00:00 The author speaks directly to the camera.

00:10 Video footage of the EU debating a copyright bill. Text in the upper right hand corner indicates the title and producer of the original video: “‘Copyright bill rejected by European Parliament vote’ EURACTIV”.

00:16 Screen capture video of the YouTube homepage. The words “article 13” are typed into the search bar. The videos searched for load, and the screen scrolls down to show 9 videos with titles and thumbnails speaking out against Article 13.

00:32 The author speaks directly to the camera.

00:33 A screenshot of an article published on BBC. It shows the title of the article, “Article 13: Memes exempt as EU backs controversial law” and the very beginning of the article which features a large picture of a crowd protesting outside of a building, focusing in on a man holding a sign with popular meme, Pepe the frog on it and the text, “kein meme ist illegal”.

00:38 A screenshot of a specific passage of the article entitled, “Memes ‘excluded’” with highlighted text that reads: “The European Parliament said that memes would be “specifically excluded” from the directive, although it was unclear how tech firms would be able to enforce that rule with a blanket filter.” In addition text indicating the title and author of the article is in the upper right hand corner of the screen, and reads, “‘Article 13: Memes exempt as EU backs controversial law’ Zoe Kleinman”.

00:47 A screenshot of a specific passage from the same article featuring text that is highlighted in blue and reads: “MEP for London Mary Honeyball said: ‘There’s no problem with memes at all. This directive was never intended to stop memes and mashups. I think that’s doom-mongering. People who carry out their business properly have nothing to worry about at all.’” In addition text indicating the title and author of the article is in the upper right hand corner of the screen, and reads, “‘Article 13: Memes exempt as EU backs controversial law’ Zoe Kleinman”.

00:59 The author speaks directly to the camera.

01:03 The shot of the author speaking fades to black as the Facebook logo appears in the upper left hand corner. The Google logo appears directly beneath it, and the Twitter logo appears in the lower left hand corner.

01:04 The YouTube logo appears to the right of the Facebook logo. The Instagram logo appears to the right of the Google logo. The tiktok logo appears to the right of the Twitter logo.

01:05 The Pinterest logo appears to the right of the YouTube logo. The tumblr logo appears to the right of the Instagram logo. The Reddit logo appears to the right of the TikTok logo.

01:06 A clip of a Vine utilizing of a scene from “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” appears to the right of the Pinterest logo. There is text in the upper right hand corner of the video that lists the title and author of the video and reads as, “‘Harry Potter: My Dick Fell Off’ HarryPotterUnrated”.

01:09 The word “or” appears under the aforementioned video.

01:10 The word “copyright” appears under the aforementioned “or”.

01:11 The author speaks directly to the camera.

01:17 A clip of a YouTube video in which a man, Felix Kjellberg, stands in the middle of the screen in front of an image of a series of online memes, the first showing a picture of Forrest Gump running in front of a group of people in the desert with the accompanying text, “And one day for no particular reason we all felt like storming Area 51”. The second displays a picture of a nether creature from the videogame Minecraft along with the accompanying text, “When you get into Area 51 and see a nether portal”. In addition text indicating the title and creator of the video is in the upper right hand corner of the screen, and reads, “‘We are storming Area 51’ Pewdiepie”.

01:25 A clip of a TikTok video featuring a boy suddenly appearing in the middle of the screen with accompanied text above it that reads: “Time traveller” and “‘What year is it’”. In addition, the username of the creator is displayed in the upper left hand corner of the video and reads,
“@professionalpapi”.

01:27 A clip of a Vine featuring a man playing the trombone and a boy opening and closing an oven. In addition text indicating the title and creator of the video is in the upper right hand corner of the screen and reads, “‘When Mom Isn’t Home’ Timmy Trumpets”.

01:32 The author speaks directly to the camera.

01:42 The footage of the author speaking to the camera gets blurry and a bullet point of text appears over the blurry image. It reads, “keep talking about the importance of memes”.

01:44 An additional bullet point of text appears beneath the aforementioned initial bullet point of text. It reads, “question the validity of copyright law”.

01:50 The text disappears from the screen and the shot of the author speaking directly to the camera becomes clear again.

01:52 A clip from a YouTube video shows a man, Felix Kjellberg, leaning back with his eyes closed behind an overlay of the European Union’s flag. In addition text indicating the title and creator of the video is in the upper right hand corner of the screen, and reads, “‘This video is blocked in your country. PEW NEWS’ Pewdiepie”.

01:55 A clip from a YouTube video featuring a man, Matt Patt, speaking to a person behind the camera. In addition text indicating the name and creator of the video is in the upper right hand corner of the screen, and reads,”’YouTubers React To The End Of YouTube (End of Memes, Article 13, #SaveYourInternet)’ Fine Brothers Entertainment”.

02:00 A clip from a YouTube video featuring a man, Philip DeFranco, speaking to the camera. In addition text indicating the title and creator of the video is in the upper right hand corner of the screen, and reads, “’Goodbye Europe, Article 13 YouTube Ban, Serial Swatter GUILTY, Fox News Backs CNN, & More’ Philip DeFranco”.

02:04 A clip from a YouTube video featuring a man, Matt Patt speaking to a person behind the camera. In addition text indicating the title and creator of the video is in the upper right hand corner of the screen, and reads,”’YouTubers React To The End Of YouTube (End of Memes, Article 13, SaveYourInternet)’ Fine Brothers Entertainment”.

02:10 A clip from a YouTube video featuring a man, Felix Kjellberg, speaking directly to the camera. In addition text indicating the title and creator of the video is in the upper right hand corner of the screen, and reads, “‘MEMES WILL GET BANNED! PEW NEWS’ Pewdiepie”.

02:12 The author speaks directly to the camera.

02:21 The footage of the author speaking directly to the camera becomes blurry as text appears on top of it. It reads: “Massive Consequences”.

02:23 A bullet point of text appears. It reads: “content creators”.

02:24 A bullet point of text appears. It reads: “consumers”.

02:25 A bullet point of text appears. It reads: “information hosting websites”.

02:27 The YouTube logo appears beneath the text in the lower left hand corner of the screen.

02:28 The Twitter logo appears to the right of the YouTube logo. The Google logo appears to the right of that.

02:30 The text and logos disappear and the blurred image of the author speaking directly to the camera comes into focus once more.

02:47 A black screen with white text on top of it that reads, “What Are Memes?”

02:48 The author speaks directly to the camera.

02:52 A stock image of a man admiring a blonde woman while a brunette woman, who is assumedly his girlfriend, is appalled at his actions.

02:58 The author speaks directly to the camera.

03:02 A screenshot of an online book with highlighted yellow text that reads, “units of culture, such as ideas, beliefs, rules for behavior or values”. In addition text indicating the title and author of the book is in the upper right hand corner of the screen, and reads “‘Darwinian Creativity and Memetics’ Maria Kronfeldner”.

03:09 The author speaks directly to the camera.

03:17 A screenshot of an online article with a section of highlighted text that reads, “‘Meme’… describes a basic unit of culture idea or symbol that can be transmitted from one mind to another.” In addition text indicating the title and author of the article is in the upper right hand corner of the screen, and reads, “‘Memes: What are They and Why They Are Important’ The University of Illinois”.

03:26 The author speaks directly to the camera.

03:38 The author speaks directly to the camera as an image of a pair of skinny jeans appears to the right of her face.

03:40 The image next to the author changes to a picture of a pair of boot cut jeans.

03:41 The image disappears. The author continues to speak directly to the camera.

03:46 A screenshot of an online book with text that reads: “[units] of imitation”. In addition text indicating the title and author of the book is in the upper right hand corner of the screen, and reads, “‘Defining Internet Memes’ Limor Shipman”.

03:49 The author speaks directly to the camera.

04:03 A screenshot of an online book with text that reads: “internet memes as (a) a group of digital items sharing common characteristics of content, form, and/or stance, which (b) were created with awareness of each other, and (c) were circulated, imitated, and/or transformed via the Internet by many users.” In addition text indicating the title and author of the book is in the upper right hand corner of the screen, and reads, “‘Defining Internet Memes’ Limor Shipman”.

04:18 The author speaks directly to the camera.

04:25 A still image of Pepe the frog on a white background.

04:26 A still image of a meme. In the top left hand corner there is a drawing of a man (Drake from his “Hotline Bling” music video) holding is hand up as if to say, “I don’t want that.” To the right of that image are the words, “making memes with copyrighted images”. Below that panel, in the lower left hand corner of the image there is another drawing of the man pointing to the person reading as if to say, “give that to me.” To the right of that image are the words, “drawing memes so the EU lets you post them”.

04:28 A screenshot of a tweet by verified account Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) that reads, “Okay, this is epic”.

04:29 The author speaks directly to the camera.

04:31 A video of a vine plays in which a car is driving down the street and an orange construction sign passes by that says “Road Work Ahead”. The camera pans to the man driving the car who speaks directly to the camera. In addition text indicating the title and creator of the video is in the upper right hand corner of the screen, and reads, “‘road work ahead’ Drew Gooden”.

04:37 The author speaks directly to the camera.

04:56 The beginning of the music video for “All Star” by Smash Mouth plays. In addition text indicating the title and creator of the video is in the upper right hand corner of the screen, and reads,”’All Star’ Smash Mouth”.

05:01 The author speaks directly to the camera.

05:06 A clip of the movie “Shrek” plays and shows Shrek, the green ogre, bursting out of an outhouse bathroom and stretching his arms over his head. In addition text indicating the title and creator of the video is in the upper right hand corner of the screen, and reads, “‘Shrek’ DreamWorks Animation”.

05:10 The author speaks directly to the camera.

05:11 The beginning of the music video for “All Star” by Smash Mouth plays. In addition text indicating the title and creator of the video is in the upper right hand corner of the screen, and reads,”’All Star’ Smash Mouth”.

05:16 The “All Star” music video continues to play with an overlay of symbols from Windows XP appearing in time with the beat of the song. In addition text indicating the title and creator of the video is in the upper right hand corner of the screen, and reads,”’Smashmouth Recreated From
Windows XP Sounds’ james neilssen”.

05:20 The “All Star” music video continues to play as the Windows XP symbols fade away and give way to the original video. In addition text indicating the title and creator of the video is in the upper right hand corner of the screen, and reads, “‘All Star by Smashmouth but every word is
someBODY’ @cool_as_heck / james neilssen”.

05:25 Five college students stand around a table and hit boomwhackers on their arms and legs while two more college students sit in front of them and flip and stack cups on a low table. In addition text indicating the title and creator of the video is in the upper right hand corner of the screen, and reads, “’All Star but it’s on Boomwhackers feat. Kaboom Percussion’ HarvardTHUD”.

05:32 Two hands tap the buttons on two large calculators. In addition text indicating the title and creator of the video is in the upper right hand corner of the screen, and reads, “’All Star but it’s played on two calculators’ It’s a small world”.

05:36 A man plays a white keyboard while a TV next to him shows an image of the keyboard and green dots that appear as he presses the keys so that viewers can see exactly what he is playing as he plays it. In addition text indicating the title and creator of the video is in the upper right hand corner of the screen, and reads, “’All Star, but it’s EVEN MORE BEAUTIFUL, I’m 100% Sure You will CRY!’ Toms Mucenieks”.

05:40 The author speaks directly to the camera.

05:55 A screenshot from an article with highlighted text that reads: “the intricacies of a meme lies in what the masses find appropriate to express an idea, regardless of how simple or pointless it may be.” In addition text indicating the title and author of the article is in the upper right hand corner of the screen, and reads, “‘Memes: What are They and Why They Are Important’ The University of Illinois”.

06:04 The author speaks directly to the camera.

06:25 A screenshot of an Instagram post made by Gucci. The post is a picture of a meme showing a basic green watch on the left while on the right there is a person’s wrist wearing a Gucci watch. Above the images there is accompanying text: “Me vs the guy she says I shouldn’t worry about”.

06:26 A picture of a billboard that features a white background with black text that reads, “Y U NO USE HIPCHAT?” and a drawing of a stick figure man with a confused facial expression.

06:27 A picture of a billboard that features a picture of a baby with it’s fist held up in front of it as if in celebration and accompanying text that reads: “Tim just realized his parents get HD channels at no extra cost.”

06:28 A screenshot of a tweet from user @MrRespek that reads: “@Wendys got any memes?” and a reply from @Wendys that shows Pepe the frog smiling, photoshopped to look like the Wendy’s logo.

06:29 A picture of the book “milk and vine” compiled by Adam Gasiewski & Emily Beck.

06:30 A picture of the book, “Holy Meme Bible”.

06:31 A picture of the game “What Do You Meme?”

06:33 A news style intro with red and white graphics of lines running around an earth with the words “Breaking News” printed on it.

06:41 The beginning of the music video for “Never Gonna Give You Up” by Rick Astley. In addition text indicating the title and creator of the video is in the upper right hand corner of the screen, and reads, “‘Never Gonna Give You Up’ Rick Astley”.

06:44 A clip from a YouTube video in which two men, Rhett McLaughlin and Link Neal, sit at a desk and watch a computer screen. A clip of the “Never Gonna Give You Up” music video plays in the upper right hand corner of the screen, indicating that Rhett and Link are watching said music video on the computer. In addition text indicating the title and creator of the video is in the upper right hand corner of the screen, and reads, “‘YOUTUBER REACT TO RICKROLL’ Fine Brothers Entertainment”.

06:48 A clip from the 2008 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade that shows various shots of the float representing “Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends”. Puppets made to look like the show’s characters are dancing and children are waving around the perimeter of a large fake house. Rick Astley walks out of the front door of the house and begins to sing “Never Gonna Give You Up”. In addition text indicating the title and creator of the video is in the upper right hand corner of the screen, and reads, “‘2008’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade’ ABC”.

07:04 A screenshot of an online article with highlighted text that reads: “It can be very much argued that such memes (like Rickrolling) brought together a cultural concept, across the digital and international boundaries, to further tell us the story the advent of viral ideas on social media, as well as global change and connectivity.” In addition text indicating the title and author of the article is in the upper right hand corner of the screen, and reads, “‘Memes: What are They and Why They Are Important’ The University of Illinois”.

07:18 The author speaks directly to the camera.

07:38 A black screen with white text that reads: “What is Article 13?”

07:39 The author speaks directly to the camera.

07:56 A clip taken from a TEDx video that first shows a white screen with the words, “mechanism” and “motive” displayed in grey, and then goes on to show the woman giving the presentation, Lettie Ransley, speaking. In addition text indicating the title and creator of the video is in the upper right hand corner of the screen, and reads, “‘TEDx – Copyright in the Digital Age’ Lettie Ransley”.

08:14 The author speaks directly to the camera.

08:28 A clip from a TED Talk video that first shows a man, Kirby Ferguson, speaking, and then goes on to show the presentation playing behind his head which is a simple black background with white text that reads: “Loss Aversion”. In addition text indicating the title and creator of the video is in the upper right hand corner of the screen, and reads, “’TED – Creativity is a Remix’ Kirby Ferguson”.

08:35 The author speaks directly to the camera.

08:47 A clip from a TEDx video in which presenter, Nina Paley, is shown speaking to a large audience. In addition text indicating the title and creator of the video is in the upper right hand corner of the screen, and reads, “’TEDx – Copyright is Brain Damage’ Nina Paley”.

09:25 The author speaks directly to the camera.

09:48 A clip from a YouTube video in which a man, Philip DeFranco, speaks directly to the camera. In addition text indicating the title and creator of the video is in the upper right hand corner of the screen, and reads, “’How Article 13 Could Ruin The Internet And Why You Should Care About The EUCD’ Philip DeFranco”.

10:01 The author speaks directly to the camera.

10:07 A screenshot of an online article that shows the name of the website, “METRO”, and highlighted text that reads: “Article 13 introduces mandatory upload filtering which requires online platforms such as YouTube and Instagram to install filters to prevent users from uploading copyrighted
materials or to seek licences to display content. Critics say this could mean the end for internet memes where ordinary internet users riff on other people’s photos, music or video.” In addition text indicating the title and author of the article is in the upper right hand corner of the screen, and reads, “”’EU vote today could could ban memes and ‘destroy the internet’ Jasper Hamill”.

10:28 The author speaks directly to the camera.

10:34 A screenshot of an online blog post with highlighted text that reads: “The proposal will force platforms, like YouTube, to prioritize content from a small number of large companies.” In addition text indicating the title and author of the blog post is in the upper right hand corner of the screen, and reads, “’Creator Blog: A Final Update on Our Priorities for 2018’ Susan Wojcicki”.

10:40 A screenshot of the same online blog post with highlighted text that reads: “Article 13 as written threatens to shut down the ability to millions of people- from creators like you to everyday people- to upload content to platforms like YouTube.” In addition text indicating the title and author of the blog post is in the upper right hand corner of the screen, and reads, “‘Creator Blog: A Final Update on Our Priorities for 2018’ Susan Wojcicki”.

10:46 The author speaks directly to the camera.

11:06 A clip from a YouTube video in which a man, Felix Kjellberg, talks to the camera. A black screen appears with white text that says, “meme review” before Felix appears back on the screen and continues talking to the camera. In addition text indicating the title and creator of the video is
in the upper right hand corner of the screen, and reads, “’Moth Memes [Meme Review] #37’ Pewdiepie”.

11:11 The author speaks directly to the camera.

11:15 A clip from a YouTube video in which a man, Felix Kjellberg, speaks directly to the camera in front of a red and blue background that has the word “news” in big, bold letters. In addition text indicating the title and creator of the video is in the upper right hand corner of the screen, and
reads, “’MEMES WILL GET BANNED! PEW NEWS’ Pewdiepie”.

11:38 The author speaks directly to the camera.