parodies are protected by the law, you can't just get a cease and desist

False cease and desist letters are a common tactic, because court cases cost money. If a small group doing something entirely legal is threatened with something like this, they can’t really challenge it, because even if they won the court case, legal fees would still bankrupt them. That’s why they will stop, despite being completely within their rights legally.

even if its baseless theyll still get them in court and drown them in lawyer fees which is why they and a bunch of other big company cease-and-desisters get away with this

That's true but it's different when your entire thing is the parody

Smosh really became what it swore to destroy man 😢

Smosh really became what it swore to destroy man 😢

@Charmelza parody is a parody bro bro<br>That's like saying making an entire show that's a parody to another one, is against those laws

@Charmelza parody is a parody bro bro
That's like saying making an entire show that's a parody to another one, is against those laws

I think the biggest argument they could make is that they're selling merchandise using the likeness of other people

Yeah guys believe him he may be a 12 year old with a captain America plushy as a profile picture, but he Google it for real

@Flamingpaper wait they're selling merch? that would make the law not protect them

I hope you realize what the joke is here

I hope you realize what the joke is here

don't worry guys captain pleuche is gonna tell us about the law

Any lawyer bros, duddettes or enbies here? Couldn't the ghetto smosh gang try to get a public jury? Usually those are even more expensive, whatever corp that owns smosh would likely then stop all together because they know the general public won't side with them

I'm a complete dumbass and could be wrong tho

@Han Kagura I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING BRUH which one of them was it that had quit Smosh because of that I can't remember but we should ask him if he can come thru dude it would be legendary

@ParadiseYT

Bill Cosbys lawyer even did it to Justin Roiland over his Cosby Show parody web animation even though the animation was CLEARLY transformative parody.

but republishing tons of copyrighted footage with your own editing is a murkier territory legally, they could be telling them to cease on those grounds. Viacom swept through youtube taking down spongebob YTPs cause they used their footage.

This is definitely fair use, but just for the record, parodies are not protected if they either can’t easily be distinguished from the original or serve as a replacement for the original.  I assume Smosh will argue the latter.

@TreehouseINC true, they take down a lot of videos and games even though it's fair use, this happened with  the SpongeBob ai, they sent a copyright strike and took down the live stream even though it's fair use

Parodies need to be satirical in nature. It needs to create a commentary on the nature of the original work, and can't be mistaken for, or act as a replacement for the original work.

For example

Even though the movie "Airplane" has a plot incredibly similar to the film "Zero Hour," because Airplane is both incredibly transformative with the original idea, and acts as a commentary on tropes prominent in those styles of movies, it's protected.

Weird Al Yankovic songs, even though he calls them parodies, are not legally protected. He's not commenting on the original work, and his songs could be listened to as a replacement of the original songs, as many people ignore lyrics while listening to music. This is why he always asks for permission from the artists before making any song parodies.

This means that Ghetto Smosh likely wouldn't be legally protected.

Also parodies nuts

@nunya business Thank Disney for making copyright the way it is today.

The USA: The best CEO sugar daddies since 1970.

they can definitely legally deliver them a cease and desist

they can definitely legally deliver them a cease and desist

eh man, its a little more deep than that unfortunately... :(

a good lawyer would argue its still their intellectual property cause they used their footage. if they animated it or remade the whole skit as them acting, then that would be different. but they just rip the video and voice over it/dub it.

I mean those cease and desists never go anywhere but smosh has way more money for a legal team them ghetto smosh.

They (Ghetto smosh) needs to consult with a real deal legit lawyer on the bar and see what's up. not just blindly trust some whacko on their comments sections.

Cause to me, it seems like they (OG smosh)  have every right to ask for it taken down. sadly. i love ghetto smosh. but law is law...

Not to mention, they're making a shit ton of money off of it. that might not be okay. but not positive with that part. I defs can see why smosh would be upset GS is pulling that shit.

In case nobody knows, this whole thing was a joke

In case nobody knows, this whole thing was a joke

@Bobbybrine idk man, ian and anthony own smosh again, i could defs see them sending ghetto smosh a cease and desist. before though rhett and link owned smosh, and i could see them doing the same thing. Do you have proof?

this isnt exactly a parody though, cause theyre using the same exact videos they created. its still their intellectual property. just cause they put a voice over on it doesnt mean much.

@Captain Peluche naw but theyre making money off the youtube videos so thats the issue kinda, if they were not making money then theyd be okay i think

@Jason Carney ian and anthony own smosh again. they bought the rights very recently. rhett and link owned them before. but yeah they are friends again and the owners of smosh again. ik anthony quit to go on to do his own thing since he felt like people only liked him for his looks or some dumb shit.

Parodies are supposed to be content made by another owner but similar to the original that it’s parodying not just taking smoshs whole videos and putting your voice over it

It’s not really a parody, they took Smosh content for themselves

You don't have to be a lawyer to send one

You don't have to be a lawyer to send one

@_Ogi wow, you sure are the life of the party aren't you

@_Ogi wow, you sure are the life of the party aren't you

@Han Kagura It's a joke, this live stream is just part of the bigger finale that's coming.

@Scumful I doubt it, I don't think Ian and Anthony would do that out of spite or being greedy. Even if they don't like it, I don't think they would just send a cease and desist letter out of nowhere.

@nunya business gofundme for gs court fees lol

@nunya business gofundme for gs court fees lol

@nunya business they don't even have to go to court, they aren't legally binded by a cease and desist to go to court. idiot.

Realistically theyd lose even if they went to court. Copyright law is pretty fucked and most parodies dont qualify. Even Weird Al had license literally every song he parodied

parodies aren’t necessarily protected by the law. although dumb, its still technically copyright infringement

@nunya businessso cant they just ignore it

@nunya businessso cant they just ignore it

@Captain Pelucheit’s hard to really decide whether or not they are breaking copyright law since fair use allows for commercial parody too. That’s why all those gangster SpongeBob tees exist lol

Yes, but the content has to be discernible enough from the original. As much as I enjoy the channel, their entire visual footage is stolen and that is not protected parody content.

This is not protected by the law at all dumbass. It's all voiced over stolen footage. Are you stupid?

I thought Ian and Anthony were cool with this :/

I thought Ian and Anthony were cool with this :/

@Riccei Bonavento they are, it didnt happen

@Riccei Bonavento they are, it didnt happen


Smosh sending a cease and desist to a parody channel pretty much cemented the idea that Ghetto Smosh has surpassed Modern Smosh in every conceivable way
#saveghettosmosh

@TEE-BIRD  it's old smosh redubbed as hood humor

Not really. They're making fun of entire videos of ian and anthony. They both own smosh again, they obviously want there videos protected

Well this comment aged about as well as it did

@gman406it was just a f*CKING joke... I THOUGHT TO THEY GOT BANNED FROM SMOSH (the before Ian and Anthony brought it back era).

so true the future only has room for ghetto smosh the real smosh gonna be left in the dust


#SaveGhettoSmosh
imagine if this was the only proof of human existance


crazy how smosh got sued for a pokemon parody a long ass time ago and made a whole diss track about it and now they doing it to yall #SaveGhettoSmosh

This proves that Ghetto Smosh is the true successor to regular Smosh

@Quidward. fs, original smosh died a long time ago when it got corporatized :<

Legit was talking ab this a while ago. Mfs made an entire song outta pokemon suing them.

You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villan

That was back when it was just Ian and Anthony. Now Smosh is run by corporate suits and we know how soulless they are.

this wasnt Ian or Anthony's decision though??? lmfao this was the Smosh management team doing this. dont blame Ian or Anthony yo

Ian and anthony can’t control anything and they left plus it was bought out by a soulless corporation years ago

You act like they didn’t leave Smosh behind a while ago

@Spimbles Op didn't blame Ian or Anthony, though. He said Smosh, and as corporate as they are, they're still called Smosh.

@DionysianExpanse they brought up the Pokemon parody, which the first one was LONG before Smosh became a corporation. they were very clearly indirectly saying that Ian and Anthony did this when those two had nothing to do with it

@Spimbles Bit of a reach, honestly. They operated under the same name back then and now. If they rebranded your point would be stronger.

@Spimbles smosh has been a company since 2002, it has pretty much always been company.

@Mr SporadicSporkGuywasn't this a joke atream?

@Definetlynot 🥛👅 nothing wrong with a little bit of chunk in your cup

@MrMcTerribleMan Not to mention real Smosh is owned by Anthony and Ian and there's simply no way in hell they would do that sort of thing


The fact ghettismosh faked a c&d on the company and still willed the return of the real Smosh team after making people think the claim was real is wild


The irony is that Smosh got there come up doing lip sync parodies. One time Nintendo struck one of their videos and they threw a fit about it. The hypocrisy is astounding.

I FUCKING FORGOT ABOUT THATTTT HOLY SHITTTTT

Good point but it obviously isn’t Ian or Anthony making those decisions so it’s not their hypocrisy.

It's not Ian and Anthony's fault. Smosh is a lifeless brand now

its not ran by the same people (it is now they just bought it back)

@MyNameChef absolutely true, Anthony isn’t even on smosh anymore and Ian is just there


Sad thing is, Ian probably isn’t the one behind the C&D. People must realize that Smosh isn’t a passion project channel like it used to be, it’s a full blown company now.

@Yung Shady This whole situation might've just been saved now with the recent events

@Bobbybrine potentially not, it absolutely seems like something those two would fake lmao

not anymore lol, it was owned bythe defy media company but then they stopped operations with them, so rhett and link bought it, then they just sold it back to ian and anthony very recently. like less then a week ago

@NepetismProductions if you watched the entire video, they showed the cease and desist and it was written in crayon lmao. So many people here didn't bother to actually watch the video and got mad for no reason

@Drake Stallworth yo bro, for future refrence, when replying to a comment, click reply to the actual comment youre replying too and dont just erase the @(null) in the text box cause itll still notify them that you made a reply to them. Like for example, i just got a notification you replied to me cause you hit reply under my reply and just removed the tag. i still get a notification saying you replied to me. i get that shit alot, its not just you. but it sure is annoying

for example, i just erased your username, but youll still get a notifcation i replied to you. if you have those notifications turned on.

@Bobbybrine Wait really? I just watched the livestream again and might've missed it. Do you have a timestamp?

@ZarikHimura like what i literally just said? the comment you hit reply too then removed my user name from?

@Scumful no g I’m drunk and I’m watching videos and commenting without reading I didn’t mean to offend anyone I apologize bossman:(

@Scumful I didn’t mean to reply to you or anything if I did like I said im a lil intoxicated

@Scumful also if you live in Ohio and you’re trynna trip or hangout you seem chill my guy I’ll definitely hangout w you:)

@ZarikHimura haha youre good bro, you didnt do anything wrong dawg.

and naw im in florida sadly but i would if i was near you! ever near tampa man HMU! i got you on some tabs for free lol. i got 6 tabs currently and some molly n coke in my drug stash rn. aswell as the ingredients to make dmt. i made it before just what i made so i gotta do another batch but i easily could, i have everything needed😂😂 ive been sitting on those tabs for a long ass time too. there the blue gel tabs with the gold flakes. stored well so i bet they still are just as potent. just aint been in the trippy mood as of late. i used to trip all the time.

@Yung Shady Fair enough. It's fake then.

Now its a company with a bit more passion behind it.


I've just been informed that the Smosh Team has sent an email instructing Ian and Antwon to face reveal, if they're black they can keep the channel


This is truly the most sad day on the History of YouTube, a Channel famous for its parodies, well done comedy and creativity is oficially coming to an End that more possible is going to really be it. This is not only an attack on Art and gangsta culture but an attack on Old YouTube and its spirit, ghetto Smosh was literally the last true OG channel that separated the old from the new, the good with the evil, the metal with the liquid and the joy from the hopeless.

This is the day, in which Youtube, and Democracy for that Matter, Die

This is truly the most sad day on the History of YouTube, a Channel famous for its parodies, well done comedy and creativity is oficially coming to an End that more possible is going to really be it. This is not only an attack on Art and gangsta culture but an attack on Old YouTube and its spirit, ghetto Smosh was literally the last true OG channel that separated the old from the new, the good with the evil, the metal with the liquid and the joy from the hopeless.

This is the day, in which Youtube, and Democracy for that Matter, *Die*

at this rate you're gonna say the west has fallen or some shit

Cannot believe you got baited that bad, terribly embarrassing 🤡🤡

Bro seeing someone say "Smosh is oficially coming to an End" TWO WEEKS before Anthony came back is hilarious

@The Tunk Trunk This didn't age well at all did it?


This is such a fucking amazing troll lol. Crazy that people thought this was legit

Yeah there's literally not proof this actually happened or is legit


Smosh is just salty that old redubbed Smosh is making more views than new smosh

Нигилисты Изо Бездна

Ian and Anthony didn’t get full owner ship until a couple days ago it was most likely the Company that they bought it from that did thag

@6raco Why would that company wait until then to strike when they are about to sell?

@Нигилисты Изо Бездна you are coping because the whole thing isnt even real. you cant even watch the entire video lmao

Bro they don't even get a thousand views per video what are you on about


#SaveGhettoSmosh it’s completely fair use, Classy Smosh just has money for fancy pants lawyers with gold tie clips #SaveGhettoSmosh

The thing is that the fair use clause only mentions using 5 second clips, so their lawyers probably used this loophole to put in a C&D.

@Westside Monarchist you’re not a lawyer

@ball lord he's guessing. Anything that we might gather could help. The horrible but devious thing abiut the law is that loopholes can work both ways. Unfortunately the bigger rat bastard lawyer wins


Only reason Smosh has any attention lately and they're trying to destroy it


Smosh clearly does not know what Fair Use is

When is their channel getting taken down for making 300 videos on pokemon lol

@SuperCoolDinosaurs bro your right asf, if smosh can parody big time networks why can’t GS not parody smosh? 💀

@SuperCoolDinosaurs LMao smosh gone full circle

Bruh watch the whole thing before commenting

@BedrockCastle777 let’s be real, you definitely didn’t know it was fake when you commented lol

but whatever, save face I guess

@Jannatul Shoilee I thought the "clearly" in my original comment indicated that it was a joke. I suppose it did not.


It’s crazy how even after getting hit with a cease-and-desist they still don’t break character

@sophie yeah. They never say in a normal voice and say something like guys we’re getting sued. Nah they say like fuck those guys we’re gonna do our own thing

Because it was a joke they didnt get a cease and desist

@Citizen of Lowerworld so your just telling me their retarded?


ARGENTINIANS STAND WITH GHETTO SMOSH!! 🇦🇷
#SaveGhettoSmosh

argentina en la casa wacho aguante ghetto smosh


if ian and anthony were still apart of smosh this wouldn't have happened

Ian still is but doesnt seem as active in episodes as the others

@Amondo Dazz cuz they sold their channel to some crappy company

@Utah BootBut they’re owned by Mythical now so I don’t understand why they’re being bitches about this shit

@Utah Boot they sold it to good mythical morning how is that crappy

@Therarely they cant be that great if they sent a cease and desist to ghetto smosh 🤷

@Therarely gmm is still corporate sterile bs


SI‼‼‼🇭🇳🇭🇳🇭🇳🇭🇳🇭🇳

SI‼‼‼🇭🇳🇭🇳🇭🇳🇭🇳🇭🇳

VIVA GHETTO SMOSH❗❗❗❗❗❗❗❗ 🇭🇳🇭🇳🇭🇳🇭🇳🇭🇳🇭🇳🇭🇳🇭🇳

VAMOS HONDURAS SALVEMOS A GHETTO SMOSH🇭🇳🇭🇳🇭🇳🇭🇳🇭🇳🇭🇳🇭🇳 #SaveGhettoSmosh

Central America stands united to PROTECT Ghetto smoshers,,,


context: this whole video is fake so dont even waste your time watching it, thank me later


#SaveGhettoSmosh shits funnier than normal smosh


If classy smosh sues, it’s canon
#SaveGhettoSmosh


Parody is literally one of the most protected parts of copyright


I would love to see a Ghetto Angry Video Game Nerd 😂😂😂

I bet AVGN would actually have the integrity to laugh along with it too

@FiskarsProduction the Cease and Desist stuff was just a bit. They didn't actually get one.


Ghetto Smosh is more Smosh then the real Smosh #SaveGhettoSmosh


PERUVIANS STAND WITH GHETTO SMOSH 🇵🇪🇵🇪

#SaveGhettoSmosh


They’re just salty because you’re the only thing keeping us from remembering how hard the Smosh channel fell off since the end off Food Battle and the departure of Anthony.

EDIT: I'm so glad this comment didn't age well.


One of the greatest livestreams I've been a part of.


well now we know why this happen, ian and antwon bought back smosh


The fact that Anthony and Ian has bought smosh back might be hope for this channel

This was never real! They were trolling lol


YALL DONT HAVE TO STOP. YOUR CHANNEL FALLS UNDER FAIR USE AND PARODY LAW. IF THEY TAKE YOU TO COURT THEY WILL LOSE


#saveghettosmosh hope this gets resolved, love your videos guys🙏


#SaveGhettoSmosh you’re one of my favorite creators on here not even kidding, much love forever ❤


I know a lot of you won't watch the whole thing but just get the idea from the title, IT'S A JOKE
They didn't get a cease and desist.
I can't believe all the top comments are making it seem real!


It might be a good thing for you guys to make a new channel because then you can parody anything I love Ghetto Smosh but Ghetto Young Sheldon or any other dub by you guys would be hilarious.


So Smosh is basically saying that parody’s are ilegal. But isn’t Smosh is just a parody channel and got sued by Pokémon. Cut some slack, Smosh, I mean, I love Ghetto Smosh, you’re one of the best channels on YouTube, so I’ll help to keep it alive.                      #SaveGhettoSmosh
Edit:It was fake, and they haven't uploaded videos for some time now.

cant tell if y'all playin a long or actually beefin wit smosh cus of this lul

@itsyagirlmeeko tf are you on about? do you lack reading comprehension or something?

@itsyagirlmeekoI don’t even know if this is real. I just hope Ghetto Smosh keeps posting videos.

The thing is Smosh is now more of a corporate conglomerate/brand than an independent channel. Even with Ian still on the channel he is not really the owner of it anymore.  So the people actually attacking Ghetto Smosh are the suits that actually own Smosh as a brand/IP.

@FunnyMonkey781no one is attacking ghetto smosh plus anthony is back, this is just a joke

@FunnyMonkey781 the Cease and Desist was written in crayon 🤦♀


Your content is hilarious,it is truly sad if you do go. #SaveGhettoSmosh


#saveghettosmosh
that was the best stream ever


My great great great grandfather was revived by this stream. 10/10


#SaveGhettoSmosh brooo I just found this shit two weeks ago, and now the source of all evil gets a cease and desist. Smosh must be smoking on some serious gas station weed if they think they can get away with this.


Thank you for the content, boys. Ghetto Smosh will live on as a certified hood classic.


BRO THAT WAS NOT 42 BLUNTS THAT WAS 100 CIGARETTES I KNOW THEM FROM MY DAD


This made me sad asf these videos always made my day #SaveGhettoSmosh


This is crazy i barely found out about this channel like a week ago thought the vids were pretty funny but was surprised the vids were doing so well considering the fact that copyright strikes  from bigger channels are so prominent and strong nowadays


Your content is very transformative, and is a clear parody of their 10+ old content of which they don’t make anymore


starting to think this live was just an excuse to not upload SHITTTTT


it exists i saw part of it it will come eventually


This might sound stupid as shit but you should branch out and make ghetto Fred or something like that just seeing Fred dubbed like this would be so jarring.


This is a massive L from Smosh. They can only benefit from this channel's existance bringing more traffic to their old videos. I'm really sad to see it go, it's the first channel I've found in like 5 that has really captured the feeling of the best of youtube back in like 2012-2014 ish. #SaveGhettoSmosh

Can't tell if you are trollin or not lol

@レックスRex how does anything I said sound like trolling?

@ElectricFury the cease and desist shit is a joke lmao

@ElectricFury bro did NOT watch the stream 😂

@Bigga it's an hour bro, I flicked through it a bit to see what they were talking about and no part that I saw mentioned anything about it being fake. I'm so sorry that I fell for bait, fucking sue me god.


All we can do is wish for the best #SaveGhettoSmosh like bro...


#SaveGhettoSmosh crazy how modern smosh is doing the exact same thing older smosh was against


I think it's absolutely stupid that yall got a C&D, considering how much of Smosh was built off of parodies.


#SaveGhettoSmosh your channel is better than there’s anyway fr


Bro, this happened when Ian and Anthony bought back their channel. The one thing that Mythical did better than the 2 was to respect fan made content.


The hood never going to be the same #SAVEGHETTOSMOSH


They don't have Legal ground.<br>It is Parody which falls under protection.

They don't have Legal ground.
It is Parody which falls under protection.


smosh built their entire channel on parodying kids media, how tf are they trying to take you down 😢


CHALLENGE THEM TO A TAG TEAM WWE MATCH AND WINNER TAKES THE CHANNEL #SaveGhettoSmosh


Id think that if they could take legal action theyd alredy have done so, by claiming all your videos or copyright strike them.


Thank god this was only a joke. Smosh is funny, but Ghetto Smosh is bringing the old Smosh back in a whole new way.


i can imagine 2 years from now GhettoTv having a ton of subscribers


I only found your channel yesterday but I must say this is the best Smosh content in 7 years


Phillipines stands with #SaveGhettoSmosh 🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥✊✊✊


I actually am sad because yesterday i binged some ghetto smosh and didnt realise only a few hours later its getting cancelled


Smosh made a goofy ass movie now they think they da top dogs SMH. #saveghettosmosh


Here thanks to Turkey Tom. Never seen you guys before but you quickly gained a new sub, hilarious! Hope you get this garbage C&D fixed quickly


Y’all shit is so transformative I think y’all are fine. Especially if you guys keep doing visual edits


I wonder how Ian and Anthony’s recent purchase of Smosh could affect this situation

nothing cause its a fake cease and desist 😂


the fact the real smosh came after them LMAO #FreeGhettoSmosh


If its a parody you cant get a cease and desist for it.
#SaveGhettoSmosh


I love how all this is in character and that the gameplay isnt even 2 player 😂


If you are comfortable with showing your face you guys could make your own skits with a different name. Would still be fire and fun to watch


You can continue now, Smosh's company got destroyed and now the cease and desist is no longer valid. Smosh bought their shit back so you can continue your shit without DeFy fucking you over.

the cease and desist was never valid because it was fake 💀 also DeFy went defunct years before Ian and Anthony bought it back. GMM owned Smosh.


The OG YouTubers that used to define the greatness of individual content creation on YouTube are now the ones going out there destroying individual content creators.  It’s sad to see.

@p_ng-zg1wpaged like milk, and frankly you got baited


I bet that after Ian and Anthony saw this, they brought back Smosh to life again.

Edit: just realized the c&d was fake. Are they at least coming back tho?


If you know how smosh started this is extremely ironic. They were doing the same thing you guys do but worse and they were replacing the picture not the sound.


Ghetto Smosh brings me back when all I had in 2012 middle school was yt content old smosh included, my gba and ds games also my transformer figures, #SaveGhettoSmosh


WE ARE ALL GHETTO SMOSHERS! WE ALL GOTTA UNITR RN #SaveGhettoSmosh


I guess you're fine now, Ian and Anthony own Smosh again!


Parody law plain and simple. Keep at it.


the comments on this video are so funny because if you watched the beef boys episode, you'll know this is faked by them because the person who manages their twitter posted this


My favorite line will forever be ARE WE IN 2K?!


Yo, dya think now Ian and Anthony are back in the saddle dey gon throw the cease out?


Shits got to be a joke. Parody falls under fair use


i bet this is the old team scrapping at the power they still have knowing theyre all getting fired by the real smosh members

jesus this is a joke people are taking seriously


From our Venezuelan's heart.
#SaveGhettoSmosh


smosh has become the thing it was destined to destroy


Im pretty sure parody law protects this shit


can someone please summarize what happen ? i did not watch the stream but i have been a long time smosh watchers. i was there when "if video games are real " was released on saturday and i NEVER saw smosh getting a cease and desist from anyone.


Unfair. You are very transformative and put lots of edits and effort it!


MUCH LOVE FROM DEUTSCH LAND 🇩🇪 #SaveGhettoSmosh


When the hell does Smosh do Cease and Desist orders?! This is some BS. #SaveGhettoSmosh


Yall don't even gotta change the name. Yall already are a parody.


Crazy how ghetto smosh is even funnier than smosh itself, when tf the parody is better than the original. LOVE U GHETTO SMOSH TILL DEATH ‼


#SaveGhettoSmosh parodies are not illegal and you cannot take legal action over it.


FUCK NO!!! GOD DAMN IT!!! I LOVED YALL!!!! #SaveGhettoSmosh


They're just upset that a channel associated with their name is funnier than they have ever been in years.


Start a gofundme right fragging now. Parodies are legal, and we should fight this!


#SaveGhettosmosh, smosh is just mad you appeal better to the og fans than they do


#saveghettosmosh because they are the realest mf’s I know on the internet rn🗣🗣🗣💯💯💯💯🔥🔥🔥🔥


Quite hypocritical how smosh of all channels is violating fair use
#SaveGhettoSmosh


Your content is transformative and not infringing on their copywrite. You should contest this.


Don’t listen to them. Find other sites to upload them and ignore all things they send. Parody is protected


i feel like this happened before ian and anthony took back smosh


ian and anthony still on that gas station weed tbh, even if the stream itself was a parody


ARGENTINA STANDS WITH GHETTO SMOSH🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🔥🔥🔥 #SaveGhettoSmosh


y'all need to make a go fund me or something for the legal costs and then go to court, this is a pretty open and shut parody case


Good news! Since Ian and Anthony bought SMOSH back, they probably are gonna undo this decision


Parodies are protected under fair use though correct
#saveghettosmosh


Give the persidential pardon to ian and antwon


ok so now that smosh is independent again, how will ghetto smosh fare


On my honor, there will be a red dawn over your opps. Long live Ghetto Smosh ☝


it is time to branch off and start over with Filipino smosh


#SaveGhettoSmosh

These guys made me laugh harder than modern Smosh, it's bullshit that y'all are getting a cease and desist


IANS JUST MAD HE COULDNT SMOKE A FAT BLUNT!!! #SaveGhettoSmosh !!!!


Nvm Smosh didn’t do anything, the cease and desist was forged


Ian and anthony might be more lenient on you, ask them about it!!


too bad now that smosh is back it will have an indefinate parallel ghetto universe


Never thought Smosh would become the finebros


Guys please dont stop, i just found out about this channel and its golden


they literally had this happen to them and made a whole song about it ??!?!?!?


I won't be suprised when boring smosh tries to replicate this success and fails. #SaveGhettoSmosh


it fuckin falls under fair use, its a parody. they have no right to take it down fr. #SaveGhettoSmosh


#SaveGhettoSmosh Smosh is just mad that you guys are actually making funny and relatable content compared to the shit they made since Anthony left

Didn’t Ian leave too? Pretty sure the original creators and team are all gone, I feel like he and Anthony really wouldn’t care that much about someone parodying their old videos

@tbone_a1sauce Damn he must have no creative control anymore then??


when i first saw that livestream i thought there was gonna be a ghetto smosh lawsuit arc.


Bro at least get a music career starting bc the tracks made for the gem are absolute fire


So now that smosh is being run by human being with empathy and emotions, can we get ghetto smosh back?


Bruhhhhh I was just thinking what does Smosh think about ghetto Smosh I guess this answers the question 😭😭😭😭


What will happen now that Anthony and Ian own smosh again?


Damn a 1 whole hour stream and I missed it ima just watch it non live


Hey, Ian & Anthony got the rights back to Smosh, so maybe they'll be merciful. You can try contacting them.


How do people not know the cease and desist isn’t real lol.


Personally I wonder what would happened if Smosh really try to takedown this channel. I mean imagine how much PR disaster would it be, with thousands of people refusing to watch any Smosh video because of that event. That would pretty much kill the already dead brand, so why did Smosh decided to do that in the first place?


Smosh should have ended after Anthony left, unbelievable that Ian would turn Smosh into basically a corporation.

Ian didn't own smosh though, it was defy media they both sold out to before Anthony left.

Ian doesn't have any say in how Smosh is run. He's just an employee, albeit a prominent one given what Smosh used to be.


okay knowing what we know now, it makes sense why they did it.


I'd recommend uploading all of the videos to internet archive


They have no legal grounds because the content falls under parody


My favorite video was perc 30. It was the best one of them all.


How could the channel SMOSH sue a PARODY of their channel considering the FACT that the channel itself has BUILT IT’S ENTIRE AUDIENCE from the use of PARODY. Seems like a pretty open and shut case but I’m not shocked at the justice system yet again targeting 2 innocent black men.
#SaveGhettoSmosh


Ghetto Smosh is peak youtube and creative work. #SaveGhettoSmosh


THEY CANNOT STOP THE WEED👿👿😈😈 #SaveGhettoSmosh


I love how a bunch of moronic interns who think they own Smosh as a label, can just take down any imitation ignorant of fair use. This goes against the very purpose Smosh existed in the first place, to make satire with the soul purpose of making people laugh. This is ridiculous, and I wish the Smosh team nothing but the worst


So now Antwon bought Smosh, how's the condition? Is it better?


I was worried for a moment. Thanks government for continuing to pay 'em to smoke weed 🙏🙏🙏


Parody should be legal under the US law right? There’s no way you can legally get taken to court?


they can't do anything, just laugh at smosh in their stupid woke faces xoxo love you ghetto smosh ❤


This channel is better than modern day smosh #SaveGhettoSmosh


Ghetto young sheldon would be pretty funny imo if you guys ever need to switch to something else.

ghetto annoying orange would also be pretty funny

@Clownball 3 ghetto fred would be funny af too


send back a cease and desist notice, they aren't allowed to harass you for legally protected content.


I'm officially a Smosh hater and a Ghetto Smosh enjoyer #SaveGhettoSmosh


Most ghetto stream of all time #saveghettosmosh


@Smosh you ain’t gotta like it cause the hood gone love it 🗣🗣

#SaveGhettoSmosh til it’s backwards yo ‼


They legally can't do that, parodies are protected by law.


I ❤ Ghetto Smosh more than any other channel on the interwebz!!! #SaveGhettoSmosh


be carful the cease and desist might be laced with tobbaco


TEXAS STANDS WITH GHETTO SMOSH 🗣🗣🗣🫱🏻🫲🏾🫱🏻🫲🏾🫱🏻🫲🏾


#saveghettosmosh
let my boys ghettosmosh thrive mfs


LMAOOOO ITS NOT EVEN REAL AND THE WHOLE COMMENT SECTION IS MAKING ASSUMPTIONS AND LOOKING LIKE CLOWNS LMAOOOO


yous gotta parody the pokemon op parody they did when they got sued by Nintendo over the same shit


This is 100% parody and is clearly safe from copyright infringement


Do Ghetto CollegeHumor or Ghetto Annoying Orange if you can't do Smosh anymore.


Smosh has fallen. I remember the old days when they were good... ghetto Smosh is the new real Smosh


I'm getting Vietnam flashbacks of Daddy Derek...


if ghetto smosh gets taken down can you guys just rebrand as classic smosh


I know Ian and Anthony love these videos to death. Smosh is just a completely new thing since they left, it’s not even smosh. They need to rename that shit and let Ghetto Smosh be Ghetto Smosh


Maybe with ian and anthony back theyll revoke the C&D


Ghetto Ray William Johnson would be fire


fgc fdfj and female playstationfan404 AUTTP


OG Smosh was literally built off the back of a Pokemon lip sync, what a bunch of hypocrites.


#SaveGhettoSmosh Don’t rat out my boys from da hood 😭😭😭😭😭


#SaveGhettoSmosh
seriously this is ridiculous. with my limited ass knowledge im pretty sure this shit is fair use lmao


you can just ignore cease and desists, nothing will happen


Crazy how no one read the description or watched the stream.


The ghetto smosh finale gon b live, Smosh shouldn’t have legal grounds to do anything to you


will you   ever have ghetto smosh babies become real


Ghetto Smosh without Smosh sounds like how normal Smosh is normal Smosh without Smosh when Ian and Anthony left originally


THEY TRYNA STEAL ALL THE WEED FOR THEMSELVES


All the twitter users in the newest comments be butthurt


According to the 1st amendment and Fair use, y’all ain’t gotta take down shit. Smosh already dead they just mad Ian and Antwon are climbin to da top


wasnt the orignal smosh's first popular video the 2 guy lip syncing over the original pokemon theme song, that eventually got them in trouble with nintendo lol


Dude these videos are such a well-made parody it'd suck if you guys have to quit


Literally copyright content used to be what got their channel where they are. LOL SMOSH DID YOU FORGET WHERE YOU STARTED AND CAME FROM IN 2003?! original content my AZZ. I sure AF remember my child azz was there. LMFAO You're funny IAN. 🙃 This is why anthony sold his part and said DUECES.


its like trying to cease and desist YT poop videos


turn the channel into a ghetto parody channel where you make ghetto parodies of different youtubers. some could be a series and some just a one off. like make ghetto annoying orange or ghetto nigahiga a series but ghetto pewdiepie just  one video


please make a ghetto AVGN if you stop smosh


Yo, it's the guys from Dumbsville! Anyways, gee willikers that really sucks and is kinda cringe behavior on their end.


The irony in the top comments now is insane lmao


Is this a joke? Did smosh co. File a c&d? Or are people buggin?

@1765co oooooh! Is there like a timestamp where the dood says so or nah? Cus someone mentioned findin out while watchin the stream.


You didn't know that lmao??@Joshua Duffy


#SAVEGHETTOSMOSH

SMOSH SALTY CUZ GHETTOSMOSH JUST BETTER FR


awh hell nah, childhood heroes killing my hood heroes.


ian and anthony sent the gas station tweakers


Yo f you guys for making this up. You got us out here spreading misinformation because you think this is a good joke.

Damn, now I hope you get a cease and desist.

Stop being butthurt, they got more exposure which they deserve and the stream was a good bit.


Nooo now that smosh is back ghetto smosh has to pump out more videos


Someone should make a reupload channel in case it gets deleted


I hope the last ghetto smosh is a remake of the smosh movie


whats with all the cease and desists all of a sudden? activision, smosh tf? #SaveGhettoSmosh


ghetto smosh is a parody you can keep going


So now that they sued yall does this mean ghetto smosh is canon?? 😂😂


Ghetto Smosh beefs with so many youtubers they managed to have beef with the source material


Guys don't worry, ghetto Smosh admitted they were just shitposting with this

At 55:16 he said they're fighting a cease and desist. So maybe it sadly isn't


This reminds me of the time, when Nintendo took down Smosh's Pokemon lipsync video.


Ah hell naw bruh smosh team smoked that gas station chronic they straight tweakin


I stand with all my niggas #SaveGhettoSmosh


This is so lame, these videos made me so happy.


parodies fall under fair use, you have legal advantage in this situation


ill carry on this legacy as ghetto pimpsons


Many moons ago  SMOSH had a problem similar to this. The company of pokemon wrote them a cease and desist. They made a disstrack cause fuck them all. But now they are doing the same to yall.


If they do actually have to change the channel, they totally should change it to Ghetto Tube.


how does this work? It contains none of the Audio so you can't argue it's a marketable substitute and it also parodys the work and is transformative. to play devils advocate you could do more in the videos stylisitically to decrease the likelihood of these claims sticking.


But nah ghetto smosh got taken too soon man. Shit was genuinely peak comedy


We need the Next video: Ghetto smosh WEED BATTLE🏆🥊🌿🚬


NOT GHETTO SMOSH 😭😭😭. WHY MUST THE WORLD BE SO CRUEL.


You can fight this theyre just mad that you have a better classic youtube vibe and they are gay


Bro this will not die, I won’t let it. I just need to get rich so I can find y’all.


A genuinely funny Channel getting shut down, goddamnit


#saveghettosmosh guys. I hope the channel gets it removed. Rip


ghetto epic rap battles of history, also ghetto tube is a real site


#SaveGhettoSmosh og Smosh washed up and mad that their successors doin better


if ghetto smosh shutting down im going berkserk


Wow this some major bs big love for ghetto smosh


the whiteman tryna keep a brutha down, keep da hustle up


you guys literally get more views than them now bro that's why they want to get rid of ya'll


smosh tweaking harrrrd, they just jealous lmao


MOST EXTREME TRUE FLINT BLACK METAL STANDS WITH GHETTO SMOSH AND AGAINST DEAD SMOSH


why didn't they just DMCA you if it really qas copy right infringement. Seems like they couldn't get your shit deleted maaybe because it was parody and now they just whining n shit. #saveghettosmosh


Considering both these channels have been abandoned for years is raft riding even even a thing u can do


It’s because they’re gonna be making those videos again bruh

This was before ian and anthony bought smosh, so it was probably made by mythical entertainment


Rename to El Ghetto Smosh that should do the trick


We Save ghetto smosh!!!!! Get that cease and desist paper off Of here!!!!!


Cool to hear all that bts shit while you were setting the stream up or whatever lol


this is kind of ironic when u think ab the og smosh pokémon song 🤔🤔 “try to sue us now” “it was just a parody”


they jus off the perc a lil too much, thas why they want you to stop


this shit like a fortnite event😭😭😭 51:00


just rebrand as "Ghetto Smash" or something lol


THEYRE GONNA SHUT THE FUCKING CHANNEL DOWN fuckkkk thats so funny #SaveGhettoSmosh


Parodies are under fair yse, nothing eill come of it


make a go fund me for legal fees and get it to go viral


They always were and always have been assholes, didn't they do the same thing to RalphTheMovieMaker?


And Smosh die-hards wonder why nobody watches...


i love that you playing black ops 2 zombies


YouTube won’t protect you guys sadly.<br>Best to move to alternative platforms.

YouTube won’t protect you guys sadly.
Best to move to alternative platforms.


I feel like its specifically the name smosh. Yall should change it by like 1 letter. Like smoosh or smhosh


Dude, Ghetto Beavis and Butt-Head reacting to music videos and stuff


Uhhh how about ghetto Ray William Johnson??


THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT THE FUCK THEY MADE THE POKEMON COPYRIGHT SONG FOR


And peel him or her skin off of of him or her arm,legs,and there backs.


Change the channel name to Ghettos Mosh.


Cese and desist is just a warning like begging you


NOOO ANTHPO QUITS AND NOW GHETTO SMOSH HAS TO END :((((


I got kicked/banned from your server for posting an anime meme


your channel is FREE USE!!! YOU CANT COPYRIGHT FREE USE


naw smosh is trash nowdays and they aint helping their reputation


Massive L on a previously clean channel fr


@silly vidzz 2022 ohh I ain't know till after


They are mad because you guys are better


Petition for Smosh to change it’s name to Buzzfeed to avoid any further confusion^

Ciaran Jamieson Family-Friendly Premium Gaming


I already don't like new smosh their content is complete garbage and the new people are all unfunny for the most part. This doesn't surprise me at all.


you guys realize this follows parody law right? Get lawyers cause you could definetly win this

Yea but they have a patreon associated with it, thats out of fair use; also its like 2 dudes vs the entire corporate conglomerate smosh has become in the last 6+ years, not a chance they'd win and its not worth the monitary cost just for a parody channel on youtube. Atleast they're going out with a bang though.


Lolwut ur protected under the first amendment


this lawsuit was fake as fuck shit was hilarious when they were streaming


I hate to say it, but maybe if you didnt have their likenesses associated with drug use in the thumbnails they'd be more chill

bro they live in california, marihuana is completely legal in there theres literally a town called weed<br>anthony actually smokes anyway

bro they live in california, marihuana is completely legal in there theres literally a town called weed
anthony actually smokes anyway


dude you are using Smosh’s property in a transformative use so it should abide all copyright infringement laws


Down with Smosh!! their time was past overdue!! #SaveGhettoSmosh


That's all they do is parodies of video games and entertainment so they should see this as that


Go make something funny instead of whining about stealing peoples content.

Smosh's content featured just as much fair use and parody, retard


Finally cease and desistw fall off you piece of bad parodies that are not even funny

@WAS THAT A WEEZER REFERENCE!!!!????? im womping yo mom yea

@thejekky_br you bout to cum in your hand like a looser in your room whatchu mean

@Mikeuleand you gonna be sucking the juice out of his hand


!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!FUUUUCK YO CEASE AND DESIST!!!!!!!!! YALL CAN SUCK ON THIS DICK!!!


the fact that i feel for this fuckass prank 3 months ago makes me feel retarded af


@IZindle im the one thats coping? u say lmfao in 2023 and  have a 2012 pfp

@IZindle u prob watch react content and say "omega lol"

whatcha calling them racists for, saying the n word? you got a god damn boondocks pfp

how is it racist to say the n word when you’re black

@GarfieldFan927 idk man ask uncle ruckus

@marionustiu don't you dare backpedal after being called out for being a hypocrite

@bloopah what if i have a boondocks pfp?

@bloopah how im i a racist for liking boondocks ? im half black and u dont need to be black to like boondocks u idiot

@bloopah aint my fault i aint online everyday u weirdo

@marionustiu aww sweet, a schizo meltdown

@bloopah how im i schizo and what meltdown

@marionustiu I think you might be just a bit special

@Llukissj bro that racist commented 10 times bc i didnt respond to him now he cries u people cry right after being racist

@Diseased Human why cuz i dont find saying the n word funny?

@marionustiu it's literally you who did + not everything is about race grow tf up

This comment is a certified twitter moment


What they gon do, waste money to sue you? You broke! & they pu$$y! Keep doing you, appreciate all the good vids👍


#fuckghettosmosh #newsmoshbetter its just facts these dubs are mid


BAD NEWS (I think):

So smosh just recently announced there independently owned now by Ian and Anthony, and apparently they’ve been working on this for months now. There planning on restarting classic smosh sketches, so it kinda correlates why they would wanna do this.

FUCK SMOSH (idk if it’s ian and Anthony) FUCK SMOSHHH


theyre just beating your meat bro. i doubt they'd take much more action then that lame ah threat. #SaveGhettoSmosh

“beating your meat”??? 💀 is that a thing people say??

@AquaJV i dont think people say that usually tho, i meant it like they just yanking your leg, busting your chop, sorta thing. maybe saying beating your meat will catch on someday though.


Smosh just needs to accept it sucks now because it isn't 2011 anymore and morals have dropped in people to where they wouldn't watch that stuff anymore it's not genuine anymore like it seemed in the early days in sorry Smosh. It's ghetto Smosh now or nothing. Your channel has been dead for years Smosh yet you milk it for the secretions that are no longer there only to get out air aka a deep depression filled sigh from a past viewer who only knew Smosh to be conducted of Ian and Anthony. now it's nothing. Despite it' still being up and running we all know it's a zombie cow on a fucking ventilator


Real Smosh on a mad dosage of Copeium because they can't compete with their ghetto counterparts


It's a parody, it's protected by law, smosh can piss off


We will start a protest at youtube headquarters and focus them to change it and make the person how printed it go though torcher.


Lmao so hypocritical of them I used to admire those dorks and wanted to be yt because of them but that's pretty fucking lame they've ripped shit off since the dawn of their channel and now they have a problem with others poking fun with them what fucking losers


FUCK CLASSY SMOSH… 4 DA SHORTIES #saveghettosmosh


If this is real then fuck smosh corporation


GHETTO DHAR MAN. HOW TO BRING WEED TO SCHOOL. WE NEED DAT SHIT


This is why I hate modern day smosh. They became so fucking soul-less...


regular smosh has been so irrelevant for so many years like way to make themselves look so petty and foolish, F ghetto smosh


gamers cant have shit and are the most oppressed group


remember when nintendo screwed smosh over? ye,fucking sellouts


they blowing smoke dude. falsified C&D orders are always issued be whatever management team they’re under. they wanna scare you if anything, no shot they’d burn the money in court to run it.


nicotine smokin ass mufukas tryna steal all our weed


Cease and desists are not law documents. The cease and desists GhettoSmosh received is most likely fake, as it's actually written extremely unproffessionally. Smosh, LLC is also a large company with intelligent lawyers which would know that they have a very small chance of winning any potential lawsuit, so they would probably not try to press legal actions other than fear-mongoring. Please, if you creators of Ghetto Smosh are reading this, include "Not affiliated with Smosh or Smosh, LLC" in your video escriptions as this makes you double protected otehr than thef act that your videos are parody.
Yours trurly,
a person who knows a bit of law.


GHETTO SMOSH GAMES
GHETTO EL SMOSH
GHETTO SHUT UP CARTOONS


Bros just change the channel name to ghettotube/loudleak/something like that pls, parodying any popular creators/shows on the platform w ghetto shit. I would watch the shit outta it and yall would get a fuckton of love no cap<br>Youll blow tf up youre in the position to do so pls dont fuck it up go all in rn trust monopolize your shit you guys will become THE "ghetto guys"

Bros just change the channel name to ghettotube/loudleak/something like that pls, parodying any popular creators/shows on the platform w ghetto shit. I would watch the shit outta it and yall would get a fuckton of love no cap
Youll blow tf up youre in the position to do so pls dont fuck it up go all in rn trust monopolize your shit you guys will become THE "ghetto guys"


Hahaha I went to the cucked ass smosh subreddit and there isn't a single word about this in there. Good jannies. Of course they're on damage control. guess I just gotta raid the recent vids instead


theres a reddit post talking about yall and the comments are a hellpit of dumbness


Its a parody, they dont got legal ground u right


Make a ghetto parady of:
They made this out of spite when they got c&d'd by Nintendo https://youtu.be/2lFfF5XLsCQ


That’s what you punks get for banning me from the server with zero reasoning. Oppressive mods smh

@lowbudgetproductions yea let’s go ratio this fraud!!


Fair use this shit. its parody and transformative. the only thing used from their content is the Video, which is heavily edited and uses 100% originally made audio. FUCK IT WE BALL resist the desist.