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I'd write to a senator.. except I'm an illigal immigrant, and trying to get my biatch to eject an anchor baby pronto pronto before the INS bust my ass... ay karamba

awesome. however, world peace is higher on my priorities, lol. also, kill bush

Ive got the INS on my tail

WHAT ABOUT YTMNSFW?!?!??!??!?!!

FOR GLORY!!!!!!!

yeah, its a big deal, and there's also talk of ending "net neutrality" which means that your ISP can preferentially direct you to sites that pay them more money for you to go there. Which is bullsh*t.

f*ck that sh*t I'm too busy jerking off.

Wish I could help, but I'm British. I could kill Tony Blair for you.

It's called habius corpus. They can't do a thing to Max except politely ask him to take his site down, in the event this damnable act gets passed.

You know, congress can't do sh*t until we can't use the "right-click, save-image-as" anymore. If congress is gonna sue Max, he can come to Canada :p LOL . . .

will you accept my sperm in a cup?

since everyone else is going to be a pussy... i'm up for it. and btw it's nice to have a site that let's everyone know what's going on around us... not saying that i don't enjoy the regular funny stuff.

Sir, yes sir!

Agreed! To arms!

you're the canadian now dog

top 5, now!

Interesting. I can't imagine such retarded laws passing, though. Huh, I wonder if I'll be eating those words, later... I wonder what toppings will be best on them.

"I'm too busy going to stileproject and beating off to my millions of free porn pages that pose no threat to children."

CHARRRRRRGGGEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

if they passed the no more neutrality bill, I think the companies who did it would be in utter chaos due to the mass of leet net users in revolt.

"Ive got the INS on my tail" No, NO. It's "AFK INS".

they are making it illegal to show a picture of sean connery and 2 second sound clip? well show us and explain it, because i find that hard to believe.

"world peace is higher on my priorities, lol. also, kill bush" I-ron-y

to war and glory!!!!!!

You should never end somebodys life becuase you dont like what they are doing in the government. Seriously thats f*cked up. You should just take them out of power or lobby against them. Murdering solves nothing but puts more people into power like the person you just took out.

we must defend the MOTEHR LAND!!!

I was expecting a secret nazi rave. This dissapoints.

Too bad most ytmnd'rs aren't voting age... ... HIYYYYYO

Not Even Jap Music can justify copyright infringement

You're taking this way too seriously, but nice effort. They can't do anything.

you're right, that wasn't funny at all

"Sorry guys, this site isn't funny." One'd.

Im on it!

i h8 media

Truth. This does deserve to be heard and acted on. Things will only get worse if we don't make a difference now.

http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/004586.php

While it's great to bring attention to this subject, the chances of legislation such as this passing are close to nill.

im really glad you told us it wasnt funny beforehand.

Thanks for the support everyone. To those who think this ISN'T a big deal and no one will sue Max, remember we're dealing with the people who sue soccer moms without computers for file sharing, or preteen girls.

Dude, time to take action! Thanks for the announcement!

ye

5'd for EFF

The net nutrality thing is intresting. The only talk of ending comes from the people who want to protect it. Those who object to the protection nithere want nore are able to end net nutrality. The DMCA has already shut down a large segment of Star Trek fan sites while Paramount was being asholes. Including Spock.com and that had ZERO trek content just the name (and Spock is a human name)

The American government trying to control the internet?! What a f*cking crock of sh*t. This probably just for starters.

im sure more than half of ytmnd users have no idea what u r talking about or care, but ty so much for informing those of us who do care and WILL take part in defending the internets.

I care. However, I know that if sh*t does go down, YTMND will do a Pirate Bay: split across the world, on many servers. The Internet is mobile and infinite. It cannot be regulated. It cannot be controlled. Digital Anarchy, my friend. But regardless, thanks for the warning. I already know the EFF and support them.

lol, politics.

1st amendment ftw!

habius corpus

This is getting way out of control; the media just needs to let it happen. They are making enough money as it is.

Wait... Doesn't that just mean that the makers of the content can get it removed or censored? I'm sure the makers of whatever content we're using love the publicity and advertising. I'm not sure about this, but I think they're targeting toatlly different sites.

Dont the RIAA and the MPAA realize that ytmnd and other internet meme inspire the world including the FILM INDUSTRY. Take a look a Xmen.

I would add, vote Libertarian to the list of things you can do to help. Republicans and Democrats don't care about the Constitution, and they're not going to let the fact that most of the bills that the Republicrats write are unconstitutional stop them.

This site is a form of parody, and so it's probably legally covered for the same reasons as other forms of parody...

Just move to Canada.

Whether or not YTMND is really in danger, I believe that our actions are nesisary. The Associations need to learn that they exist because of us, not in spite of us.

I hate to tell you this but the censorship battle has been waging since the early 60s, perhaps longer and in truth it's (pro censorship) losing more ground with every decade. (It's never truly won a victory in fact.)Shaikoten has made a very valid point though, if you don't like what's happening you have to do something about it, get involved, don't just bitch. Well made site.

I'd write to my Senator... except I'm Canadian.

^well said, but i think the so-called Libertarian party has been overthrown by liberals. We need a real libertarian/constitutionalist party that doesn't have weird agendas in their platform like the current 3rd parties do.

but i'm just one man , what can i do ?

lol 3rd comment. Anyway, I doubt YTMND will ever be in danger as a whole by those groups. Even if that ever occurs, the EFF would likely back the site enough to win the legal case.

that was to cvramen, btw.

Well Bondo, for starters you can vote. And not just vote, but know who you're voting for. Work at a local level, attend city council meetings.

LOL @ Americans getting involved. Shhhh - "Lost" is on.

^you must've not seen the finale yet. Jack dies and the others are space aliens

i wasn't being serious , i just like to say things like that to get peoples hopes up , my bad

5'd....great stuff man...unfortuantly 75% of ytmnd aren't even legal voting age I'm thinking, :/.

In Mother Russia...the Senators write you.

5 for standing up for what's right

also savetheinternet.com

Also cocks

Or Max could always come up to Canada

Fight the DMCA because it's more than a fight just for YTMND. The DMCA destroys the right to develop software openly and freely, a few projects that have been threatened or killed by the DMCA: mplayerm, DVD-XCopy, Xine, Linux to name a few. It also drives up the price of consumer electronics because produts are more expensive to design and develop. The DMCA is yet another law made to make the rich richer and the poor poorer.

The current administration and congress are royally screwing over the internet. MAKE YOURSELF HEARD THIS NOVEMBER BY VOTING!!!

Even if you aren't of voting age, this law does affect you, if you have purchased software or an electronic device in the last 5 years this law has affected you in some way. Write to you representative and you senator showing your opposition for this law.

The United States claims to be the greatest "democracy" in the world. While at the same time, peoples rights and freedoms are being pushed aside so that corporations can make super-profits and fully control whatever they patent. The internet is a medium through which we may practice our fundemental freedom of speech, lets keep it that way.

I dont live in America, but I shall do my bit by 5'ing this site. And if YTMND were ever to become P2P in any form, I would gladly take a chunk of it.

SIR, YES SIR. I work for the New York State government, so I hear about this kinda crap all the time... and it's DAMN scarey some of the things that go on. GET INVOLVED, GUYS. This sh*t is REAL.

The more I learn about the actions of the US government, the more I fear them assasinating me randomly.

Fair use is under attack. In plain English it means that if you did not record the audio then you cannot use it for free usage (which is currently protected under fair use). Good coverage of this and I hope the YTMND-ers old enough to vote pay attention.

*salute

yes they actualy can do something for all you nay sayers

You have the support of me.. the figure head of the last great war. Let's rock.

To arms! In all seriousness, this is important. Here in the U.S, the MPAA and RIAA have been getting away with damnable things. With every act they get through congress, it becomes harder and harder for us to do anything. We must draw the line here!

What's so new about this information? And why should a site which is one parody after another be concerned, given that parodies are one of the most protected derivative works in existence?

lol, USA

OVERTHROW THE GOVERNMENT!!!

1 for being alarmist. Parody is and will always be protected under free speech. There is endless legal precedent for this, enough so that Congress can never undo it. YTMND is perfectly safe.

I thought the DMCA was in uhm, 1998 Bad late 6/6/6'er.

The DMCA has been around for almost 10 years, but it's the interpretations of it in court that are having the most devestating effects. Also, while this site is parody for the most part, not everything is. For example, the mystery song ytmnd which distributes the entire MP3.

5ed To help bump it to Real Justice.

I dont think Americans take us Canadians to seriously anyway so Im no help

or it would just be hosted in another country. talk about the least of your problems when talking about ytmnd trademark infringement.

I'd write to the MPAA, but I'm in teh land of the chavs AKA Briton. Sorry :(

I've had the DMCA dropped on my *ss before, so I know how it feels. Max prolly has just as much of a problem with Scientology right now though. Tom Cruise is gonna track Max down and have people stalk him or some sh*t most likely.

Anyone who downvotes this is a Cockdouche. And likes Xenu.

I'm ready for action! Save our YTMND!

Actually its a good offense...but we can't revolt. So we might as well support the intrawebs.

Saw the first line, downvoted, and left. Yoink!

The internet really is serious business, y'all.

Hell, you could say we'd be defending the whole internet. Almost all of the internet is parody or porn. So what do we get without parody? Too much porn. (yes, there is such a thing as too much)

rally the troops http://ytmndarmy.ytmnd.com/

*Caught the X-Men quote* I support this, but I honestly don't think they can do sh*t.

Sadly enough, most people on here are kiddies and can't do sh*t about this problem.

#1. A large portion of the site's population is lazy/underage/uninformed. So asking them to actually put a significant effort into changing something in REAL LIFE isn't going to happen. #2. Let the internet lobbyists do their work without having "leet" kids email them with garbage about how we need to protect ourselves from "noobzorz" in congress. #3. It's not At ease, men. It's At ease, soldiers.

The Digital Millenium Copyright Act is the biggest piece of bullsh*t ever. :

1 for eff.org

f*ck you "it isnt funny" 5'd for the cause however.

I'd do something, but unfortunately, being Canadian, there's not exactly a whole lot I can do to influence US politics.

It's far more important than max maybe getting sued. It's about saving the internet, period. Unless you want to start paying a tax on the internet for a 'net your ISP regulates, get to writing some f*cking letters.

Freedom prevails! Thumbs up, soldier! ~Captain America

Send your bags of poop to: MPAA Headquarters, 1600 Eye Street, NW, Washington, DC.

You Gotta Fight For your Right to YTMND! - Sean Connery

I'm happy to be outside that laws. Sorry for you, guys. Can't do a thing.

"1 for being alarmist. Parody is and will always be protected under free speech. There is endless legal precedent for this, enough so that Congress can never undo it. YTMND is perfectly safe." qtf

brb fbi

been an EFF member for 6 months now.

eff.com?

you fail, please try again ^_^

5'd for great justice

Parody is protected under free speech. No worries.

TOOOOOOOOO much work. I'd rather sit here and do nothing. Also, all YTMND is parody

nothing will happen. and if it does, years from now, hopefully you won't be looking at ytmnd

the balogna is in the nest, the pastrami is recyclable.

lol, i wrote my congressman!

I'm not American but, I fully support you guys. I'd help in any way.

Its habeas corpus.

Dumbass.

5'd for important

LEEEEEEROOOOOOOY! JEEEEEEENKINS!

The american people who actually give two sh*ts about any issue have been effectively disenfranchised by the vastly larger number of idiots who fall for the meaningless cultural issues every election year. We have already lost.

exactly what about the DMCA makes yourthemannowdog.ytmnd.com not fair use? The right to parody is a part of the constitution. I will admit that there are quite a few ytmnds that simply rip off things intended to be jokes in the first place. These are indeed not fair use. There are much more, however, that are fair use. Anyways, what specifically is going to make parody of this kind illegal?

Net neutrality ftw.

http://therealwar.ytmnd.com

The Baron disapproves of government regulation of the internet.

You succeed, please make more sites ^_^

The internet is clearly a series of tubes.

i dont deserve rights

Oh SHNAP! You know, EBaum is going to have the same exact problems as YTMND and Something Awful. This is common grounds for everyone, we can bicker amongst ourselves later.

5'd for message and music. The Feindflug Army salutes you!

Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet! YTMND must remain legal!

how come internet laws are all passed in america... what can australians do to help if everything is goin down over the other side of the planet :( private msg me