When the EU bans memes but ends up becoming a meme itself

EU: All memes will be banned!

Random guy: But aren’t you kinda a meme your self?

EU: Uhhh, I’LL BAN MYSELF!!!

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"You have become the sole thing you fought to destroy"

+Markee  They actually have.  Poltical Ads and Commercials ARE memes!  Those idiots played themselves!

Procedes to ban the EU itself leading to the third world war between the scrapes of the countries that survived the purging and the internet

that would be the most ironic thing to happen in history

Memetastic its actually becoming one(at least its flag)

I read this comment in mister Krabs voice

"You were the chosen one! Its was said you would destroy the memes not join them!"


The EU has been on a downward spiral and now they've lost it completely.

tachi oh boy does that sound like a well researched, unbiased and cobstructive commeng

It's hilarious how many people actually take this comment seriously.

I wouldn't call GDPR and abolishing roaming charges a downward spiral, the EU has done some pretty useful things. And every single national prime minister agreed to this shit individually (shame on each of them), the EU isn't just wispy thingy that randomly decides things.

As somebody who lifes ther im fckedup about all that shit god dammed .__.

DOWNWARD SPIRAL
DOWNWARD SPIRAL
DOWNWARD SPIRAL

ronylouis it's is on a downward spiral, what the hell do you mean?

do you do your research before saying this

HoopsAndDinoMan more like there falling straight down

HoopsAndDinoMan Yep, not even 20 years. This is almost worse than the interbellum treaties


Remember when Europeans said “I don’t care I’m European” during the net neutrality vote

My how the tables have turned

Haha remember when people like you thought the EU would ban memes?

Still have memes and net neutrality. Am Euro.

i dont care im british, brexot means brexit

normieoutsider I'm surprised you lived past 3

The Alaskan Bullworm i don't care about neither<br>Im african haha

The Alaskan Bullworm i don't care about neither
Im african haha


For an example of what it means, Chinese memes are(were) very pun-based, because chinese is an exceedingly good language for punning with a long tradition of pun-based humor and it helped them get around censorship software in the Great Firewall. In response China banned puns and wordplay, all of them, centuries of tradition be damned, because the memes could spread anti-party ideas.


I may be European, but that voting poll is absolutely ridiculous. No way in hell would I vote to ban them.

Sama Lass <br>Despite them being just copy pasta and shit in quality I really don't mind tbh

Sama Lass
Despite them being just copy pasta and shit in quality I really don't mind tbh

Im european and I dont think they target memes, they just dont get how the ibternet works and only right wing parties are voting for it

The Foogazo wait, really? I automatically assumed it was Germany since it basically owns the EU.

spicy kippurs Germany is not for article 13, and so is Belgium and a few others.

i'm also European and triggered that memes are planned to be banned

Nobody is actually banning memes. It's all a meme. The article 13. just says that every single member state has to implement DMCA takedown laws.

Sama Lass Why the fuck are them wasting times with memes anyway,there are a lot of social issues Europe still needs to work on.

Where are you from if you don't mind me asking

And I'm wondering why you're asking me that question when I don't even know what ''Shadowy bureaucrats'' is. My country in Europe is pretty isolated after all.

Sama Lass And you wonder why the shadowy bureaucrats arent asking for your permission?


<b>>George Orwell coughs loudly in the back row</b>

*>George Orwell coughs loudly in the back row*

Lego Ninja brave new world is what is qctually going on 1984 is a fantasy

add some 808 earrape distortion to that cough

And Huxley already walked out in disappointment

nob2243. Hes more like rolling in his grave at ftl speeds

More like: George Orwell is spinning in his grave so fast, that he could power up a medium-sized city.


2020: Western European dark alleyway
"Hey kid, wanna buy some memes?"

2020: *Western European dark alleyway*
"Hey kid, wanna buy some memes?"

more like:<br>"hey there, wanna buy a mask?"

more like:
"hey there, wanna buy a mask?"


I already knew the 1% billionaires feared memes because memes can destroy people, but I forgotten it was because memes spread ideas, such as every flaw of those 1% billionaires.<br>So what's gonna happen once Article 13 is passed?

I already knew the 1% billionaires feared memes because memes can destroy people, but I forgotten it was because memes spread ideas, such as every flaw of those 1% billionaires.
So what's gonna happen once Article 13 is passed?

War will be the ultimate outcome, even now there is massive class divide now and is only being worsened by the minute and citizens of Europe especially have been continuously shat apon by Mama Merkel and her cronies and soon people will say enough is enough, even now talking from personal experience among my generation the anti EU feeling has skyrocketed and the Eirexit movement which mind you only had 5 people in Cork at Christmas is now going into the thousands, and give it 1 to 5 more years you will see an even larger increase in their popularity, just you wait I am betting that Ireland will leave the EU within the next 15 years at most and after Ireland leaves this will surprisingly have a major impact on the EU both due to fishing policies and borders but also many EU HQ's are in Ireland for the likes of Google and Apple which of course will have an unprecedented effect on the EU that few have considered, I would argue now that the UK is gone Germany and Ireland are in some of the Top countries holding up the EU now and I would be willing to say that if Ireland leaves it will not only kill French and Spanish fishing industry but will have a major effect on the electronic industry amongst other things and may eventually be one of the stepping stones to the fall of the EU

From what I get it removes the “save harbor” position that protects sites like youtube and wikipedia. So if somebody puts copyrighted material on wikipedia. Wikipedia can also be taken to court by copyright owners. So sites are forced to protect them selfs with copyright filters.
Another article people dislike is the one that compensates “newsites” for linking. Yes, newsites expect to be compensated for being linked.
The worst part is there is no clear version avalible,so there is a lot of mis interpertation from both sides.

Here's how we fix the situation, nano machines it'll work trust me I've used them before.

Yes I will I am can’t wait

Whether Trump is actually a good president, you can't deny he is a literal Meme Lord. But people like that are 1% out of the 1% billionaires. He's a man that built himself on memetics since the 1970s.
Meanwhile, all the other billionaires in the EU are trying to destroy memetics in fear that memes will turn on them.

This is probably some form of natural selection.

Bring The Power And we can't go calling noone to help

MageBurger who knows what will happen to Europe, it’s like the net neutrality situation but the stakes are even higher

Exactly, I mean just look at the This is America memes and the article where Vice was butthurt about it.


1960's: Safety? Seatbelts? Anti-Drugs? Naaaaa, we're too busy having fun and drinking co co cola.
2000's: Fun? Expression? Freedom? Naaaaa, we only care about safety and non-controversial things.
2040's:we're not allowed to say "free speech", it could offend somebody...
2080's:*what is a "fun" and does it provoke another being?*

Zombie Ranger The 2000s were not like today.

2200: dogs have became the rulers of russia

2100: Every single human on earth is chained to a wall and fed formula through a tube in order to maintain safety.


We're turning "banning memes" into a meme. That means it'll have to destroy itself.

Next we just have to get behind the meme to review it, and get it on meme review. Then there's no way we can fail.

If banning memes becomes a meme, all we need is for pewdiepie to review it and our memes are saved by the very man that kills them

GET THIS MAN TO SAVE THE MEMES AND DOWN THE EU GOVERMENT


Nice man I'm glad someone besides political youtubers takes a stance on this


The real question is how tf does one continent zap memes on the WORLD WIDE web? So they shouldn't be able to mess with the rest of the worlds online content right?

the answer is globalism. In globalism authoritarianism wins by default.

Well, they would have to treat Europe like a bubble. May sound good for some apathetic people outside of Europe... until you realise how many people live in Europe and that you may not be able to watch your favourite content-creators. Like PewDiePie. Or Robbaz. Or Zajcu37. Or whoever you follow, that lives in Europe. And any individual who makes content just cut their audience in half, because now nothing gets into Europe and nothing gets outside of it

Europe has always been trying to rule the world. They hate it when any culture is remotely different from their goal. I am referring to their leaders, not the people of course.

The_Blazer but the problem is Merkel is sick of listening to legitimate problems about most of her policies and is about to try and do a full China thankfully we have at least managed to get it to a public vote and discussion

In the same way that another continent spies everyone on the world wide web. The www is a global network, you can't really isolate it by countries. Unless you want to go full China, that is.

Chad Walker it doesn’t work because any meme made in Europe that had any other peoples stuff in it at all would be taken down for everyone you can’t use VPN to get something that’s been wiped away

Chad Walker

Easier said than done. Yes, VPNs can bypass local filters, and have been used in countries in which censorship a major issue. Or, even in schools, where censorship of fun things is equally common.

But, like any other internet service, a vpn can be blocked off too, forcing everyone to switch to a new vpn service... and another one... and another one. Itd become more and more of a hassle as time went on.

Youre right though. A VPN could bypass their filters. But there is still more that can be done to prevent VPNs ranging from blocking them to punishing those that use them.

For one, it sets a precedent that it's ok to expand copyright law even further. Additionally, the Internet is global, so companies all over the world would invoke copyright, which would take down stuff for everyone.

The internet is international, that much is true. But every nation may censor the internet for their people. Thus, the internet outside of Europe will have 2 choices:

1. Continue as-is, and get banned in Europe
2. Conform to the EU-laws, even though you aren't a European business, and stay allowed in Europe

Choosing option 1 sounds great until you realize that Europe has a lot of people in it. A lot of potential visitors that you won't get unless you pick option 2.


"People fear what they cannot understand"

+globoxsas  It's more the principle behind it though, even if it can't enforce it.


Hopefully the more sensible websites will filter for geographical region, allowing other users to continue to generate content. If this happen us Europeans will just need a VPN and it's like before.<br>Being favourable to the EU, I think I will change my opinion about it if this law goes through.

Hopefully the more sensible websites will filter for geographical region, allowing other users to continue to generate content. If this happen us Europeans will just need a VPN and it's like before.
Being favourable to the EU, I think I will change my opinion about it if this law goes through.


My disappointment is immeasurable and my dah is ruined.

Lmao it’s actually from Mr. Triple Double Wrap himself? What a legend.

I'm trying not to wah, but I'm going to wah anyway. :(


*_How to make Ajit Pai look like a hero_*

Banning memes I'd worst than making my internet corporate

He ain't that bad as everyone leads you to believe<br>Sure, he knows jackshit about the internet but atleast he isn't straight up censoring people

He ain't that bad as everyone leads you to believe
Sure, he knows jackshit about the internet but atleast he isn't straight up censoring people

"He's the hero we deserve...but not the one we need right now."


WE JUST TAKE THE INTERNET AND PUSH IT SOMEWHERE ELSE!

Chadorama we should declare the internet an independent anarchical state that has citizens but no land.

Sounds like heaven. maybe the aliens would smoke weed with us

im just imagining a society thats on mars based on memes


EUROPE: Hey can I copy your homework
FCC: Yeah, just make sure to change it slightly
EUROPE: OK thanks

clayton8or_2 The FCC is allowing ISPs like Comcast/Time Warner to regulate what we see online. This is especially troubling because outlets such as CNN and NBC are owned by these conglomerates, so they have an incentive to throttle and/or block websites with opposing views. Net neutrality censored nothing on the internet; it did the exact opposite. It prevented companies from trying to regulate the internet.

I feel like an asteroid hit Earth a few years ago and we are all in Hell right now. It may sound far fetched, but if you look at recent events, you will notice a common trend.

Net Neutrality is child’s play compared to the Communist tier law the EU wants to pass.

FCC is just getting rid of regulations, Europe is banning an idea.

fcc is trying to get rid of restrictions


Can we copystrike the EU? Like, right now?

Rafał Lemiec The eu is clearly copyrighted off the Warsaw pact


If you make the EU a meme would it ban itself?

You probably predicted the future. Article 13 has passed now and I think irony will be its greatest weapon.

Samurai Sans <b>EU Wants to know your location</b>

Samurai Sans *EU Wants to know your location*


Wow. Two years later and Europe still has memes. It's almost like Article 13 included protections for parody and other materials that were instances of free use. It's almost like people that don't understand politics shouldn't take about just because they heard a huge corporate campaign against further regulation. And yes, the EU hates rebellion and free thought so much that anti-Euro representatives are allowed to be voted into its own parliament.

Please, EmpLemon, don't become another of those US Americans that try to discuss Euro politics even though they'd never heard of anyone in the European Council 5 minutes before they heard about Article 13.


"We will do everything in our power to make sure we don't end up like Nazis!"

>Prevents people from obtaining arms to fight for themselves

>Regulates communication

Pretty good job, right boys?

*"We will do everything in our power to make sure we don't end up like Nazis!"*

>Prevents people from obtaining arms to fight for themselves

>Regulates communication

Pretty good job, right boys?


I hate living in the EU because of stuff like this. I hope they seriously don't do this as they are basically destroying a media that people like. It's like if the EU decided "Hey let's get rid of books, yeah people like them and such but some books are controversial so that means all of them are controversial and they are destroying the minds of people (Even though they are not)  so let's get rid of them"

@A Hennessy They never were. "EU bans memes" was always just a meme, with a relation to reality so vague it pretty much didn't exist (there is a thing this is traceable to, but it in no way resembles what the meme grew into). The legions of hysteritards who actually legit thought they literally did just that though, that's a sight to behold.

Did you get the idea of destroying books from Fahrenheit 451?

well , luckily the EU will disband soon , they have become a meme after all , they need to self destruct now

hey you know people can be kinda controversial, why don't we just get rid of people?

Mangle MC Bots. Hundreds and hundreds of bots.

StudBlock yeah... And anyways. How can they destroy THOUSANDS of memes at once? I don't even know anymore.


I don't think this gets brought up that often in the comments, but I wanted to let you know how much I appreciate all the ways you consistently incorporate prog music into your videos, Lemon


>Tries to make a meme about censorship<br>>Can't because Europe censored memes about censorship.

>Tries to make a meme about censorship
>Can't because Europe censored memes about censorship.

They will implement bots that will scan the image before it is posted.

especially with a vpn noone is gonna touch you

So... what’s the problem? Do you really think Europe has the same FBI from the USA? Like each government will keep track of every single person, like they give a shit and watch if you go to Microsoft paint and make a meme. Who the hell are they gonna find?


Wrestling fan, gaming fan, great taste of music, intelligent and well-structured commentary, and fucking hilarious, well earned sub, keep it up man


I only recently discovered your channel (like an hour ago) but I can already say that I absolutely LOVE your content. You tend to approach topics intelligently and the topics you address actually have relevance, keep it up


I feel that this will be almost impossible to enforce with the plethora of VPNs, IP hiding programs, devices one can hack and change locations on, and so many more options.


The EU really seems to like ruining the Internet. The "this site uses cookies" and the big privacy policy update across pretty much every site is their doing, too.

@Cars Simplified yeah that's just not my internet experience

"Not harming anyone" can be a defense for any form of nagging.

It slows down the general internet experience and discourages people from venturing away from the platforms they are typically on if 90% of the time they do, they have pop-ups, banners, etc. blocking the experience to tell the user that the site uses a pretty standard feature.

@Cars Simplified It would also be nice if anybody would actually explain how this is harming anybody.


How are they even going to regulate this

THE GOD KING HAS BLESSED THIS HOLY VIDEO

Corporates: WITH THE POWER OF AI AND COMPUTER RECOGNITION , WE SMITE THY MEMES!

That's how. Also, hi again.

Cynicalhyena 4202 actually they managed to work their way around vpns with this one unfortunately

Justin Y. A youtuber named black pigeon speaks made a video about this that explains how the law works

Justin Y. GW is the key to their supremacy. GW AI has a parallel prosessing capacity of 980 trillion hammets.

Patrick     You're under arrest you meme making heathen.

Nathan Hudgens The same could be said about yourself, kid.

You Can't win Against Ghar.…. Memes, I mean Memes

Don't worry guys just look up "youtuber tier list" on google and Justin's gonna pop up in most comment sections of the top dogs featured

Justin Y. Are you scared that Europe might try to ban <i>you?</i>

Justin Y. Are you scared that Europe might try to ban _you?_

Justin Y. By having a mandatory location requirement on any device with a way to share memes or see them

Justin Y. No clue. We need to ban the good old dream team!

*RUSSIA
BRITAN
USA*

Chairman I'm pretty sure that is going make more Holocaust Deniers, censoring Holocaust Denier's opinions is going make Europe look like they are trying to hide something, and people are going to think that want they were told is a lie, so if this law get pass, than Europe is might get a generation of Holocaust Deniers.

Chairman Sounds like North Korea and former East Germany to me. Disagreeing with the government will be banished. However, at the same time all of them are against public cameras, yet are planning to do this shit. I certainly hope this won't become an actual problem. (Also from Germany)

A retarded fly that doesn't know where the exit is

Chairman I welcome you, my friends, to the end of history

I still don't know when you're satire or not no matter how obvious it is.

Justin Y. I don't know but I've been seeing you everywhere

They won't because they can't, but when the few and most popular sites which have high meme production rates fall and die, the others will fear, and thus, nobody needs to regulate anything at all.

Cynicalhyena 4202 Bro they'll surely force the internet service providers to use filtering systems aswell, so forget vpn.<br>We're fucked either way.

Cynicalhyena 4202 Bro they'll surely force the internet service providers to use filtering systems aswell, so forget vpn.
We're fucked either way.

They'll have copyright filters and shit. The actual details of the law specify not being able to share unsolicited images of copyrighted material, the source of 90% of memes

Justin Y. There not because people are just gonna use vpn s and shit

They'll use AI. Everything you put on the internet in EU has to be filtered for copyright and hatespeech. So everything you say will be watched over by the government.
Text a racist joke for example via messenger or quote something like denying the Holocaust and you can be 100 percent sure you'll end up in jail.

This isn't only a meme, it's the future.

On the 20th of june this regulation was voted in the EU parlament but there is still a chance that they'll throw it out of the window on the 5th of july. Unlikely but possible.

For more information and petitions look up "Article 13"

Thank you. (from germany)

By bullying the weak and by endlessly harrassing the marginally stronger

I don't know, how are they gonna regulate the flow of migrants.

Oh wait, THEY DON'T OMEGALUL OMEGALUL OMEGALUL

Dude I see you everywhere I go , in every comment section I visit please stahp it

Justin Y. <b>Interpol would like a conversation with you</b>

Justin Y. *Interpol would like a conversation with you*

58 likes in 2mins that has to be a record for you


Ok, fair enough. The EU hasn't handled memes in the best way, and I would argue the EU needs several reforms beyond memes too, but dismantling the EU is a TERRIBLE idea. Remember what happened to Europe before the EU? Hint: The destruction of countless lives in two world wars, besides other wars. I personally would handle Article 13 in a different manner; a manner in which memes aren't banned. But if the EU needs to be dismantled because of memes and memes alone, then what would need to happen to the US? And if you argue that it's just a joke, then I would argue that it is presented in a way in which all of EmpLemon's opinions are presented...


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Robert Hymes wot r u doin mate he’s a minority we can’t arrest a minority


God , Fortnite Challenges are getting so hard

Dismantle the European Union 0/1

God , Fortnite Challenges are getting so hard

*Dismantle the European Union 0/1*


This unironically made me glad the UK voted to leave the EU

you guys still arrested someone for making a nazi joke

Your Average pull the UK has even worse internet laws.

Aaron Landry Oi mate you got a license for that "OI MATE"

Your Average pull OI moit, you got a loiscence for that opinion?

The EU didn't care at all, and continues to rule over you.  Imagine that.  Nothing will change until its the white people blowing shit up instead of the arabs.

A lot of people don't know that if this passes, it will then have to undergo a five year period in which individual member states will vote to pass it or not.

Yeah the EU is starting to show its true colors

oi yew got a loicense for that happiness?

Except it didn't, it probably won't and even if it does, pro-corporation laws like this one will probably still be around in the new neo-eu treaty the UK will have to sign. In fact, without the EU, there would probably already be an "article 13" like law in the UK.

Still hasn't happened yet and the UK still adopted the same laws of the EU so what's the point


remember when we all thought this was gonna happen and then it literally passed and then this didn't happen


The European Union must have no braincells left how dare they take memes away, sorry to any people in the UK stay strong, rebel against this, I believe in you guys


"But the EU isn't directly banning memes, they're banning content-sharing and any sort of referencing, which also affects memes"


And to this day nothing has really happened


The fact that they even think it`s possible to ban memes effectively perfectly exemplifies just how little they know.

That is pretty much true, but I'm just against the idea that they actually are trying to ban memes, they're trying to "Protect copyright holders" by giving them way more power than they actually should have, sickens me none the less, not to mention people are citing regressive left when clearly it's in the interest of large coorporations or powerful individuals.

4Head Well, let's hope most people are not dickheads and don't care about their copyright. Considering memes turned out good for Sega, Naughty Dog (or whoever owns Crash Bandicoot now, I dunno) Wendy etc. maybe other companies will follow.

StaySkeptic It's all on a spectrum. Fair use is determined by what you do with the copyright content in your video and the intention of the video.

4Head So all memes.....

Come on man lets not shill

They aren't banning memes, it's copyright, only memes who feature's another creators work who are willing to take it down.


if the EU bans memes i'll be in jail and probably thousands of other 15 year olds


Well then this is the final nail in the coffin for the EU. We must protect our memes! If not...we must rebel with memes! A meme revolt is what we need!


They may take our women, our children OUR PORN.
BUT THEY WILL NEVER TAKE OUR MEMES

They may take our women, our children OUR PORN.
*BUT THEY WILL NEVER TAKE OUR MEMES*


EU: I think it’s to ban memes <br>England : Fuck no, I’m out

EU: I think it’s to ban memes
England : Fuck no, I’m out


I don't want to hear any defense of this thing.

>but m-muh copyright

If you are seriously a big enough cucking shill to believe that massive media corporations have a right to patrol memes, then you need to get off of the internet and go back to watching television.

@aaa Been to Africa lately? That was all Europe.

@aaa Been to Africa lately? That was all Europe.

Never goes anywhere. What big cooperation actually cares about a petition? It won't stop them.

Never goes anywhere. What big cooperation actually cares about a petition? It won't stop them.

@A Saucerful of Secrets dont forget that their a religious dictatorship

@A Saucerful of Secrets dont forget that their a religious dictatorship

@Hero Puddle Interesting, thanks for your opinion. My opinion is  that the fair use policy should be used, but with an edit: YouTube should make a automated system demonitixing copyrighted content including reaction channels. It will only affect copyright after the law and not before. If a YouTuber has permission from the owner, there is a free pass. The law will avoid memes because there hasn't been any copyright complaints against them. Btw, i'm not an expert on this and i'm just proposing a theory.

@Momo Ali I'm very strongly against article 13. I'm not the most in touch with copyright law but I know that what article 13 entails is really bad. However I've seen this narrative that leans towards censorship and though it does violate free speech in a way, it is clearly not an effort to ban memes. That's the narrative I'm going with and I do not have the expertise to go into detail about how I think copyright law should specifically be handled other than I think that the implications of piracy and plagiarism are overstated compared to the sacrifice that honest content creators have to make. Also I don't like the idea of justice heavily depending on how much money someone has.

@Hero Puddle But I see nothing wrong with the current copyright policy. The EU is making an unnecessary strict law on copyright. I sort of understood what you meant, can you please perha ps explain what form of copyright law you want and if you're for or against article 13?

@Momo Ali It's not really that I want to defend them, I just feel that the sensationalism surrounding it makes the situation even worse and it's counter-intuitive to our cause.

@Hero Puddle But fair use is better suitable then the EU's plan.

@Hero Puddle But fair use is better suitable then the EU's plan.

@Chad J. Roberts They're doing the right thing you know.

@Chad J. Roberts They're doing the right thing you know.

@Cawag Memes are banned in Europe but I think that the will have global impact.

@Cawag Memes are banned in Europe but I think that the will have global impact.

The NPCs who say "It's to protect copyright!" need to go back to watching dragon tales.

The NPCs who say "It's to protect copyright!" need to go back to watching dragon tales.

Bio-error 1d10t: User unable to create name.

Why do you think we left the EU BREXIT MEANS BREXIT

Why do you think we left the EU BREXIT MEANS BREXIT

NIGGA WHERE THE MEMES OF THE MONTHS FOR JUNE AT

NIGGA WHERE THE MEMES OF THE MONTHS FOR JUNE AT

EmpLemon Are you going to make more YTPs and More 60 second memes

EmpLemon Are you going to make more YTPs and More 60 second memes

How would they even enforce it? What, Military Police storms into your home and Forces you to show your search history? They see "memes" and are like, "All right, it's off to the block for you". pfft whatever

TriforceGuy 64 If the Europeans could do it, what's stopping other countries from following suit? If the EU is worroed about copyright, then maybe they can refine their copyright laws, not control information that everybody has a right to. They're slowly and literally turning into Ingsoc.

am i the only one who read that in emp’s voice?

am i the only one who read that in emp’s voice?

Hey, uh Emp? Have you received any news or seen anything about the algorithm recommending unrelated and more "family friendly" videos without any correlation to what I've been watching? Recently, I've been on a Zero Punctuation kick, but supposedly it's close enough to Vine Compilations and clips from  Talk Shows to justify that shit showing up in my home page. It's gotten so bad even a half-hour session of tuning my recommendations leaves me with the same shit. Also, any notice of these ninegagging, insta-memeing, twitter-twatting taintsmackers going around calling themselves shit like Lord Kek when they use Five Gum in 2018? It's absolutely disgusting. As an American, I can't do much but verbally argue against Article 13, but I'm doing my best.

dose this mean that there's a underground meme trade now

dose this mean that there's a underground meme trade now

Dionysios Angelopoulos Because they are restricting the freedom of the masses in regards to what they can say.

Dionysios Angelopoulos Because they are restricting the freedom of the masses in regards to what they can say.

D-does EmpLemon-senpai... l-like Pink Floyd...?

D-does EmpLemon-senpai... l-like Pink Floyd...?

BoondoxxTheFoxx You didn't have to write a novel about how much you hate r/dankmemes, but I agree with your point, and edgy memes should've stayed in 2016.

I have a fear of resource links in online browsers. I type everything by hand. This bill is a godsend. Finally I can live in peace.

EmpLemon I truly do love memes my man, but I will say, I kinda understand why the EU wants to get rid of memes. There are some very very toxic memes and trends emp. You know as well as I do, how absolutley cancerous memes can be, young ppl are into memes, so if u got a trend of saying "nigger" going on, young ppl being impressionable as they are, will repeat history and start spamming that word chaotcally. In which this rhetorical has actually happened. Or this new trend of imitating the death of X by looking slumped in your car. Memes CAN bring the good in ppl. I do agree on that, But as of late, I've seen more of it bringing the bad side out of ppl, because of the anonymity the internet provides, and ppl loove abusing that and can get away with what they say. Memes CAN and DO bring the best & worst out of ppl. I do see memes, doing alil more harm than good. (Only as of late) I want to say, I do not agree with censorship and that is taking away from the ppl. I'm just stating of a potential "why" they would do it. I really do wish ppl had more self control and not abuse the privilege and be so godamn toxic. I'll tell you, wholeheartedly, I would vote against this bill. Ive been around for 21 years and I wish I haven't seen a lot of the bad memes and trends that I've witnessed over the course of time. Then maybe I would feel more comfortable defending memes as a whole. I do just wish that so many ppl weren't abusive of the right and or try to be the biggest assholes they possibly can

People love to get hypnotised in a form of trance by that freaking image-box.

People love to get hypnotised in a form of trance by that freaking image-box.

They took some damned censory machines. What kind of world do we live in anymore.

They took some damned censory machines. What kind of world do we live in anymore.

EmpLemon I love the use of the Half Life music. God, it made the video even better.

EmpLemon I love the use of the Half Life music. God, it made the video even better.

Don't pin this on us Europeans. Blame the EU. We didn't vote for this. EU represantatives decided this even though they've been heavily advised against it for very long.

As an artist, if this idea spreads to other countries (specifically the US) it'll basically be the end of me and several other artists as well. (Not including the poor souls already getting shafted in the EU.) Because fanart is a big part of the modern art world.

>hurr durr, just make art of your own IPs/Copyrights!

Yeah no buddy, unless you're already a big artist, that doesn't work. Fanart is by far the most marketable place in the art world, simply because it shares a common interest. People can find you for artwork of DOOM, Star Wars, BATIM, Dark Souls, etc. and will go about commissioning you to make them a portrait of Darth Vader, or a hellscape crossover with Doomguy and the Ashen One fighting hordes of ink demons. Most prints are also fanart (A bigger name example being ThePixelEmpire).

The EU is not only destroying memes but huge parts of the art, music and gaming industries with Article 13. The sheer amount of people that'll be effected on a fundamental, livelihood level is quite easily comparable to those death tolls. I fucking dare any of you to defend the EU and Article 13, it pretty much destroys the idea of internet communities as a whole.

As an artist, if this idea spreads to other countries (specifically the US) it'll basically be the end of me and several other artists as well. (Not including the poor souls already getting shafted in the EU.) Because fanart is a big part of the modern art world.

>hurr durr, just make art of your own IPs/Copyrights!

Yeah no buddy, unless you're already a big artist, that doesn't work. Fanart is by far the most marketable place in the art world, simply because it shares a common interest. People can find you for artwork of DOOM, Star Wars, BATIM, Dark Souls, etc. and will go about commissioning you to make them a portrait of Darth Vader, or a hellscape crossover with Doomguy and the Ashen One fighting hordes of ink demons. Most prints are also fanart (A bigger name example being ThePixelEmpire).

The EU is not only destroying memes but huge parts of the art, music and gaming industries with Article 13. The sheer amount of people that'll be effected on a fundamental, livelihood level is quite easily comparable to those death tolls. I fucking _dare_ any of you to defend the EU and Article 13, it pretty much destroys the idea of internet communities as a whole.

You could try writing/emailing your local MEP but tbh the Europen parliament is as useful as a chocolate colostomy bag. Might still be worth it though.

“your memes end here”<br>No, i passed one on, to you..!

“your memes end here”
No, i passed one on, to you..!

TriforceGuy 64 Europe is big. Not only memes produced in the EU would become illegal, but also the US could be hit. With both a source and a consumer of memes severely restricted, what will become of the US meme market?
I'm kind of exaggerating, but you get the point.

TriforceGuy 64 Europe is big. Not *only* memes produced in the EU would become illegal, but also the US could be hit. With both a source and a consumer of memes severely restricted, what will become of the US meme market?
I'm kind of exaggerating, but you get the point.

SaMs dReeMurr There are petitions but I'm hoping he can direct us to an official one. Furthermore, you can contact all friends you know in the EU to contact their leaders about this.

if you cant figure that out i dont think your in the right place.

if you cant figure that out i dont think your in the right place.

EmpLemon for those of us who are sensitive soyboys that don't want to give our email address away to fake websites, would you please link an official petition in the description?

TriforceGuy 64 I don’t think so, but I can’t tell. If this can somehow affect countries outside of it, there would probably be issues no matter <i>what</i> the law is, considering all of the legal stuff, like enforcing a law outside of your territory.

TriforceGuy 64 I don’t think so, but I can’t tell. If this can somehow affect countries outside of it, there would probably be issues no matter _what_ the law is, considering all of the legal stuff, like enforcing a law outside of your territory.

MelonLikeAFellon this makes Net Neutrality look like a joke

MelonLikeAFellon this makes Net Neutrality look like a joke

Not gonna comment on Net Neutrality? I hope you know it passed.

Not gonna comment on Net Neutrality? I hope you know it passed.

Finally the meme Community is talking about it and if we spread this information around, we can still save memes. Thy still need to pass this in the E.U Parliament

He's saying no other point of view matters, they're taking genuine freedoms and anyone who is okay with that doesn't deserve any freedoms in the first place.

Honestly, this is a big deal and the fact that this will be protested probably primarily with memes is fucking great

Honestly, this is a big deal and the fact that this will be protested probably primarily with memes is fucking great

I swear, Stuart K. Reilly said the same "Go back to TV" thing on YTP News some years ago.

Great minds think alike.

I swear, Stuart K. Reilly said the same "Go back to TV" thing on YTP News some years ago.

Great minds think alike.

EmpLemon
No Emp, you're just plain out wrong here.
Why would the whole EU and certain aspects of other countries not want their entire internet run like YouTube?

You know, because YouTube is so great and totally fair.

EmpLemon
No Emp, you're just plain out wrong here.
Why would the whole EU and certain aspects of other countries *not* want their entire internet run like YouTube?

You know, because YouTube is so great and totally fair.

this has nothing to do with corporations and everything to do with government

this has nothing to do with corporations and everything to do with government

I've had memes make it big and I never got the credit. I don't mind to add to the collective

I've had memes make it big and I never got the credit. I don't mind to add to the collective

Marc Bedragare Except for Europe's roots as the single greatest party nation in history, Rome.  Progenators of hot traps, so many lesbians, and watching things die for fun.

The Texan Courier, Of course it is the first step. Money and power corrupts. Let's hope that our president will stand up to this. (After all, memes helped Trump win the election)

A Saucerful of Secrets Italians are also very angry at the EU and are being silenced by the EU which is actually making even more people angry

EmpLemon does this mean we can overthrow capitalism now?

EmpLemon does this mean we can overthrow capitalism now?

Dane Dillon If you seriously think that's how it is in Europe then your world view is fundamentally flawed

Dane Dillon If you seriously think that's how it is in Europe then your world view is fundamentally flawed

meme boi Because of this action, governments in ANY COUNTRY will try to put up these laws. THIS IS JUST THE FIRST STEP!

TriforceGuy 64 actually a youtuber named black pigeon speaks made a video on this and explained how it will affect us in America too if you would like to look into it

I actually wanted to tell you about this somehow a couple of days ago, but I didn't know how. I'm glad you made this video.

Fun fact: Poland is staying sane and is in the beginning stages of holding a Brexit style referendum.

Due to your insubordination, your destination will shortly be visited by the EU International Peace Keeper Army to re-educate you. Please await your arrest.

It's like Youtube copyright, or copywrong as I'd like to call it, just because a right is a right doesn't mean they should have it, like right of conquest basically says if there is no one to stop you you can go to some place and enslave the inhabitants.

TriforceGuy 64 yeah, americas got its first amendment

TriforceGuy 64 yeah, americas got its first amendment

some guys argumented that "duh, memes are used for bullying", but even if you pop up as a meme, that´s the point of it, laugh, and communicate

even if they where to use it as a cyber-bullying tool, memes are taken ironically, wich means, any attempt would be useless

please kill me

TriforceGuy 64 Europe sue everybody, since they make memes.

TriforceGuy 64 Europe sue everybody, since they make memes.

You should probably pin your comment so people see it.

You should probably pin your comment so people see it.

Jimm Nuteron WHY in hell entirely blaming not corporations, they play the main role of why "Government" or members of EU in this case of voting to do this.

the thing is its nothing when the population of europe is almost 500 million

the thing is its nothing when the population of europe is almost 500 million

And this has voted from hypocritical right-wing Eurosceptics and Greedy right-wingers voted on this.

And this has voted from hypocritical right-wing Eurosceptics and Greedy right-wingers voted on this.

what if since memes are so good at changing minds and transmitting ideas that the EU will just make memes on how you memes should be deleted

meme boi europeans have a long and proud tradition of being humanity's party-poopers.

meme boi europeans have a long and proud tradition of being humanity's party-poopers.

meme boi and why exactly has emp put an ingsoc symbol inside of the European Union stars

meme boi and why exactly has emp put an ingsoc symbol inside of the European Union stars

Let's do a protest or put up posters everywere to let everyone know, then they we will have a chance to stop them.

Let's do a protest or put up posters everywere to let everyone know, then they we will have a chance to stop them.

EmpLemon yeah but memes are only banned in Europe right?

EmpLemon yeah but memes are only banned in Europe right?

"europeans have degraded the lives of everyone in this world" rly bruh

"europeans have degraded the lives of everyone in this world" rly bruh


Can we? Oh boy, yes we can. MEME WAR NOW!

Firefox is red, Explorer is blue. Google+ sucks and Chrome does too.


One thing I gotta say
The editing on these videos are top quality and I genuinely enjoy these.
Thanks lad


What if behind the meme was an EU spy on a mission to destroy memes once and for all?


I can’t believe you spent 2 minutes emphasizing the importance of memes and it’s actually very effective.


Again I am very content with the fact that I'm Swiss and Switzerland not being part of the European Union.

I mean, I have no strong feelings one way or the other.

-Again I am very content with the fact that I'm Swiss and Switzerland not being part of the European Union.-

I mean, I have no strong feelings one way or the other.


Thankfully, the EU voted AGAINST fast tracking Article 13 into law, so we've won for the time being. In early September, the debate will resume.


I thought you, Emplemon, would be a proponent of this law. It will keep the normies away from memes. The outsiders on the other hand can always find a way around such legislation.

Θείος Άνεμος


You know, I genuinely enjoy your content! Keep it up!


absolutely shocking situation...

but, as it stands, if the EU is so shit at maintaining democracy and the rights of man and one of the most BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS, FREE SPEECH

it should seriously not exist to begin with.

absolutely shameful situation.

I think some Nazi influence snuck in after WW2, especially in Italy.

Once one of the worlds bastions of intellegence and free thoguht, now one of the worlds "Free" Dictatorships. Not to say it is, but they always try to find power.


[This comment has been removed for violating the European Memetic Cease and Desist Act of 2018. Have a nice day, slaves...Or uh...citizens...rather...yeah.]


Hey emp. Me and many other poopers including Yoshimaniac are joining together to make a documentary on YouTube poops and we’re wondering if you would be interested in being apart of it. You’re an amazing pooper and a gigantic part of youtube poop history. It would be great to have you on board. Let me know if you would be interested. You probably won’t but it’s worth a shot anyway.

-IsaiahTheVargas1117

Surprising considering the video's CHILLING tone.....memes are in danger? Possibly..

EmpDemon here

Pohoho no, patented skinny(frog) legs, old family recipe

Blake Gilbert uh...you know...one thing I should...

IsaiahTheVargas 1117 Yeah, so you called them “steamed hams” despite the fact they’re already grilled?


When your memes about to get banned so you Brexit the shet outta there


Wouldn't want the special snowflakes to get offended, would we? Nice job Emp, this series is great.

Also I know EmpLemon is gonna read this, he says he reads the comments he gets.


steamy hams I’ll take the repeal of net neutrality over this scenario any day.


Using memes to spread this whole controversy.  Ironic, in a way, but necessary.
I've gotten everyone I can to send an email to their MEP, but I don't know if it'd be enough. I'd encourage everyone else to do the same. (Shameless link incoming)
Here's a link where anyone in the EU can contact their MEP through a method you prefer (email, text message, tweet, etc.): https://saveyourinternet.eu/#newmode-embed-4348-4465

I don't want my memes to be dreams. And if this continues, well I'll be a resident of Air Strip One in a few years.


"Those who sacrifice freedoms for little security deserve neither"- Ben Franklin. I think this qoutes reasoning is especially important today with many governments extending their reach and power and acting against the wishes of the people who elected them. People should not blindly trust their governments or sacrifice their rights for "progress".


I guess they were trying to prevent memes that say “the EU is trash”

By doing this they created that meme.


I honestly love your content, memes ytps and rants, they’re all awesome


Ironic that there's a meme about banning memes


This has awakened the mighty 4chan community


You know it might once have been crazy to say a revolution is gonna happen because of memes but now it's really looking like the internet might take down a global <br>superpower and if that happens people outside the internet will see the true power of the internet.

You know it might once have been crazy to say a revolution is gonna happen because of memes but now it's really looking like the internet might take down a global
superpower and if that happens people outside the internet will see the true power of the internet.


This needs an entire hour long video dedicated to this subject.


Always use incognito mode when making a meme in the EU.

You’ll need more than incognito. All it does it delete search history automatically something everyone can do...


Remember when everyone, including people in the UK, thought it was a terrible decision for the UK to leave the EU? The people who voted to leave look pretty smart now

Zapchon that's completely fine.

I think the most obvious, unnessissary piece of legislation is the laws which they have set on the shape of bananas and cucumbers. Cucumbers have to be straight, whilst bananas have to not be to bendy.
Plus the legislation places on lightbulbs and vacuums infuriated a lot of people. I didn't mind it too much, however a lot of people I know we're genuinely angery with the decision.

Sorry if I used incorrect wording, I was a bit buzzed when I wrote the comment.

Ye too bad the English parlament is full of people who desperately do not want to leave (invluding the Prime minister and the entire labor party). Too bad the UK has gotten so authoritarian that they are proposing porn licences (to watch porn), owning potato peelers, saying "racist" things etc etc.

Zapchon plus it's pretty subjective to say that it was definitely a bad decision considering the fact that we haven't even left yet.<br>Only time will tell.

Zapchon plus it's pretty subjective to say that it was definitely a bad decision considering the fact that we haven't even left yet.
Only time will tell.

Zapchon I'm not saying we foresaw this specifically. If you read the comment I left, you'd see that I said that the EU has passed trivial/pointless laws in the past. One of the main reasons why the UK left was because of these unnessissary laws made in a completely different country which overruled the laws made in the actual country itself.

The fact that you don't seem aware of the pointless rules the EU has imposed on the countries shows that you simply don't know what you are talking about or you're confused as to what I am saying.

OnlyBro555 not specifically this, but the eu has passed similarly trivial/pointless laws in the past, which the UK government had to accept over and above our current laws.

Yeah it looks like an uprising is starting in europe though so hopefully the eu falls soon

Ben Dover Give you this, that was clever word play.


I've now made it my life mission to find and catalog every meme I can find for future generations to enjoy.


Why did it take us this long to realize that the European Union should be dismantled? Should've been done years ago. Let's just hope we have the power to keep memes where they belong - in the hands of the people!


"Those who instigated and orchestrated the conflict that killed 60 million innocent people"
This line objectively doesn't make sense, World War II isn't some massive conspiracy between rich people, it was a war fought between countries, not fucking classes.
It's not like Oskar Schindler and other German businessman kept their wealth from the holocaust, those businesses like Heinkel and Renault which suffered after or during the war respectively wouldn't have conspired either,  and I'm sure a fair few of those 60 million might've been SS, Gestapo, NKVD and Imperial Japanese Officials like Tojo himself, not entirely innocent people.
Emp I enjoy your content and to be fair I enjoy the editing and overall the video's message but that line right there just doesn't make sense to me.


It is time to use incognito mode for posting memes.


Yeah, the EU was definitely a good idea.<br>Give a bunch of unelected bureaucrats unlimited power, sounds just right.

Yeah, the EU was definitely a good idea.
Give a bunch of unelected bureaucrats unlimited power, sounds just right.


You know it's serious when minute memes does two minutes of content.


It happened again, this time in Australia too.<br>Age Restricted videos require ID or Credit Card.

It happened again, this time in Australia too.
Age Restricted videos require ID or Credit Card.


2 years later and this video aged like milk


Well... shit.<br>Boycotting Google, Youtube, Twitch, even Wikipedia from all EU countries might end it before its starts though.

Well... shit.
Boycotting Google, Youtube, Twitch, even Wikipedia from all EU countries might end it before its starts though.


Hey Lemon boy, I just discovered your yt channel yesterday and earlier today I cancelled my trip so I can stay home and watch your stuff. It's 22:00h now and after nine hours of somewhat educational seizures I'm feeling nauseous.. I didn't even know about that YTP thingy until now so you can be sure that normies are coming to your channel and actually enjoy it.


Watching your back log of videos whether or not you still like any of your older content I rather enjoy the themes and structure of all your videos, despite the shit you might get and that I only found your channel through the behind the meme video I'm glad to have found this gem of a channel in the cesspool that is YouTube recommendations.


News flash, folks: THIS THING IS BACK. AND IT WAS PASSED. ...I don' want to live on this planet anymore.

News flash, folks: *THIS THING IS BACK.* *AND IT WAS PASSED.* ...I don' want to live on this planet anymore.


If this law makes it so that we can't use other people's images for memes, can't we just make our own templates, so we won't have to worry about copyright?


Europe: haha you Americans aren't free, you just say it, you're just as 'free' as everyone else!

Also Europe:

Do you have a license for that meme sir?

Those are some strong words. I'll have to report that to the authorities, and I'll have you arrested.

Europeans and Americans: Both arguing about which is worse instead of coming together and trying to stop all of this.

Also act like a terrorist attack happens every day in europe while denying the fact that school shootings happen often


The thing is, the corporations rely on those memes as valuable mouthpieces, so I don't see many corporations taking losing their free advertising sitting down.


If we deep fry Our memes beyond recognition, they will be unrecognizable to their silly filters.

so true
i have seen a naruto soundtrack mix that just had a rain sound in the back and boom , didnt get taken down
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avJ6Wago_C4

not taken down for almost 4 years now , just because of a background noise that even fits the songs
unless the eu actually gets a few thousand people to look for memes they can never stop it ( this is just a copyright thing but it can work the same with memes


Can I just say that I thought this was some joke? I didn’t think Europe would ban memes, much like America’s repeal on net neutrality. However, I just thought they would ban them because they find them “highly offensive”, I.e. Pepe is “White supremacist”. But this actually goes much deeper than I thought. I don’t know if things could get worse.<br>Edit: It got worse. Thanks, COPPA

Can I just say that I thought this was some joke? I didn’t think Europe would ban memes, much like America’s repeal on net neutrality. However, I just thought they would ban them because they find them “highly offensive”, I.e. Pepe is “White supremacist”. But this actually goes much deeper than I thought. I don’t know if things could get worse.
Edit: It got worse. Thanks, COPPA


"You think we waste memes for freedom, this is a slaughter " The EU


"meme grade: 1984 "

Y’all mind if I
ORWELLIAN DYSTOPIA

"meme grade: *1984* "

Y’all mind if I
-ORWELLIAN DYSTOPIA-


unsubbed cus this was 122 seconds and not 60<br>How dare u

unsubbed cus this was 122 seconds and not 60
How dare u

@Ryan Orten As somebody that has been watching YouTube videos on mobile for four years, I've always wondered why an unnecessary second is added to a video's length.

122 seconds if you're watching it on a computer, 123 if you're watching on a mobile device. the time length adds on one second for some reason on mobile.

That's fine cause he wanted you to unsubscribe

EmpLemon is such a dork he goes on ranting about memes for 122 secounds L0L


How the heck would they ban Memes anyway? Since any expression can become a meme, does that mean the government will be able to ban any expression they call a “meme”?

Because that would be very troubling.

How the heck would they ban Memes anyway? *Since any expression can become a meme, does that mean the government will be able to ban any expression they call a “meme”?*

Because that would be very troubling.


The USAs government: We need to ban fair use of the internet!
The EUs government: Hold my beer, ahem...

WE NEED TO BAN USE OF THE INTERNET!!!

The USAs government: We need to ban fair use of the internet!
The EUs government: Hold my beer, ahem...

*WE NEED TO BAN USE OF THE INTERNET!!!*


I’m imagining underground meme gatherings where everyone looks at the memes the other members drew


Gather around as we travel to the European Union and shout out:
”PLS DELET THIS.”

Gather around as we travel to the European Union and shout out:
*_”PLS DELET THIS.”_*


The banning of memes is accidental. You ask an EU leader what they think of memes, they won't say "I hate memes". They will actually say "what is a meme?" They don't know how memes work.


On the Minute Memes timeline, we can assume that this video takes place after the E video because it's possible that the crash at the end of E corrupted some parts of the computer, and the intro and outro are 'corrupted' (the clock on the logo is the downward spiral, and everything is red). Minute Memes has some deep lore, I must say.


EmpLemon, I used to watch YouTube poops a long time ago, and I believe that I saw at least one of your old videos. Barely anyone talks about the "era" of YouTube where the most popular video game was Goat Simulator, and YouTube Poops consisted of "Weegee" and other randomness. This "era" of YouTube is quite possibly my favorite, as YouTube was much simpler back then. I wanted to suggest the idea of another YouTube Geographic video, that would be about this "era" of YouTube that I just mentioned. If you need any help on research, I have a few suggestions.
There was a YouTube channel that I used to watch when I was incredibly young, called "95shade3", actually 95shade has multiple channels, and 95shade3 is just one of them. This channel is filled with old, crappy YouTube poops that the younger version of me found hilarious.
If you want to do research on the more "civilized" part of this era, then go watch some very old videos from DanTDM. I don't watch him now, but I used to watch him back when he did his old spore play through and old mod showcases, and I believe his channel is a perfect example of the gaming scene at the time.
I hope that EmpLemon reads this. I understand that YouTube Geogrpahic videos take a very long time to make, but this comment is just a suggestion.


Peasant Lemon  Better? I got it! How about, and bear with me here, nationstates <b>GASP</b> handle their own business and other countries can fuck off of their national sovereignty. I know. I know. Crazy idea that has not at all worked for thousands of years.

Peasant Lemon  Better? I got it! How about, and bear with me here, nationstates *GASP* handle their own business and other countries can fuck off of their national sovereignty. I know. I know. Crazy idea that has not at all worked for thousands of years.

How about Making The EU Great Again?  #MEGA?

random lady cough France and Germany cough

random lady *cough* France and Germany *cough*

honestly i'm in europe and the europeon union isn't that good but europeon countries are nice

Salokin Cus they stole my god damn memes >:(


German boi here: This shit is actually the legit reason that made me think about leaving the EU and move to the UK or the USA. ...I wish I was joking.

Stay there, clean your room, go to work, vote AfD, and fight for your country, you coward.

Mmmm_Crunchy We have it in Washington and a few other states though, thanks to our federal government being too incompetent and busy plotting the most idiotic genocide in history to enforce its own laws on the states.

net neutrality will be reinstated soon in the united states of america, dont worry.

right now USA is the better option, or you could risk living here in a third world country, but it should be as a last resort

Move to the U.S.A. It's the best 👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌

DON'T GO TO BRAZIL. They are SO much worse than the EU right now. This guy ^^^^ will try to ransome or mug you if you speak or look anything other than Portugues.

Zadamouse ya but the snow storms get bad sometimes

Come to the US it is better than Germany, just remember we use the imperial system and alot of people here are patriotic so no dissing the flag here.

If you're goons move to the states remember this, 5280 Feet are in a Mile, 12 Inches are in a Foot, 3 Feet are in a Yard, 32 is freezing, and 210 is melting.

I recommend you come here to Massachusetts. It's got pretty nice summers over here and nice Beachs

Oh and memes are legal

JaroSan's Trash don't come here we don't have net neutrality


World war 1:the war to end al wars

World war 2:the war to end all dictators

World war 3:the war to end all memes


Europe is like, we've updated our privacy policy.<br>Then Emp is like: No, you've updated your censorship policy.

Europe is like, we've updated our privacy policy.
Then Emp is like: No, you've updated your censorship policy.


Something tells me that these people read 1984 and were like "This sounds like a good way to run the EU"


I like the touch of replacing the original Bliss wallpaper with its now empty vinefield shell of what it once was.

DerpyDosh I didn't notice, that is a really nice touch


Dude, I know there are alot of things happening on YouTube, but you should still post things that are entertaining


For the first time, I wish Ireland was part of the UK.


Wait... thanking the bus driver is a recent meme. Does that mean thanking bus drivers is illegal in the EU?


I can now say that Britain leaving the EU was a decent choice in hindsight.


Alex Lee Nah, at least jokes are harmless. The same can't be said about religion.

Free will is a myth<br>Religion is a joke

Careful pip you're turning into Justin Y.

Metal gear solid 2 is and always will be ahead of its time. More people should of listen.

He LITERALLY tried to warn us about exactly this thing happening

"The memes, Jack!" - Senator Armstrong

He LITERALLY tried to warn us about *exactly this thing happening*

"The memes, Jack!" - Senator Armstrong

ImmaLittlePip  As much as I criticize the man I have to admit he did warn us in this  Sort of insanity.

Hello again? Is weird too see you too many times in different channels


Hey emp, like dude, this isnt a bad thing. Memes are ideas, and you cant ban an idea. If anything, this will be a blessing, as now memes will become less mainstream, as people who really want to see them will have to use the dark web and stuff. Idk mybe im missing a joke or mybe im wrong


<b>enlarges profile image, makes it physical and begins chugging</b>

*enlarges profile image, makes it physical and begins chugging*


Oh, oh! This is perfect! Yeah, first the British tax us for everything, then Germany welcomes Hitler into the world, and now EUROPE ITSELF is trying to ban memes!


Best Solution: Move to a Different Country who allows memes


Can't wait for memes to become a shady underground black market


Jeez. not only is this news sickening, this episode of a chill Meme Review series is the first thing to give me the creeps in a while.


Thank god Article 13 has been rejected.

For now.


Is everyone gonna ignore how the background is what the Windows XP background looks like today?


It’s not that is just about memes, this about our freedom of speech. The intention of this law is filter out unauthorized copyrighted content, this law may not only wind up killing memes, but freedom of speech on the internet as well.


I was always pro-EU. This shit wayed me. #JusticeForMemes

Yeah you're right here but I'm not forgetting the fishing laws and the forced lawsuit on apple.

Once a "trade union" gets to put laws in place for each of it's member state to abide by, it's no longer just a "trade union". <br>The EU tries to be the US of Europe, but it fails miserably at that. Nevermind the fact that an European United States is an incredibly stupid idea, the USA was built on something each state had in common: the desire to be free from the british, while the EU tries to maintain the image that their purpose is to maintain peace. Freedom rings better than peace, especially peace at this prize.

Once a "trade union" gets to put laws in place for each of it's member state to abide by, it's no longer just a "trade union".
The EU tries to be the US of Europe, but it fails miserably at that. Nevermind the fact that an European United States is an incredibly stupid idea, the USA was built on something each state had in common: the desire to be free from the british, while the EU tries to maintain the image that their purpose is to maintain peace. Freedom rings better than peace, especially peace at this prize.

all of that doesn't matter, if you have no memes<br>memes is life itself

all of that doesn't matter, if you have no memes
memes is life itself

Do you really think it's a good idea to advocate for dismantling the EU instead of reforming it? Do you really think it's good for us Europeans to lose our one currency and market? To lose our freedom to travel and work wherever in the Union? To lose common laws which every country in the Union has to abide?


Two years later and... memes seem to be quite unbanned? Even though the vote this video refers to went through with a "yes"? Almost as if "Europe banned memes" was just a meme


HOO FUCKING RAH!!! 10/10 really nice video, succinct and insightful.  Guys like you make the rest of us sit up and pay attention,  great work man


we need to make the EU flag a meme so they can go against their own creation.


A guide to how to make memes in this situation:

1.Recreate established memeformats for yourself and use them instead of the original one.

2.Delete new memeformats from the internet (that you posted) and make sure that people copied/recreated them and reposted them.

3.Tell every of your friends(especially the ones that don‘t stop talking) the whole story:“The Eu wants to establish an very strict upload filter that checks every upload on every website for a copyright abuse . This will destroy the whole Internet culture. You won’t se any remixes,Memes,lets plays (because the lets player doesn’t own a license to copy the game),Product reviews,many music gernes that are based on sampling (taking a part of a different song/track and chopping it up or looping a certain part)(THIS INCLUDES VAPOR WAVE,LOFI HIP HOP AND FUTURE FUNK) and basicly a third of the hip hop landscape(sampling...) due to the new Art. 13. This is not only the end for europas Internet but the end for Every Internet that ever existed.

4.Send links of videos about this topic to every of your friends. Dont spam the same video for every of your friend. Get a individual video for every friend.

5.Create memes about this. They have to follow our new ,,recreate meme templates“ formula.

6.AND THEN DEEP FRIE YOUR FAVORITE MEMES SO THAT THE EU FILTERS CANT DETECT THEM...

Share these rules everywhere you go


Just imagine the internets reaction if they banned memes

Look to net neutrality x100000. If we are able to see it that is


Lucky for us, the EU Meme Schism ended, and we memers won.


And you all thought we won the great meme war...  this is the counter strike to our well placed attack.


How to make a meme:
Step 1: ban memes
Step 2: make a meme off of banning a meme
Step 3: profit


when the rainbow is replaced with a downwards spiral you know shit's real


Remind me why we need a bunch of authoritarian beurocrats running an entire continent again?

Oh right, a continental currency... because transferring currency values was too hard for people other than those with skills in... well... basic math.

(Edit: I know the EU was made for other reasons, but whenever I ask about the reasons to keep it they always just go "Well, the Euro is cool."


The european population should rebel against this ban

@Joshua Edler i have right fist and left fist that's all people need.

@Joshua Edler Who said I'm not in the police force?

Clorox bleach how? They have nothing to fight with


“All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others”


God bless Norway for not getting included in that shit
I can still make and watch memes!
(BTW this should be a basic human right along safety and food)


It always seemed to me, from the perspective of someone who voted to leave the EU, that the principal reason Britain voted to leave is what we perceived as the lack of affinity between us and the EU, that laws were being proposed and ultimately imposed on us by people who were so far removed they couldn't possibly understand us or indeed have any desire to understand us and act in our interest. This feeling of being governed from the outside, by people whose accountability is tenuous at best and not existent at worst, it doesn't sit well with people. I think citizens are right to be concerned about a lack of affinity between themselves and those who govern them, and a lack of public accountability within governing bodies.<br>Too often, those of us who were concerned about Britain's membership of the EU had our concerns ignored and were dismissed as xenophobic, but this recent passing of Articles 11 and 13 is surely further evidence to validate these concerns?

It always seemed to me, from the perspective of someone who voted to leave the EU, that the principal reason Britain voted to leave is what we perceived as the lack of affinity between us and the EU, that laws were being proposed and ultimately imposed on us by people who were so far removed they couldn't possibly understand us or indeed have any desire to understand us and act in our interest. This feeling of being governed from the outside, by people whose accountability is tenuous at best and not existent at worst, it doesn't sit well with people. I think citizens are right to be concerned about a lack of affinity between themselves and those who govern them, and a lack of public accountability within governing bodies.
Too often, those of us who were concerned about Britain's membership of the EU had our concerns ignored and were dismissed as xenophobic, but this recent passing of Articles 11 and 13 is surely further evidence to validate these concerns?

Ecactly this, and don't forget this could affect the whole world, not just europe

What now indeed. It's a good question. The majority of MPs in the UK were in fact in favour of remain, most only accept the referendum decision reluctantly and some outright think the decision should be ignored and want to scupper the process of leaving. Needles to say, most British people don't hold their politicians in particularly high esteem, and don't have much more trust in them than they do the EU officials. Voting to leave the EU wasn't a panacea, and given that many of our own politicians are intent on stopping Brexit I'm still not sure the referendum decision will truly be implemented, but I think it is at least a step in the right direction, part of a process.

This concern is absolutely legitimate, and is in fact what led the 13 colonies to revolt.

The issue is that we(US Americans) stepped down from one form of corrupt government to one that quickly became just as corrupt. How do you expect the UK not to do the same? From what I've heard, they're even trying to pass their own version of Article 13 separate from the EU, though my understanding of UK politics is limited.

I'm not saying it was a bad idea to separate from the EU, overall, but what now? How do you get the greedy and entrenched in your nation to actually give up their power, rather than stomping on their people to preserve it?


"I would not know what weapons WW3 will be fought with."<br>"But WW4 Will be fought with Dank Memes."

"I would not know what weapons WW3 will be fought with."
"But WW4 Will be fought with Dank Memes."


It's sad that when WWIII happens, we all will probably be making memes about it


<b>If the EU has become a meme, are they going to disband themselves..?</b>

*If the EU has become a meme, are they going to disband themselves..?*


Never thought of Kilroy as a meme before, wonder if we can make something out of this


If the EU is a sad meme and the EU bans memes, is it technically just dissolving?


Its dumb, if you ban memes you basically ban free speech


Despite the 1984 dystopian idea. Banning memes appears as a unintended result of Article 13 and allowing copyright protection for the effect of taxing shared links. Honestly, this just seems like a bad idea for scientific progress and the internet in general. Memes are exceptionally human, I can't understand a law against this exchange.


“Therefore I think the EUropean Union must be destroyed” Janusz Korwin Mikke


Its kinda like the long awaited sequel to wwII but they're taking their time to make it the best it can be


After watching a few videos I loved the way your videos are made, had to hit the sub+bell.


can we make art 13 a meme so europe would have to ban it!


Banning memes violates the yourthemannowdog convention.


The world was good throughout the 90s to 2017. When memes were a thing. Now, the world will be total chaos


a world without memes, is a world I wouldn't want to live in


How can you even ban memes? There is no distinct barrier between what is a meme and what is not a meme. I don't get it. There's a lot I like about the EU but stuff like this just confuses me. Do the EU authorities not get the internet or something?

Jolly Good ol' Gender neutral individual


its really a shame about what is happening to europe, it seems like its becoming 1984 over there.


1984 is here people.  Wait till the EU is named Oceana.

Sam J I have a feeling the same things were said before the rise of many dangerous governmental powers.

I think 1984 is fairly apt since monitoring the population and their ability to communicate is a distinct attribute of Big Brother.

Well, if it does get to that level, we will stop it. I have signed petitions and called my representative to attempt to stop this, I just feel like comparing it to Orwell’s 1984 is a bit much

Sam J That is the first step. But if filtering becomes the norm it's much easier to take it to the next step and use it in subversive ways. Especially with copyrighted content, YouTube has shown what a clusterfuck that can be and how the definition of copyright will always benefit the ones in charge.

Don't say it isn't being blown out of proportion. Any restriction on internet activity that attempts to prevent it from inception is already an issue and is easy to be abused and expanded apon.

No. The legislation states that the platforms have to filter out infringing content. The only way this is suppressing free speech is by bots like YouTube’s content I’d system (which all sites will now need) being stupid. It’s a problem but please don’t blow it out of proportion

Sam J Did you not read the legislation?, Everything must be filtered before being uploaded to the internet, how is that not the beginning of surpession of free speech?

It’s literally just a restriction on copyright. It ain’t that bad my dude

I think you're overreacting, and so is emplemon. the EU didn't fully ban memes there is just a bot that can be took too far and a rouge bot will try to take down memes. some memes can still be around and most may go, not all. also, this only affects EU based websites not the whole world. I also doubt banning memes will turn into a dystonian society where police read minds, screens that watch you are placed everywhere, everybody loves a man named "Big Brother" that they only see on the screens, and the whole world turning into three countries. (also the EU got turned into Eurasia)

No, you thought criminal, we've always been at war with Eastasia! I'm calling the thought police.

Stix N' Stones We've always been at war with Eurasia tho

'tis a slippery slope. We must tread with caution.

mostly it's open to discussion but there are people who treat it in oceania some don't but you can't outright claim that it is "nowhere close"

As an ecozone, Oceania includes all of Micronesia, Fiji, and all of Polynesia except New Zealand. New Zealand, along with New Guinea and nearby islands, part of the Philippine islands, Australia, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, and New Caledonia, constitute the separate Australasian ecozone.<br>one simple google search

As an ecozone, Oceania includes all of Micronesia, Fiji, and all of Polynesia except New Zealand. New Zealand, along with New Guinea and nearby islands, part of the Philippine islands, Australia, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, and New Caledonia, constitute the separate Australasian ecozone.
one simple google search

cyberianrave the Philippines is nowhere close to oceania

Europa is a moon orbiting jupiter c:

Also, syberia microwave is right, but he just destroyed the meme, get'm he's trying to ban memes! What a hypocrite I am.

Oceania exists, it's Australia, nz, phillipines etc

Stix N' Stones Rule Airstrip 1 really doesn't have the same ring to it

Stix N' Stones Well technically speaking it would be Eurasia, as it contains all of mainland Europe. Only the UK is fit to become Oceania.


I'm not so sad about leaving the EU now that this happened


EU: ban all memes<br>4chan: stay right where you are

EU: ban all memes
4chan: stay right where you are


My country, Cyprus is in the EU and one of my parents are anti-EU, because of the blame to EU for the financial crisis in Cyprus and a debt crisis in Greece. <del>lets hope Germany will be eurosceptist.</del>

My country, Cyprus is in the EU and one of my parents are anti-EU, because of the blame to EU for the financial crisis in Cyprus and a debt crisis in Greece. -lets hope Germany will be eurosceptist.-


"oh you're an opponent of the EU, why is that?" - "BECAUSE OF THE MEMES LITERALLY 1984 REE" get a grip


Abhinay Raikar Not true, we use several EU laws like the new data privacy rules that we're enforced earlier this year

DankRobin Switzerland hahaha, the most neutral country, ofcourse they aren't affected by anything

Hey look a Meme dude whats wrong with you I'm from Switzerland, you are talking gibberish

look guys we have a traitor! prepare for extermination <b>with memes</b>

look guys we have a traitor! prepare for extermination *with memes*

ɪᴍᴀɢɪɴᴀʀʏꜰᴀɴʙoʏ one of the worst imo<br>Its not telling the truth

ɪᴍᴀɢɪɴᴀʀʏꜰᴀɴʙoʏ one of the worst imo
Its not telling the truth


personally im all for the EU but really what was the point of this banning memes thing they did


Europe is in desperate need of an organized counter-meme offensive. Only by starting the fire themselves will we be able to aid our brothers in this most dire of circumstances


This channel bout to hit 1 mill by January next year, calling it. his channel is great it represents a lot of our thoughts and does it with good music and editing


EmpLemon: "Behind the memes video about YTPs is full of shit and reinforces bad stereotypes about them!"

also EmpLemon: "EU WANTS TO BAN MEMES! OUR FREEDOM IS CEASED TO BE!"


I have an idea, we make memes about everything possible, making them banned in europe for them being memes, forcing them to get rid of the law


Emplemon, save us from the r/FUNNY POSTSXD video apocalypse. They're a new sub-breed of react channels that compile posts on reddit for workless, easy views. There are dozens of channels raking in dough by putting in no effort and we need you!


remember in 2016 when people were shocked and appalled that Britain would ever want to leave glorious EU? that there was no way that the vote to leave would ever go through? and later that Britain would fall to ruin without the EU? well then just thought i'd bring that up


When the EU bans memes but then you remember Disney said the EU isn't canon any longer ;)


I live outside of the EU, so what can I do to prevent this?


It's so philosophical for a 2 minute video, holy shit


I want a future without the European union


You definitely deserve more subscribers than you have


it's time for "xitpocalypse", Polexit, Italexit, Spexit etc.

Don't forget the most presious EU member GREECE YEEA BABY GREECE 2 IS GONNA BE GREATE

It shouldn’t be called Italexit, it should be called Italeave

Slovexit, please.<br>Alright, that'll be Impossible€, sir.

Slovexit, please.
Alright, that'll be Impossible€, sir.

Here in uk brexit-ed and it couldn't save our memes


Great vid Emp - and I am beyond horrified living in Germany, because nobody here knows about and gives a shit. But the EU will collapse in itself, Britain left and Hungary, Poland and Italy will follow. And because Italy amongst Germany and France is one of the wealthiest countries in this region which helps to fund this bullshit and without it, Germany and France will have struggle to do so. Also  experts have estimated that the Euro will collapse (in 1 to 2 years) due to various reasons which are to complex to explain here, but sooner or later it all will end, but the costs will be very high.

But I have one thing I disagree on - the biggest bloodbath was the islamic invasion of India in the year 1200 and the occupation of this area for 400 years.
Check it out https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persecution_of_Hindus#During_Islamic_rule_of_the_Indian_sub-continent


When you realise that you live in England and Brexit happened

England will probably abide by EU regulations for a long time after Brexit for the purpose of international trade.

well you got people being arrested for having a potato peeler and making a nazi joke while knife fights are in the streets

I mean I'd rather see memes die a lil than my currency inflate I think, but I have no idea what that feels like. But I'm not getting sentenced for carrying a pen in my pocket either.

The uk government puts people in prison for jokes, you are basically in the same dung as the rest of us


I used to want Brexit but now I want LIFEXIT 😂🔫


Mission failed, we'll ge-

EU bans memes.

Mission failed, we'll ge-

*EU bans memes.*


this is ironic, banning memes but becoming memes themselves


The S.I. and Guy Debord wrote about the potetnial of memes to subvert the consumerist slavery that we live under.<br>They called it "Détournement"

The S.I. and Guy Debord wrote about the potetnial of memes to subvert the consumerist slavery that we live under.
They called it "Détournement"


It has to be approved by all 28 countries so estonia or someone will probably veto it. Tbh I'm expecting something similar will happen in Britain soon. Now that Ajit Pai has shown how vulnerable internet freedom is in the US most of the worlds bureaucrats will probably start this sort of thing. I don't think it's specific to any countries or institutions like the US or EU, this is scarily spiraling into a global regression where the western world's democracies limit internet freedom with a similar model to Russia or China.


European here. Diversity, Integration and Diversity again are our strength, give it a few more years and well be able to stop bullits with the combined effort of our diversity.

 Also bring out frying nemo battle royale


Italy needs to rise up and make memes return with a vengance


is there a possibilaty that uhh ur mom gay?                love you muah muah no hate fam ;) <3

Have the YouTube content ID bot monitor every piece of information coming in and out of the EU.

You have to restrict internet access like communist countries do.

With what's used in everything: Bots. YouTube already has the adbot, so the EU could just as easily apply a memebot to everything they touch. YouTube, IMs, forums, everything.

the shawnatiom everything that has copyright will be gone.
Forget streaming
Forget memes
Forget online gaming
Forget freedom, because we will be watched every fucking step.

Atleast me, bc I'm from Germany

Princess Applestrach ISP's will be effected aswell, so forget the deep web

Princess Applestrach this is gdpr Article 13 in fact there's an algorithm computerized so it stops the flow of memes

You take them and push them somewhere else.

Shit ! (I've just remarked that I said it 3times sorry for the repetition )

You just 1984/Big Brother the shit out the internet In your country just like for every shit that is illegal if this shit passes through we'll have to go on the deep web for our daily dose of memes

You force all memes to be vetted by someone for copyright infringement. In order to fight it, you put in an appeal to say that the meme is a parody. In 3-6 weeks, your meme is allowed to be seen.

So, you could just snail-mail your memes at that point. It might be faster.


Can <i>Pink Floyd's The Wall: The Movie</i> be considered a meme yet? Or would it be classified under a different, new classification, such as a vintage meme? (Vintages memes would be pre-2010 meme that aren't dead yet (ones that come to mind are Steamed Hams (until recently) and Star Wars' Darth Plagueis the Wise story.))

Can _Pink Floyd's The Wall: The Movie_ be considered a meme yet? Or would it be classified under a different, new classification, such as a vintage meme? (Vintages memes would be pre-2010 meme that aren't dead yet (ones that come to mind are Steamed Hams (until recently) and Star Wars' Darth Plagueis the Wise story.))

I swear I once bought an DVD copy on a theft store many years back ago, while I was fascinated with the entire album series and everything about it. This meme just got attracted to me like a death-wish from some faint dank memory of childhood. Still to this day "Pink Floyd's The Wall: The Movie" remains my personal all time favorite. <br>Despite it's nonsensical logical flaws, such as implementing narcissism annoyingly in film. Otherwise just showing any of the scenes still gives me goosebumps, that's how fascinating this meme has blended into my entire life.

I swear I once bought an DVD copy on a theft store many years back ago, while I was fascinated with the entire album series and everything about it. This meme just got attracted to me like a death-wish from some faint dank memory of childhood. Still to this day "Pink Floyd's The Wall: The Movie" remains my personal all time favorite.
Despite it's nonsensical logical flaws, such as implementing narcissism annoyingly in film. Otherwise just showing any of the scenes still gives me goosebumps, that's how fascinating this meme has blended into my entire life.


Okay but... How do you ban memes? Aren’t memes just ideas that spread rapidly essentially. Outlawing memes is outlawing high fives or fucking handshakes!


the history of censorship in europe:
"the first modern meme" kilroy was here(1943)
baning memes (2018)
INGSOC (20??)


We must fight for our european brother's free speech


Damn pretty fat red pill you just gave us.


Day 400 without memes: I’ve been underground since the day they came and wiped my hard drive of dank memes and smut fanfics. The resistance is growing and soon we’ll be able to spread memes to the masses. We are the future. The legend EmpLemon is our great leader who will lead us out of the sewers and back into our Mother’s Basements.


The worst thing is that it's not just gonna be memes that get banned. I'm really scared for the future if this goes through. Like most of my time is spent on the internet talking with people about stuff i like, laughing at memes and posting my fanart that i make of my favorite things, but i guess these fuckers just decided to destroy all of that


Hey Emp, it’s been months since you made a ytp. Are u ever going to be doing any more? Don’t get me wrong the stuff ur putting out rn is really awesome and funny but I’ll just like to see at least one more ytp from u. I always thought that u did the best ytps ever and I still do. Are going to be doing any more ytps anytime soon? If not, then why? Btw it would be really awesome if u did an incredibles 2 ytp later on. I hope u make an answer or a video on this soon. Ur such an awesome channel and I won’t be leaving anytime soon!


The <b>Gentle Giant</b> is always a pleasant present, EmpLemon :)

The *Gentle Giant* is always a pleasant present, EmpLemon :)


They said it was crazy to get involved in a meme war in Asia.


EU: this is what we call removing you're brain
Regular person: but why would i want to?
EU:It will protect you,  you can't have anything hurt your feelings of there are no brains
Regular person: but that won't work
EU:DID YOU JUST DISAGREE WITH US? TO PRISON WITH YOU


Thank fuck for brexit.
England gets to keep memes instead of having medical care!
Yay.


I love how EmpLemon is like a 4channer, yet uses the same clips as LSR...


If I can give my two cents on the rating. This situation looks much more similar to Fahrenheit 451 then 1984.


please make an hour long rant about weaponized memes


I've never heard of this meme.
*eye's darting around the room*

I've never heard of this meme.
**eye's darting around the room**


looks like i’m gonna download memes to my phone when i go to Denmark.


>Third Reich
>Unimaginable evil
Now that's a classic meme


How are memes illegal? If I lived in Europe and posted a meme would I get arrested?


The Normandy landings didnt happen until 1944. Please make sure meme minute is historically accurate.


0:57 the amount of Pink Floyd references on screen at one time is impressive

>"Pink Floyd references"<br>>actually direct footage and images of their art, aka not references at all

>"Pink Floyd references"
>actually direct footage and images of their art, aka not references at all


Thank god!  Safe from intellectual property theft, at last.


It annoys me that of all the problems that the Article 13 legislation has, people hung on memes. Which are specifically EXCLUDED by the text of the law.


Finally, someone gets it. Gonna share the vid my dude


One thing I realised is that in the thumbnail there was an image for a socialist party for what is in essence a far right movement. Well I couldn't imagine how something that only really benefits large corporations and huge copyright holders.


It would be nice if you gave a better description of the situation instead of bashing the EU as your statements in this video (though I agree with them) come off as baseless fear mongering and ultimately pretty vague.


Help Italy leave the EU, let the EU crumble in the next few years.


If our memes are taken away, we'll have to homebrew our own at some point.

We are going to 1984 at this point.


If we were to meme the ENTIRETY of EU, would they ban themselves?


Almost a year later and nothing has happened


I for one can't wait to work at the Ministry of Truth and memory hole any news article or meme that doesn't match up with what the government wants.


OH SHIT! THIS IS IT AND I DIDN'T EVEN REALISE HOW <b>REALLY</b> CLOSE WE ARE TO IT!

OH SHIT! THIS IS IT AND I DIDN'T EVEN REALISE HOW *REALLY* CLOSE WE ARE TO IT!


This is so sad.

Can be *DISMANTLE THE EUROPEAN UNION?*

Paid for by whatever money Hellas has left, I'm on to you EmpLemon.

This is so sad.

Can be **DISMANTLE THE EUROPEAN UNION?**

Paid for by whatever money Hellas has left, I'm on to you EmpLemon.


Remember that this is only the EU, and not entire Europe.<br>So unless Norway and Iceland are sheeps, they're fine.

Remember that this is only the EU, and not entire Europe.
So unless Norway and Iceland are sheeps, they're fine.


we should start a secret meme place that the eu cant find


Thank god for Brexit. I bet the people who wanted to stay is feeling pretty shitty now.

uk is most surveyed country in the world and as said before we don't even have a serious party that is anti-immigration. we are much worse.

EdgyTeenTryingToBeEdgierThanHeActuallyIs the uk is literally worse than Sweden, even the swedes have a anti immigration party. The uk doesn't

EdgyTeenTryingToBeEdgierThanHeActuallyIs uh brexit changes little

EdgyTeenTryingToBeEdgierThanHeActuallyIs the uk is already deeper down the rabbithole than the Rest of the eu


Thanks for using the Half Life soundtrack.


Finnjr63 sopa looks like a missile compared to the nuke that is article 13


Instant like for half-life music.

Also, nice video


Idea of banning memes :* exists *<br>European Union:its free estate

Idea of banning memes :* exists *
European Union:its free estate


Things have just got interesting. 🤔 And I'm a British 🇬🇧


Nonononononono please why do you follow me on literally any video?!!!!!!!


Suddenly I'm grateful for Brexit...assuming it's still a thing.


@EmpLemon I truly do love memes my man, but I will say, I kinda understand why the EU wants to get rid of memes. There are some very very toxic memes and trends emp. You know as well as I do, how absolutley cancerous memes can be, young ppl are into memes, so if u got a trend of saying "nigger" going on, young ppl being impressionable as they are, will repeat history and start spamming that word chaotcally. In which this rhetorical has actually happened. Or this new trend of imitating the death of X by looking slumped in your car. Memes CAN bring the good in ppl. I do agree on that, But as of late, I've seen more of it bringing the bad side out of ppl, because of the anonymity the internet provides, and ppl loove abusing that and can get away with what they say. Memes CAN and DO bring the best & worst out of ppl. I do see memes, doing alil more harm than good. (Only as of late)

I also want to add, no, I don't agree with censorship. I'm just saying that it's not entirely like, "meaningless". I see the "why" they would want to do that. Is what I'm getting at. And lets be honest. It does get bad sometimes. Only sometimes. But when it gets bad, it's bad. U know just as well as I do. But I don't agree with them removing memes all together, that is censorship and that is taking away from the ppl. But I wish ppl as a whole had more self control and not abuse the privilege and not be so godamn toxic


The 2nd Great Meme War is almost upon us ur seems.


Honestly, I'd rather live in under a dystopian regime than die from a cough because I can't afford healthcare


My hopes for Brexit. My teacher from England hopes his home country can be free of the entirety only known as the EU.


Did they really vote to ban memes? Is it a law yet? If it does, then can you officially go to jail for posting a meme?

cant we technically upload pretty much anything by having constant noises like thunder and rain playing in the background , has worked with a naruto sad ost mix aswell

Oh god that's awful...This is only for the EU though?

They're proposing to make it more difficult to post copyrighted material online, and it would be done by using automatic filters. Memes wouldn't be technically illegal, but they would become significantly more difficult to create and share.


Are they trying to ban memes in the whole world, or just in Europe?


Europarl voted No on banning memes! Yay! :D


Childhood is thinking there was a good and bad side in WW2.
Adulthood is thinking the Second World War was an inevitable struggle fought over the remnants of nationalistic concepts, both new and old.
Transcendence is learning there was a good and bad side in WW2.


I find banning memes in Europe ridiculous. They're just funny things, that's it.

Memes aren't just funny internet pictures. Funny internet pictures just happen to be memes.

Memes are ideas that spread and mutate from person to person in an attempt to represent and spread a message. Be that message a "HA" or a call to action against one's government.

Fliers and advertisements can also be defined as memes, so can be political opinions. In building the infrastructure to stop the spread of copyrighted memes, Europe will also be building a system that they can, at any time, turn on the public.

Anti-EU sentiment spreading throughout Germany through a meme? That's fine, we now have the infrastructure to censor that. A meme that aggrandizes an enemy of the EU? Not on our internet.

Meanwhile, EU regulations on the internet are further-reaching than just the EU. If websites want to be visible in Europe, they have to give in to the demands of the EU or become invisible. Same principle in the US.

In other words, the European Union is very likely to develop a technology in the interests of major corporations and copyright holders, and then once their technology is matured, they'll be able to turn it into a political tool anytime they like.

That is the point. Stupid shit should never be tolerated. We are suppose to advance forward, not go another way.

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Funny and free speech are racist/xenophobic/sexist/misogynist/and mean
It's hate speech and hurts people's feefees
Your rights end where their feelings begin


Man I can’t wait for the memes that will be made due to this


We should not allow this type of banning


There's no point in dismantling the eu if we're leaving it


I like how you put the Ingsoc logo from 1984 in the middle of the eu flag in the thumbnail. :)


We Americans must quadruple meme production (at minimum) to counter this.  We must flood the internet with too many memes for companies to be able to adhere to these bullshit laws outside of their country of origin.

we need at least 100 memes produced every minute


Before EU: Hey, let's give unlimited, unquestionable power to a bunch of oligarchists, what's the worst that could happen?

After EU: aw shit, AW SHIT, AW ******


Welp, I would say move to Canada but then they might get rid of something even bigger so I’m not risking it for now.


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Fallout 5: European Endtimes


Hello! Anyone heard of a book called Pirate Cinema? It's by Cory Doctorow, one of my favorite authors. The book is from 2012. Here's the summary: "The novel is set in a dystopian near-future Britain where the government is effectively controlled by media corporations. The main character, Trent McCauley, has had his internet access cut for reassembling downloaded films on his computer and, living rough on the streets of London, is trying to fight the introduction of a new draconian copyright law." So this book basically predicted the future. Well, not entirely, as in this case, it's all of the EU that's affected, but Brexit happened.


When one of your favourite youtubers starts putting pink floyd references in his vids👌


Wait, how big is the EU? 50 Countries

W-WHAT!? 50 countries are forced to follow this dumb law? WW3 anyone?.

I'm in the UK so I'm screwed because its pretty much the source of this nightmare.

Thank god Most countries are against it so it probably will be like 40-7 Keep memes.


I think 🇪🇺 Europe hase been on a downward spiral politically and now they lost it completely


I can just imagine Pepe spray painted on a wall in a back alley.

 Seriously though, Europe has gone to shit, and there's no return in sight.

Hacksaw606 the officers shoot the kid spray painting it “stop perpetuating violence!”