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Those YouTube Hitler parodies, which uses footage from the film Downfall, may soon all be removed due to copyright complaints from the copyright holder of the film.
Despite their popularity as an Internet meme, and making fun of everything from HD DVD to British football teams to politicians, the company that holds the copyright on the clips, Constantin Films, have been filing removal notices to have these clips removed from YouTube. Many others companies would love to have such a popular property, which has no doubt helped to promote the original movie, and YouTube allows content owners to make money off clips that others have uploaded as well.
Even the director of the film, Oliver Hirschbiegel, likes the parodies, having claimed to have watched at least 145 versions of the clip.
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And here's one made by the Electronic Frontier Foundation with Hitler in a bad mood because of online piracy:
Despite their popularity as an Internet meme, and making fun of everything from HD DVD to British football teams to politicians, the company that holds the copyright on the clips, Constantin Films, have been filing removal notices to have these clips removed from YouTube. Many others companies would love to have such a popular property, which has no doubt helped to promote the original movie, and YouTube allows content owners to make money off clips that others have uploaded as well.
Even the director of the film, Oliver Hirschbiegel, likes the parodies, having claimed to have watched at least 145 versions of the clip.
More:
And here's one made by the Electronic Frontier Foundation with Hitler in a bad mood because of online piracy:
Hitler, as "Downfall producer" orders a DMCA takedown from Brad Templeton on Vimeo.
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