Article 13 Has Inspired Some Hysterical Knockoff Memes

Meeeeesh

Mar 28, 2019 7:00 PM EDT

All of this Article 13 business has been kind of a mess, but at least we've gotten some great memes out of it...?

If you aren't familiar with Article 13, it's a proposed directive in the European Union that would require anyone with publishing ability to have a stash of already-copyrighted content on hand.

The controversy? Memers everywhere have been up in arms claiming that it could potentially lead to more censorship online - where they're concerned, in the form of memes. We won't get into how in reality many people are skipping over a small detail in the proposal, but you can read about that here.

But honestly, let's just let people have their fun because we're really enjoying the following bootleg versions of classic memes that people are creating in attempt to "get around" any sort of potential internet censorship. Scroll down to see!