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Youtube kills Hitler parody
IT IS ONE of the longest running Internet gags, but apparently Youtube is a bit concerned that the Hitler bunker parody infringes copyright.
For years if something went wrong someone would take the scene from the German movie Der Untergang, or "Downfall", and tinker with the subtitles.
However, According to The Sydney Morning Herald, Constantin Film, which made the film in 2004, has told Youtube that it does not want its flick to be used in such spoofs.
Ironically the most recent parody is Hitler's supposed reaction to Constantin's decision to remove parodies, however the clips have covered topics as diverse as the death of Michael Jackson and the launch of the Ipad.
Now most of them only display a pop up message saying, "This video contains content from Constantin Film, who has blocked it on copyright grounds".
Constantin is using Content ID, a tool supplied by Youtube to enable rights holders to set different policies depending on the proportion of their content used in a video or the length of the clip.
Fair use provisions in many countries such as the US were created to allow portions of copyrighted material to be used for purposes such as commentary, education, satire or parody.
Some creators of Hitler parodies based on the film could attempt to dispute the removal of their clips with Constantin.
Amusingly the director of the flick, Oliver Hirschbiegel said he loves the parody and every time there is a new one he watches them.
He said, "Many times the lines are so funny, I laugh out loud, and I'm laughing about the scene that I staged myself! You couldn't get a better compliment as a director." µ
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Ze Germans don't want us mocking their glorious leader.
Is article copy Issue or Adolf issue. Americans Scream to be among First Swaz Nazi. Britians Dislike Adolf. By combining two, issue of Life becomes clouded into issue of coyright. Is Government Service Copyrightable.
Poor 'Ole Uncle adolf. Mustah bin Fever of Times.
Whats actually wrong with burying living People. Can One speech be copyrighted & next controled by creators. Once Out in Public view, Digital info is Public. PERIOD. STATUTORY LAW.
Uncle A, Mormoms need Some Advisements....
drashek
Its not weird at all.
Scenario: their old lawyer, who was OK with fair-use parodies, has just left; a new lawyer, raised on the "no such thing as fair use" doctrine that is the modern paradigm has joined the company - and now he needs to make a name for himself. And what better way than by leveraging the current hot topic, internet "piracy"?
As the magazine Private Eye would no doubt say: what a pathetic way to make a living.
It's very weird how it's done so many years after the fact, and we can speculate why but maybe someone should ask that company what they are thinking.
Perhaps it's viral advertising, they want to get some money from the movie so they re-release it by getting in the news like this, clever ploy.
It's weird too since I think to recall that they showed this movie on TV in most european countries, so it's sold already and they got their profit
As already mentioned by others they are killing free advertising that didn't harmed the movie in any way.
Besides that,I loved the Fermi clip,it was really funny.
Maybe one of the reason is it was sometimes used for political reasons.
There was a hilarious parody made of this video about the french president you know who, killing the popular army-branch organisation for public security ("gendarmerie").
oh well, i can never get to see it now and thus i will never buy the original film
i'll just forget all about it then shall i?
Yayy the copyright laws start to kick in pretty soon there will be nothing on youtube but endless social commentarys from people we don't know or care about. I'm planning on copyrighting laughter then i can sue everytime anyone tells a joke. Seriously though the fact that these parodys exist could potentially drive people to watch the movie on which they were based (a very good movie I might add) At what point will the "rights holders" draw the line? where do copyright theft and fair usage diverge? surely this is a pointless move by someone who will merely be seen as spitting their dummy out.
Actually, these Hitler parodies made me actually buy the film. The acting is really good. I would not heard about this film without these spoofs.
Taking these videos out of youtube is a bad move. When these publishers will ever learn...
Too bad they killed it, it was pretty funny. Besides, I would have never known about that movie if not for these jokes, its producers killed free advertising.