EBaum's World
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Type of site
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Entertainment website |
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| Owner | ZVUE Corporation |
| Created by | Eric Bauman |
| Revenue | $5.2 million in 2007 |
| Website | eBaumsWorld.com |
| Alexa rank |
 1,708 (April 2014[update]) |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Optional |
| Launched | 2001 (incorporated since December 3, 2002) |
eBaum's World is a website based in Rochester, New York featuring entertainment media such as videos, Adobe Flash cartoons, and web games. It is controversial for many reasons, primarily because much of the content on the website is taken from other sources without permission and rebranded with the eBaum's World logo. The site was owned by Eric "eBaum" Bauman and co-owned by Bauman's secretary and father, Neil. They sold the site to ZVUE Corporation in August 2008 for $15 million cash and $2.5 million in stock, with further payouts upon performance.
On January 31, 2009, Bauman reported that ZVUE fired him and the rest of the staff and replaced them with a new team, and that ZVUE was falsely using his name in connection with new material, making it look as if Bauman were still employed.
The site features individual celebrity soundboards, where users can click buttons to hear quotes or phrases spoken by that celebrity. By pressing certain buttons in an organized order, users can simulate the celebrities saying unusual things.
There is a chatroom, and a store which sells eBaum merchandise. There is also a section called "Moron Mail" which features feedback sent in by users.
eBaum's World has a very large collection of prank and comedic photos which are divided into signs, Photoshop images, and misleading croppings of normal pictures, etc.
This site also has a large collection of Flash movies and games from across the internet. Some of the more famous ones are Peanut Butter Jelly Time (despite the creator's explicit statements that he does not want it hosted on eBaum's World) and Badger Badger Badger.
eBaum's World has garnered controversy in different Internet communities over the years due to numerous incidents of content being taken from other sites (such as YTMND, Something Awful, Albino Blacksheep, 4chan, Olde English, Weebl's Stuff, and Newgrounds) without attribution. Companies such as Viacom have claimed that the Baumans have infringed on their copyrights as well. Eric Bauman denies critics' claims that the site's content is stolen, citing research done by site editors and the consent form that must accompany uploads of material. He claims to honor all requests to remove unauthorized material.
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