15 Facts About Internet meme

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An Internet meme, commonly known simply as a meme, is an idea, behavior, style, or image that is spread via the Internet, often through social media platforms.

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For example, a Internet meme may combine United States politician Mitt Romney's assertion of the phrase "binders full of women" from a 2012 US presidential debate with the Korean pop song "Gangnam Style" by overlaying the politician's quote onto a frame from Psy's music video where paper blows around him.

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Remix occurs when the original Internet meme is altered in some way, while mimicry occurs when the Internet meme is recreated in a different fashion to the original.

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The concept of the Internet meme was first proposed by Mike Godwin in the June 1993 issue of Wired.

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In 2013, Dawkins characterized an Internet meme as being a meme deliberately altered by human creativity—distinguished from biological genes and his own pre-Internet concept of a meme, which involved mutation by random change and spreading through accurate replication as in Darwinian selection.

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Furthermore, they actively promote Internet meme-sharing within the messageboard or newsgroup population by asking for feedback, comments, opinions, etc.

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For instance, a "Internet meme market", satirizing on the kind of talks and stocks found normally on Wall Street, was created in September 2016.

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One example of a dank Internet meme is "Who Killed Hannibal", which is made of two frames from a 2013 episode of The Eric Andre Show.

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An example of a TikTok Internet meme is the cosplay by Nyannyancosplay juxtaposed to the musical track "Mia Khalifa" by iLoveFriday.

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The most popular is Slender Man, a creepypasta Internet meme that have been used in video games, films, and documentaries.

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Ice Bucket Challenge became a viral Internet meme in promoting and raising money and awareness for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

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Since a Internet meme is essentially a comment, satire, ridicule or expression of an emotion it constitutes the expression of an idea.

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The target audience for the original work and Internet meme is entirely different as the latter is taken out of the context of the original and created for use and dissemination on social media.

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Under Section 2 of the Indian Copyright Act, 1957, a Internet meme could be classified as an 'artistic work' which states that an artistic work includes painting, sculpture, drawing, an engraving or a photograph, whether or not any such work possesses artistic quality.

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However, since a Internet meme is made for comedic purposes, taken out of context of the original work, they are transforming the work and creating a new work.

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