not realize that this will only encourage more people who have been wronged to come forward, perhaps even to the fbi? also, I am no lawyer, but doesn't most lawyers tell their clients NOT to speak to people they are suing because letters and e-mail can be used for countersuit? oh well I am behind you max and if necessary, I am sure you can count on us pimply un-loved geeks to each send in a few bucks for your legal fees.
January 11th, 2006
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B) He links us to the form which was "signed" and it consists of a few fields (name, e-mail, etc.) and a check box that agrees to a lengthily e-greement -- hardly a signed consent that he has been claiming to have! But it doesn't matter anyway, since it was "signed" by someone who didn't even own it to begin with! I don't think Mr. Bauman would appreciate someone from the YTMND community stealing content from his site, and posting it somewhere else without HIS consent! But hey, going by his logic, ANYONE can release ANYONE else's work! So long as they "sign" a "release"!
January 11th, 2006
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SORRY for all the posts -- let me try this again! ------------- I just caught myself up on this "battle" that's been going on -- first off I must say for someone who criticizes professionalism, Mr. Bauman has pretty lousy grammar! Now I noticed this on his pathetic FAQ (does he even know what that stands for?) "We honor ALL requests to remove unauthorized material. If any original content creator wants their material removed or wants to be given credit, they can contact us. Contrary to all of the attacks and threats, WE HAVE YET TO RECEIVE ANY COMMUNICATION FROM ANYONE CLAIMING TO BE THE ORIGINAL AUTHOR OF THE ANIMATION IN QUESTION, OTHER THAN THE USER WHO SUBMITTED IT TO US. IF YOU ARE THE ORIGINAL CREATOR AND WANT IT REMOVED, BY ALL MEANS, PLEASE LET US KNOW." So is he saying that the person who submitted the image WASN'T the original author?? I quote from the e-mail he sent Max: "There is this big dispute over a piece of content that we received a signed release for." *CONTINUED*
January 11th, 2006
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Has anyone considered the possibility of a class-action lawsuit against ebaumsworld.com? It could represent anyone who has had their copyrights violated, whether from YTMND or other sites, and could very well put enough of a financial strain on them in the case of a favorable ruling for the content creators to put them under, if not drive them into bankruptcy. Of course this would depend on the amount of settlement but it would certainly be a huge blow to them and could even result in a court order for them to shut down their site. Just a thought.
January 11th, 2006
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Sounds like Neil's a n****r.
January 11th, 2006
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**CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS COMMENT** A) I'm not a lawyer, but last I checked, before one posts content on their web page, it is THEIR responsibility to ensure that the person releasing the material actually owns the rights to said material. It seems to me that since Mr. Bauman differentiates between the "original author" and the "user who submitted it", he is admitting that they are different people, and thus admitting to posting material which he isn't authorized to display! Copyright laws anyone? B) He links us to the form which was "signed" and it consists of a few fields (name, e-mail, etc.) and a check box that agrees to a lengthily e-greement -- hardly a signed consent that he has been claiming to have! But it doesn't matter anyway, since it was "signed" by someone who didn't even own it to begin with! **CONTINUED**
January 11th, 2006
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"Obviously you have lost possession of your Yiddish cup." The man made a bloody Jew-Joke in an official letter. How he got to be the "Executive Vice President" of anything is beyond me.
January 11th, 2006
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**CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS COMMENT** I don't think Mr. Bauman would appreciate someone from the YTMND community stealing content from his site, and posting it somewhere else without HIS consent! But hey, going by his logic, ANYONE can release ANYONE else's work! So long as they "sign" a "release"! **END**
January 11th, 2006
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thank you max. I apologize for supporting this war. Sorry, we would never want to do anything to hurt the site. Just vengance for the wrong doing. Wheres the punisher when you need him...
January 11th, 2006
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If the FBI is reading this, post pics of scullys tits plz.
January 11th, 2006
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Jesus Titty-f*cking Christ. You guys, Max made valid points against his "opponent" here, but f*ckign read it. If there is one thing he isn't doing, it's asking the people who did all this sh*t to come and stand behind him and put his face on the posters. If you think ruining other people's "e-property" is fun, go join myg0t. Otherwise get over it, what everybody did was f*cking stupid in every way. All this could have been settled if somebody had just asked who had submitted the photo to them, and then done what needed to be done to contact that person and have the image removed.
January 11th, 2006
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Wait, dood we should get sean connery to go over to the "living" ebaums company and shut it down. I guarentee if each ytmnd member were to donate a dollar or more, we could get him to do it. As well as a celebrity like him could show off all the stolen material and watermarked stuff.
January 11th, 2006
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This is what Neil was talking about when he mention " FBI Cyber Terrorism Unit" http://FBICyberTerrorism.ytmnd.com/
January 11th, 2006
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It should be noted that realfunnyvideos.com has also started stealing from YTMND.
January 11th, 2006
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Ebaum really used "LOL" in such an email? XD
January 11th, 2006
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ebaum... ohhh ebaum...I CAN PLAY MYSELF
January 11th, 2006
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Max, you truly are the man now dog!
January 11th, 2006
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seems to me the Baumans aren't mature enough to handle seirous discussions. "pathetic, pimply-faced maladjusted pre-teens whose parents don't love them" Reminds me of 13 year olds who use long and difficult words to try to prove their smarter than other people.
January 11th, 2006
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where are the froums gons :'(
January 11th, 2006
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Wow, Neil has worse grammer than a 10 year old. Also he insulted hundreds of users of his own site (probably thousands), and made an anti semetic insult towards Max. I am sorry but I have to say this, singular acts of aggression against embaumsworld is possibly the only way to reach them. Their lawyers are sleaze and their name must be ruined. If their stock is traded, it just plummeted. Eat human feces and die ebaums.
January 11th, 2006
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"lovingly" haha max is the man but those of you who are creating the anti-ebaum sites are just fueling the fire. your making this very hard for max and the site you are so willing to 'defend'. let max take care of this himself, if he needs any support, he will post it.
January 11th, 2006
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Dwhitten: Yeah that was amusing. I'm a 22 year old Med-Student, but I guess I must be retarded because I like YTMND, according to that bastion of intelligence known as Neil Bauman...
January 11th, 2006
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The letter above was written by a 64-year-old executive vice president of a company.
January 11th, 2006
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talk about not being professional. this is a letter from a vice president?!?! also, http://neilfailsatgrammar.ytmnd.com/ for the love of god, please don't delete that, max. =P
January 11th, 2006
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IT'S OFF!!! HE TOOK IT OFF THE SITE!!! VICTORY!!!
January 11th, 2006
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My sites have succumbed to the pro-Baum downvoters :(
January 11th, 2006
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max, if you need any help, I'm sure many users would be willing. As other s have said I have a really hard time believing any legal matters in court will come from this. It's just neil bauman blowing off steam and making himself out to be a complete moron while he's at it. Long live YTMND.
January 11th, 2006
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LOL THE PICTURE HAS BEEN TAKEN DOWN. That's one small step for man, One giant leap for YTMND!
January 11th, 2006
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Max is legendary.
January 11th, 2006
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good, but now like 3 other sites stole it, too. :(
January 11th, 2006
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The image...is down. The image...is down. Doo DEET doo DEE doo doo DEET doo Dee do! Strongbad anybody...just me? Damn...
January 11th, 2006
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Holy Bacon they took it down! Does this mean we should delete our ebaum YTMNDs?
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http://www.ebaumsworld.com/images2/lohanfacialfucuguyz187.gif How mature of him >_>
January 11th, 2006
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Surrender! Max FTW!
January 11th, 2006
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Bauman's e-mails were nothing more than a feeble shot at ridiculing our community with an attempted level of formality that looked ridiculously out of place, which is why he encouraged Max to display it publicly. He's only further representing Ebaum's site as the indescent farce it's already renowned to be. Although it's needless to say, I say this only as a re-enforcement of the fact that Max is in the justified position here and has nothing to fear.
January 11th, 2006
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Wow. The typos in his letters make me cringe. I mean, I type like a jackass on the internet, but when it comes down to business, I have an English degree. I can write. Jesus.
January 11th, 2006
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Max....marry me.
January 11th, 2006
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You're the man now dog. You're the man now dog, everyone.
January 11th, 2006
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Yeah... WTF is THIS about!?!? http://www.ebaumsworld.com/images2/lohanfacialfucuguyz187.gif http://www.ebaumsworld.com/images2/lohanfacialfucuguyz187.gif http://www.ebaumsworld.com/images2/lohanfacialfucuguyz187.gif That bastard.
January 11th, 2006
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http://wewon.ytmnd.com !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Please don't delete it, Max -- Just showing my support!!! W0o0o0o0o0o0oo
January 11th, 2006
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Well played Max, now lets see if we can be civilized and get all of the rest of the stolen sh*t off of e-baums world...
January 11th, 2006
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It's like David and Goliath, only this time David won!
January 11th, 2006
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ITS OVER MAX! WE WON!
January 11th, 2006
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http://www.ebaumsworld.com/images2/lohanfacialfucuguyz187.gif The image is still hosted, but not displayed, and been renamed to "f*ck you guys"
January 11th, 2006
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LoL, ebaumsworld hosts vidz of "fake-porn pics" and people dying in carcrashers and from various stunt, and he has the guts to call us pre-teens.... While here it is pure humour.
January 11th, 2006
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Wow. I guess he's the real child. Hey Ebaum, feel free to chomp down on my *sshole.
January 11th, 2006
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rofl, owned like whoa
January 11th, 2006
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I guess Kermit showed him!!! http://kermitebaum.ytmnd.com/
January 11th, 2006
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I guess Max has to nuke all the eBaum related sites now...It has to be done, we have to show that YTMND is reputable.
January 11th, 2006
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You freaking rock, Max. I pray this hits news, and that others will finally file suit.
January 11th, 2006
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Strange but true: A friend of mine who has incredibly pungent farts has dubbed the occurance 'Dropping an E-Bomb' (because his last name begins with 'e'). For years we've dreaded the E-Bomb and tried to make the best of a bad situation when one is dropped in mixed company. Really, it's awful, and it somehow lingers like no other fart could hope. A few years ago we learned about the fledgling comedy website with a very similar name to the 'E-Bomb'. In lieu of recent events, it makes sense.
January 11th, 2006
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^ n00b
January 11th, 2006
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Can anything be done about the fact that his site still hosts the file?
January 11th, 2006
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theres losing, theres winning, and theres not making any mistakes. keep in the zone max, youve been making the right decisions and have legions behind you.
January 11th, 2006
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Well done good sir. You are a hero to all
January 11th, 2006
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Max, you are the man now dog! Ebaums is a piece of sh*t website that steals peoples hard work and whores it out. I am glad that you are steadfast in this storm of bullsh*t.
January 11th, 2006
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Wow. This got a whole lot bigger than I ever imagined.
January 11th, 2006
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Max owns.
January 11th, 2006
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exaclty. the victory belongs to us the ones who fought under the wise watchful Max. i am not worthy o great one!
January 11th, 2006
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Lawl@ebaumsworld coperate headquarters = dads house
January 11th, 2006
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quite frankly, in my opinion the whole site should be purged of anything not original or not created by Ebaums. i imagine that will leave lttle left... ;)
January 11th, 2006
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Yeah, because this FBI threat stuff worked great for Jack Thompson.
January 11th, 2006
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Well now that that's over with, all that's left to say really is.... LOL
January 11th, 2006
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:3 let the war contine!! viva la resitonce!!!
January 11th, 2006
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Best E-mails I've ever read... inspired this: The Bauman Letters: A Dramatic Reading -> http://baumanletters.ytmnd.com/
January 11th, 2006
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Please digg this story http://digg.com/technology/Lohan_Animation_Removed,_image_there_are_renamed
January 11th, 2006
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lol...who's going to desperate measures now? You think changing the address will hide it? WRONG BAUMAN! http://www.ebaumsworld.com/images2/lohanfacialfucuguyz187.gifhttp://www.ebaumsworld.com/images2/lohanfacialfucuguyz187.gifhttp://www.ebaumsworld.com/images2/lohanfacialfucuguyz187.gifhttp://www.ebaumsworld.com/images2/lohanfacialfucuguyz187.gifhttp://www.ebaumsworld.com/images2/lohanfacialfucuguyz187.gifhttp://www.ebaumsworld.com/images2/lohanfacialfucuguyz187.gifhttp://www.ebaumsworld.com/images2/lohanfacialfucuguyz187.gif
January 11th, 2006
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http://maxtribute.ytmnd.com/ -- my humble, heartfelt tribute to you Max.
January 11th, 2006
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Alright, time to hold up your end of the bargain. That was cool treating it in such a mature manner.
January 11th, 2006
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Max, you are the man, you are a role model, keep up the good work!
January 11th, 2006
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Niiiiiiice.
January 11th, 2006
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who uses "LOL" in a formal letter?
January 11th, 2006
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ramboacdc, A dumb *ss retard who cant find real work. Hope that answers your question :)
January 11th, 2006
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MrBailey No, and I posted it on digg so DIGG IT AWAY
January 11th, 2006
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does anyone have a link to pictures of the visits to ebaum's office?
January 11th, 2006
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This is an email from an executive vice president?? Sounded more like it came from a sailor...
January 11th, 2006
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HOLY CRAP IT DOES WORK!! IT IS POSSIBLE!! They removed it!! HABEEB IT!!! Maybe there is hope for communicating with these guys
January 11th, 2006
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hope everything turns out ok.
January 11th, 2006
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On some other forums I've been browsing, they're mentioning sending mail to eBaum's advertisers basically saying that their property was stolen by eBaum and since purchased advertisement space, they no longer will use the products from aforementioned company. A hard copy letter would have much more effect than email here. Anyway, one of the advertisers that perked my interest in such matters was USANetwork. A big name company that would be hurt by bad publicity.
January 11th, 2006
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Wow, Neil Bauman is OBVIOUSLY the bigger man.
January 11th, 2006
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Though you don't seem to condone it, know that we would all gladly die for you in battle if you should ever ask it of us, Max. VIVA LA YTMND!
January 11th, 2006
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Well max, you have to keep good on your deal. Delete all things with Ebaum in the title.
January 11th, 2006
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Only if Bauman actually deleted the Lohan facial image, luigi12. I'd hate to see this stupid sh*t continue one moment longer, but the issue must be resolved by the party who committed the offense, not by the innocent third-party site.
January 11th, 2006
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max, i have to admit, when i frist read this i was scared as hell for you and every one else. internet terrorists? thats a very serious accuzation, but then i saw how well you handled it, and im glad. i just hope that the fbi smartens up, and sees whats going on. and also, you handled everything really well. congratulations. you are the man now dog. and i'm still really sorry all of this happened. ebaums is a scum bag. and his father is an egotistical prick.
January 11th, 2006
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Max, don't delete stuff relating to eBaum! They didn't actually give in: http://ebaumsworld.com/images2/lohanfacialfucuguyz187.gif *ssholes just hid it on their site. Wow, I mean... Wow.
January 11th, 2006
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The FBI processes all viable threats, cetta, no matter how serious. Although the threat to the Baumans is trivial at best (knowing you flower-picking hippies), the fact is that there is a viable threat. The FBI will treat the case seriously, but I doubt that any action will be taken. Seeing as how Max is so insulated from the "cyber terrorists," Max himself faces little to no FBI pressure. Max may get an FBI file opened on him and may be questioned once or twice, but I doubt things would continue from there.
January 11th, 2006
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If I were Max, I would file a Freedom of Information act request for information that the police, FBI or any other government organization is keeping specifically on Max himself or YTMND. It could be valuable material.
January 11th, 2006
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Sarcasm, MrBailey. A lavish helping of sarcasm.
January 11th, 2006
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Max Goldman, FU
January 11th, 2006
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Sorry bout that. Hit something. Anyway, that was supposed to say: Max Goldman, f*ck YEAH! Coming again to save YTMND yeah! Max Goldman, f*ck YEAH! Freedom is the only way, yeah! That's all I got.
January 11th, 2006
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Eloquent, someguy17. As a matter of fact, magniloquent.
January 11th, 2006
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Max deserves to keep this psychotic little social experiment. It'd be a shame if the big bad internet bully came and took it all away.
January 11th, 2006
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Well he has removed the lindsay lohan picture! :D
January 11th, 2006
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I can still load it from his web page, shazzzle. I hope they remove it, but it hasn't happened yet.
January 11th, 2006
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I hope you don't get screwed over by your wording here: "tomorrow at midnight I will delete anything with the term "eBaum". I offer to do this for you if you remove lohanfacial.html from your website." They need to be brought down for running fraudulent business practices.
January 11th, 2006
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It's not a legal contract, dynthug. It's just one gentleman's honest offer to another. The wording doesn't have to be technical - it just has to convey meaning. What is the underlying meaning? Delete the Lohan facial YTMND content and Max will delete EBaum's YTMNDs.
January 11th, 2006
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Since so many of Ebaums forum's state something like "show us your copyright papers" maybe they should read what the loving people at wipo say http://www.wipo.int/copyright/en/faq/faqs.htm it basicly states "Copyright itself does not depend on official procedures. A created work is considered protected by copyright as soon as it exists. According to the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, literary and artistic works are protected without any formalities in the countries party to that Convention. Thus, WIPO does not offer any kind of copyright registration system." so um yea, ebaums members = pwned :D
January 11th, 2006
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Neil Bauman = Pwned GG Max
January 11th, 2006
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I found the solution to your legal problems Max. http://www.somethingawful.com/crabs/
January 11th, 2006
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"We honor ALL requests to remove unauthorized material. If any original content creator wants their material removed or wants to be given credit, they can contact us" The image HAS NOT BEEN REMOVED, therefore they have not complied with their own words. As long as users can still access unauthorized content from his servers, ebaum has not complied.
January 11th, 2006
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Correction. As long as unauthorized content is ON his servers, ebaum has not complied.
January 11th, 2006
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Perhaps the FBI would like to talk to SA and ask them about how they got attacked?
January 11th, 2006
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Max you are a true hero.... YTMND is YTMND because of you Cease and Desist - - - hahaha
January 11th, 2006
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people don't just up and attack websites for no reason (unles they were part of the late '05 forums). We had a reason to declare a state of warfare on Eric and his papa Neil. What sort of man over the age of 40 uses the phrase 'LOL'?
January 11th, 2006
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Good work shutting down the forums, KEEP THEM DOWN THEY WERE LOWERING THE INTERNET'S IQ
January 11th, 2006
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I can feel the patriotism welling up inside me.
January 11th, 2006
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Wow. Neil is the most disgusting, pompous little bitch I have ever seen. What a pathetic, spoiled little brat, who thinks it's appropriate for him to run his mouth. The audacity.. just wow. Max, your response made me wet.
January 11th, 2006
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His response made you wet? Oh man, you people ARE sick!
January 11th, 2006
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I joined the site as a show of support for Max. I am 22 and just graduated with a degree in Artificial Intelligence from one of the top unis in England. But yeah i'm also a pimply faced pre teen. Seriously, who is this guy Neil Bauman? He sounds like my 14 year old cousin trying to sound like an adult.
January 11th, 2006
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I think the FBI have better things to do, what with terrorism and all, just a thought
January 11th, 2006
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MAX. IS. GOD!
January 11th, 2006
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Someone tell us who is Ben and what did he do?
January 11th, 2006
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... http://realfunnyvideos.com/node/23 >_
January 11th, 2006
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"LOL" ? "BTW" ? Oh man he cant be serious xD
January 11th, 2006
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Wow, neil's letter is so badly written, it wouldn't even get a 4 out of 9 on the english AP exam as a persuasive piece. I've written better pieces of literature in 7th grade. "pathetic, pimply-faced maladjusted pre-teens" indeed. As much as i am often annoyed by stupidity on this site, this idiocy makes it all look intelligent and sensible.
January 11th, 2006
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Gee Max. Last time I checked my Ph.D was still valid. I'm hardly a kid too! I don't know if the FBI has a "Cyber-Terrorism Unit" as named by Ebaums, but they do investigate internet death threats, hacking, fraud, and other types of crimes and take them very seriously. I have worked with this particular unit in a court case and you will find them very professional and very thorough. If they contact you just be honest. From what I remember, individuals who post death threats and hack may be the ones prosecuted, not you. Individuals who have done real damage, if any, may need to be concerned, but I think you are not a target of prosecution. The case I was involved with was a death threat posted on an AOL message board. AOL was not charged, but representatives did have to testify. But the person who posted it was convicted. Ebaum's letter is hardly a professional response and it may or may not be truthful about the FBI interest, but I think you are in the clear. Good Luck! YTMND rocks!
January 11th, 2006
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Oh, and as much as i supported people sending e-mails to the ebaum's host reporting theft of intellectual property, trespassing IS taking it way too far.
January 11th, 2006
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He really shouldn't be acting tough considering the ebaum forums were royally pwned.
January 11th, 2006
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THEY TOOK LOHAN DOWN!!!
January 11th, 2006
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Thank God we've won this battle. Niel really is a dramatic idiot. Oh, and a little presentation by me: http://f*ggotrylol.ytmnd.com/
January 11th, 2006
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Yeah they took lohan down, holy crap. Awwww poor eric bauman has daddy help him with the big things.
January 11th, 2006
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Lovingly, Max
January 11th, 2006
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What I find funny, is that the image still isn't removed. http://www.ebaumsworld.com/images2/lohanfacialfucuguyz187.gif
January 11th, 2006
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OMG jerkoff
January 11th, 2006
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"Obviously you have lost possession of your Yiddish cup"?? That's an anti-Semetic remark. You should call the ACLU and sue his *ss for $EVERYTHING, max. Also for cocks.
January 11th, 2006
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^^^ That's true. It is an antisemetic remark. Max, get ahold of me on the SomethingAwful forums. I can refer you to the SPLC and a good attorney I know that works for them.
January 11th, 2006
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LOL pwnt
January 11th, 2006
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max it still isn't down. http://www.ebaumsworld.com/images2/lohanfacialfucuguyz187.gif no deal.
January 11th, 2006
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You can not be held responsible for the actions of YTMND members unless you directly tell them or encourage them to harm this pathetic excuse for a piece of horse sh*t. What others do is not your responsibilty, Lets get that part clear and out of the way. Now I will say that I doubt he has some corporate office. Seems any one with a Admin@site.com gets a huge epeen and thinks they are some big shot but thats not my main point here. You have this little thing called freedom of speech. That means if you want to make a picture of eric bauman and cover it in sh*t and post it on a site well guess what? YOU CAN. On my last note I would rather be a pimply faced 12 year old kid than a fat hairy 40 year old man who visits erics site. Fact is most 40 year olds who visit his joke site have no idea that over half his crap is ripped off from other sites. In a world today where half the people online use AOL I doubt they would know that he is not creative, he lacks skill and relies on ripping others work off.
January 11th, 2006
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wegnertroy1 -- Re-re. Read what I said next time instead of being a nub.
January 11th, 2006
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you can tell he [eric] dropped out high school. Hees gremor iz so gud!
January 11th, 2006
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You guys all know the details of the 'visit to the headquarters' right? Two kids realized they lived near the headquarters. They didn't know where it was, so they LOOKED IT UP in the phonebook. They documented the visit with pictures. (They said the 'headquarters' just looked like a normal house, nothing fancy) They taped 2 signs to the door, took a picture, removed the signs, and left. Ebaum makes it seem like kids came to the headquarters and took a dump on his doorstep. Every step along the way they manage to make themselves look worse. I don't understand. Max, I commend you for your response here. Did you purposefully word your ultimatum that way? Either way, it resulted in the original html being removed, and an ever more childest rebuttal.
January 11th, 2006
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damn n*gga
January 11th, 2006
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http://www.ebaumsworld.com/images2/lohanfacialfucuguyz187.gif Im sorry but the show still goes on?
January 11th, 2006
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I think were going about this the wrong way. We all know and agree that ebaumsworld has violated us all, by consistently hot-linking, and stealing images from this and many other sites. This is an attack against all of internet subculture by a money hungry high-school dropout, whose layout looks equivalent to his education. Attacking ebaumsworld itself... is useless. SEND IT TO THE ADS! Alright let’s think about it! How does he get money? Ads! I think the advertisers might pull ads after they have to sort through all the complaints. BOYCOT and COMPLAIN TO THE ADS!!! Let’s be smart and protest straight to the money.
January 11th, 2006
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"they taped 2 signs to the door, took a picture, removed the signs, and left." They took the signs DOWN?! -50 Respect
January 11th, 2006
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ps i think im turned on
January 11th, 2006
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Id make love to you if I could
January 11th, 2006
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Max, I don't know what to think about this. Yeah, lohanfacial.html was removed per request, sure, but the file is still there along with an immature insult and the police code for murder? Who's the immature f*ggot in this situation?
January 11th, 2006
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GG
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XDXDXDXDXDXDXDXD
January 11th, 2006
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Even though they immediately removed the signs, (no harm, no foul) some gamespot forum members proceeded to find one of their addresses, and harass them. They then immediately apologized to Ebaum. (I am not sure what there was to apologize for...) So yeah, its all bs on that front.
January 11th, 2006
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well done max. it really angers me that the ebaum does have a pack of lawyers ready just in case someone decides to go after him. i'm not going to pretend to be versed in the law, but couldn't someone potentially open a class-action civil suit against ebaum? like, anyone who could prove they created content on their site gets a percentage of his ad revenue?
January 11th, 2006
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Here at YTMND we take legal threats *very seriously*. Max should reply to the e-mail in the same way that Lowtax from somethingawful.com would.
January 11th, 2006
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I still can't believe how dumb that guy is. gg max
January 11th, 2006
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pwnt
January 11th, 2006
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Well, it's not there anymore...maybe people will shut up about this now.
January 11th, 2006
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Ha! Eric must be really proud of his dad. What an embarassment. No wonder Eric is so f*cked up.
January 11th, 2006
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Nope, still there ericphlux http://www.ebaumsworld.com/images2/lohanfacialfucuguyz187
January 11th, 2006
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Cease and Desist LOL
January 11th, 2006
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It's gone....we won!
January 11th, 2006
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Aha! I love this, "f*ck, is it really that much of a big deal?",... nicely said XD Your whole response was amazing. Best of luck to you Max
January 11th, 2006
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very nice
January 11th, 2006
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this is precedented. a bunch of flash animaters had their work stolen by a profit seeking lout who claimed their work as his own. they got back at him without malicious attacks. heres a link to the result. http://www.explosm.net/movies/view.asp?id=19
January 11th, 2006
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What was that he was saying about professionalism...? "LOL".
January 11th, 2006
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The 187 is a death threat check it out at our good friend wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/187_%28murder%29
January 11th, 2006
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PWNT
January 11th, 2006
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owned
January 11th, 2006
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LOL Ebaum got his daddy...
January 11th, 2006
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******** Max, I would NOT delete all the ytmnds with Ebaum in the name. That is crazy... But, I would however add disclaimers along the lines of "The ideas, images, etc. expressed on this websige do not represent the position blah blah blah of YTMND... etc. etc. etc..) Additionally, maybe a "terms of use" or something before seeing the home page that the user must agree to forfeit all rights.. blah blah blah... something along those lines... just a thought... I would get a lawyer if I were you just to see if ebaum has a leg to stand on... (a leg he hasnt stolen from someone else that is...) -FuNK
January 11th, 2006
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I registered simply for the reason that I could comment on this news post. Max, I believe you have handled the situation at hand incredibly. Seeing Neil act in such a childish way with his e-mails, then seeing you reply the way you have makes me proud to support your website and you as a person.
January 11th, 2006
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I agree with XyberFunk. Don't delete those sites. Anyway take that Mr.Tries to be funny Internet content stealer guy!
January 11th, 2006
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You're the man now Max!
January 11th, 2006
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Max wins the internet! NEIL FAILS AT LIFE!!1
January 11th, 2006
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After reading the f*ckING FIRST line I swear to f*cking god someone should do something ABOVE spam and DDoS, someone should f*cking sue his f*ggot f*cking ASS!!!
January 11th, 2006
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Just remember you can't spell Ebaums without B-U-M.
January 11th, 2006
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Cease and desist these cease and decist letters!
January 11th, 2006
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You sir are GOD.
January 11th, 2006
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I take it that Bauman hasn't informed the law about his violations of the Berne copyright convention.
January 11th, 2006
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While I do admit mocking Eric and Neil Bauman, I never would, or want to, DDOS attack his website or make death threats to Eric. But it wasn't just YTMND that attacked ebaumsworld. It was also groups like Newgrounds, Something Awful, Adult Swim, GameFAQs, 4chan, KNova, Fark, LUE, LivingWithStyle, D-Day and LUElinks.
January 11th, 2006
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http://www.law.cornell.edu/treaties/berne/overview.html link to copyright law for the internet also known as the Berne copyright convention. Just in case anybody was interested in learning about fair use and whatnot.
January 11th, 2006
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excellent reply
January 11th, 2006
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we should all donate money and hire the DDOS mafia to take out Ebaum (yes these groups do exist) http://www.securityfocus.com/news/9411
January 11th, 2006
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They took the site off http://ytmndwinsthewar.ytmnd.com/
January 11th, 2006
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You're the god now man!
January 11th, 2006
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I think Bauman's trying to elicit rude emails to show people how immature we are.
January 11th, 2006
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Good one Max. Bauman deserves every stone thats hurled at his sorry *ss and his sh*tty website. He's the criminal, not us.
January 11th, 2006
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I can't wait to see how Neil responds to that email. I stand behind you Max, you proved you were the man when you beat the Dustin Diamond suit and you even more proved that you're the man because of how professionaly you handled this. It's a shame that some bad apples had to resort to terrorizing them and let the situation grow to this.
January 11th, 2006
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Didn't read. BUT SRSLY Well done Max, well done!
January 11th, 2006
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http://www.ebaumsworld.com/response-01-10-06.html
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Q. So now what? A. Good question. We're hoping these individuals come to their senses and stop the attacks immediately. There's a professional way to handle this situation. There are no grounds for these types of malicious, unethical, ILLEGAL attacks. We honor ALL requests to remove unauthorized material. If any original content creator wants their material removed or wants to be given credit, they can contact us. Contrary to all of the attacks and threats, WE HAVE YET TO RECEIVE ANY COMMUNICATION FROM ANYONE CLAIMING TO BE THE ORIGINAL AUTHOR OF THE ANIMATION IN QUESTION, OTHER THAN THE USER WHO SUBMITTED IT TO US. IF YOU ARE THE ORIGINAL CREATOR AND WANT IT REMOVED, BY ALL MEANS, PLEASE LET US KNOW.
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…LOL
January 11th, 2006
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But its still being hosted on eBaums. He just removed the link on the front page.
January 11th, 2006
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Max, if any lawyer actually tries to bring you to court over all this, show up naked. I still can't believe the e-mails you recieved were from a grown man. I also can't believe that some people here used 'YTMND' to identify themselves throughout this squabble. Guys, if you wanna attack ebaumsworld.com go for it. You have my blessings. However, leave Max and YTMND out of it. He's not your leader in this 'war.' He's just a guy who runs this website.
January 11th, 2006
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I dont live anywhere close, and have no reason to (so I dont condone this)... But given eBaums notorious blatant stealing of content, Im suprised noone has burned their f*cking house to the ground.
January 11th, 2006
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Very, very well spoken. It'll be a pity to see the content go, but a deal is a deal.
January 11th, 2006
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Hehe, we're terrorists and his DAD is the vice president of his company. Sad
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hey, my date takes AAA batteries!
January 11th, 2006
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max, please don't do a mass-delete of all sites that contain the word 'ebaum', some of these sites are GOLD.
January 11th, 2006
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Well stated Max.
January 11th, 2006
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The funniest thing about this is that his Dad runs his own sh*t. HAHA!
January 11th, 2006
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I too registered for the sole purpose of commenting on the war. eBaums needs to wake up and see that it's not just YTMND that's against them, but rather the entire internet. SA, 4chan, LUE, Fark, etc, the list goes on. The fact that they are trying to single out YTMND and make it sound like it was simply a small group of deviants who were involved in this is disgusting. This isn't YTMND vs. eBaums, it's the Internet vs. eBaums. BTW, the image appears to have been taken down (from the 187 location as well). I look foward to hearing eBaums's reply to this.
January 11th, 2006
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Max, good job. If these pricks get you in court, I'll gladly donate $250 to your legal defense fund. Don't be afraid of taking it all the way.
January 11th, 2006
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I just submitted a complain to the ADL.
January 11th, 2006
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complaint*
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He called your bluff Max. You're going to have to be the better man and live up to your bargain. Though it's easier for them to lose one gif than it is for you to police this entire site for eBaums ytmnds, which are user created. At first I thought it was a small victory, but now I see eBaums got the much better deal and might call you on it when all your 'loving' users create ways to get around not being able to make eBaums ytmnds. Don't get me wrong, they're a sh*tty website with 0 original content and loads of ads, and this is great place. But I think you got shafted with the shadier deal.
January 11th, 2006
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Might not be the best idea for a site that's famous for the phrase "n*gg* stole my bike" to accuse someone of anti-semetism...(-_-)
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Haha, that's amazing. This whole thing rules.
January 11th, 2006
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Very nice.
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