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  • GTS Mark
    Vrume Mark
    • Jan 2001
    • 20912
    #1

    The Rise of Ebaum's World

    "Viral media is all the rage these days, and Bauman runs one of the few viral sites actually making money. Without spending a penny on direct advertising, he's turned the high school hobby he ran out of his bedroom into one of the Internet's top-ranked humor sites, getting 1.2 million hits a day. There's a television pilot in the can, a book deal in negotiation, and a potential pact to bring eBaum content to cell phones. Annual ad revenue has doubled over the past year to $10 million, and the only overhead is bandwidth and salaries: Bauman is becoming a rich man. He has 30 employees who handle the coding, marketing, financial affairs, and assorted office details. He drives a shiny black Porsche Carrera. Besides gobbling up real estate around town and gas wells in Kentucky, he sponsors heavyweight boxing champ Hasim "the Rock" Rahman."

    http://wired.com/wired/archive/14.10/ebaum.html

    Not bad for a 26 year old kid

    DH
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    • xclusive
      Too lazy to set a custom title
      • Apr 2004
      • 35218
      #2
      It's a great site. Good to see him doing well for himself.

      I support MediumPimpin.com / Shemp's Outlawtgp.com /


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        • WWC
          #1 Adult Content Provider
          • Jul 2003
          • 11577
          #3
          interesting site.... i like that site...crazy stuff!
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            • georgeyw
              58008 53773
              • Jul 2005
              • 9865
              #4
              Interesting, never realised how much that site was/is making.

              At the same time isn't he guilty of content theft, re watermarking images/vids etc etc??
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                • GTS Mark
                  Vrume Mark
                  • Jan 2001
                  • 20912
                  #5
                  Originally posted by georgeyw
                  At the same time isn't he guilty of content theft, re watermarking images/vids etc etc??
                  Read the article it addresses that

                  DH

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                    • Chris
                      Too lazy to set a custom title
                      • May 2003
                      • 27880
                      #6
                      all this from stealing content

                      fuck him.
                      [email protected]

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                        • biftek
                          So Fucking Banned
                          • Jan 2005
                          • 1030
                          #7
                          Originally posted by georgeyw
                          At the same time isn't he guilty of content theft, re watermarking images/vids etc etc??
                          from all that i have read around the net , its seems as if he is guilty of those offences

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                            • xxxice
                              Confirmed User
                              • Feb 2002
                              • 5042
                              #8
                              Originally posted by DrinkingHARDEST
                              Read the article it addresses that

                              DH
                              From Wired
                              http://wired.com/wired/archive/14.10/ebaum.html

                              Why the fuss? Detractors say Bauman built his empire on stolen goods ? snatching obscure media from around the Web, erasing or denying credits, slapping on the eBaum watermark, then selling millions of dollars' worth of ads around the purloined content. "He steals work and makes all the money," says Kevin Flynn, an animator who is considering joining a class-action suit against eBaum's World. Flynn claims that Bauman ripped off his viral ditty "Peanut Butter Jelly Time."

                              Bauman is fighting back. "We try to let everyone know this is crap," he says. "We try to clear our name, but it's fucking impossible." He's a charming rogue, but it's not hard to understand why some folks are hoping he'll wake up one day with black marker smeared all over his own face. He walks to a nearby computer to play his all-time favorite eBaum video, "The Prank." It begins with a guy on a toilet who takes his freshly baked ammo and smears it on a sleeping friend. The friend retaliates, fluidly. Bauman, a lifelong prankster, mouths the dialog by heart. Asked where he got the video, he shrugs between laughs. "I don't know," he says. "I stole it from someplace."

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                                • Chris
                                  Too lazy to set a custom title
                                  • May 2003
                                  • 27880
                                  #9
                                  Originally posted by biftek
                                  from all that i have read around the net , its seems as if he is guilty of those offences
                                  he is.

                                  years ago he stole about 4 soundboards i made
                                  slapped his shit on it
                                  and called it good...
                                  [email protected]

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                                    • KRL
                                      Entrepreneur
                                      • Oct 2002
                                      • 31429
                                      #10
                                      Originally posted by Chris
                                      all this from stealing content

                                      fuck him.
                                      Look at YouTube.
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                                        • nekrom
                                          Confirmed User
                                          • Mar 2004
                                          • 921
                                          #11
                                          Yup simply rip all your content from Fark & Somethingawful and you to can be a millionaire by 26.

                                          -N
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                                            • Chris
                                              Too lazy to set a custom title
                                              • May 2003
                                              • 27880
                                              #12
                                              Originally posted by KRL
                                              Look at YouTube.
                                              I have gotten video's removed from youtube without a problem....

                                              dare ya to try to get something removed from mr baums website
                                              [email protected]

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                                                • Daruma
                                                  Confirmed User
                                                  • Nov 2002
                                                  • 3494
                                                  #13
                                                  and ebaums is very closely related to someone here on gfy - guess who

                                                  RIP TD

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                                                    • NoWhErE
                                                      Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                      • Sep 2005
                                                      • 10583
                                                      #14
                                                      "Good artists copy. Great artists steal."


                                                      Its sad to say, but alot of successful people got to the top by stealing. Crime does pay.
                                                      skype: lordofthecameltoe

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                                                        • Chris
                                                          Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                          • May 2003
                                                          • 27880
                                                          #15
                                                          Originally posted by NoWhErE
                                                          "Good artists copy. Great artists steal."


                                                          Its sad to say, but alot of successful people got to the top by stealing. Crime does pay.
                                                          i think stealing IDEAS is safer than stealing CONTENT ;)

                                                          karmaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
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                                                            • georgeyw
                                                              58008 53773
                                                              • Jul 2005
                                                              • 9865
                                                              #16
                                                              Originally posted by DrinkingHARDEST
                                                              Read the article it addresses that

                                                              DH
                                                              link isn't loading here

                                                              Still, I can't believe he is still operating in such a thieving manner.
                                                              TripleXPrint on Megan Fox
                                                              "I would STILL suck her pussy until her face caved in. And then blow her up and do it again!"

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                                                                • Solid Bob
                                                                  Confirmed User
                                                                  • Apr 2006
                                                                  • 1213
                                                                  #17
                                                                  Originally posted by georgeyw
                                                                  link isn't loading here

                                                                  Still, I can't believe he is still operating in such a thieving manner.
                                                                  Why? Usually the guy coding a dancing banana singing "peanut butter jelly time" doesn't have the funds or the brains to sue. Even if they do something crazy like a class action lawsuit he can easily have the bulk of his funds filtered out of his personal name or the business he uses, go bankrupt, pay a few fines, and laugh at everyone for not doing the same thing he did.
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                                                                    • DrunkEric
                                                                      Confirmed User
                                                                      • Aug 2004
                                                                      • 154
                                                                      #18
                                                                      http://ebaumsworldsucks.com/articles/flash.html - This explains alot

                                                                      "He steals work and makes all the money," says Kevin Flynn, an animator who is considering joining a class-action suit against eBaum's World. Flynn claims that Bauman ripped off his viral ditty "Peanut Butter Jelly Time."

                                                                      Bauman is fighting back. "We try to let everyone know this is crap," he says. "We try to clear our name, but it's fucking impossible."
                                                                      The funny thing is 2 major TV networks were able to track him down and ask permission to use it. Fox (when the did the parody on the family guy) and I cant remember the other one (it was for the show Ed). Both companies sent him a bunch of swag in return for letting them use it

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                                                                        • Solid Bob
                                                                          Confirmed User
                                                                          • Apr 2006
                                                                          • 1213
                                                                          #19
                                                                          Originally posted by DrunkEric
                                                                          http://ebaumsworldsucks.com/articles/flash.html - This explains alot


                                                                          The funny thing is 2 major TV networks were able to track him down and ask permission to use it. Fox (when the did the parody on the family guy) and I cant remember the other one (it was for the show Ed). Both companies sent him a bunch of swag in return for letting them use it
                                                                          I miss Ed.
                                                                          [email protected]

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                                                                            • Pipeline Q
                                                                              Confirmed User
                                                                              • Dec 2004
                                                                              • 3891
                                                                              #20
                                                                              his site innovated the idea of viral content. there are tons of sites that wouldnt exist had his not taken off.

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                                                                                • DrunkEric
                                                                                  Confirmed User
                                                                                  • Aug 2004
                                                                                  • 154
                                                                                  #21
                                                                                  Originally posted by Pipeline Q
                                                                                  his site innovated the idea of viral content. there are tons of sites that wouldnt exist had his not taken off.
                                                                                  His site inovated nothing other then content theft. You woud think in an industry that goes after everyone where they display their content without permission gets sued people would understand this.

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                                                                                    • porn blogger
                                                                                      Confirmed User
                                                                                      • Aug 2006
                                                                                      • 737
                                                                                      #22
                                                                                      i remember back when his site featured bulk email programs.
                                                                                      heeeeyyyyy now!

                                                                                      ^ the real biz, yo.

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                                                                                          • Jan 2004
                                                                                          • 16502
                                                                                          #23
                                                                                          Originally posted by DrunkEric
                                                                                          His site inovated nothing other then content theft. You woud think in an industry that goes after everyone where they display their content without permission gets sued people would understand this.
                                                                                          exactly, Eric knows what hes talking about in this subject...

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                                                                                            • tttcash
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                                                                                              • May 2006
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                                                                                              #24
                                                                                              Drinking, thanks for the link. I would not rule out Break.com (Use to be Big-Boys) These guys are huge.

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