Author Topic: Hitler parodies booted off YouTube  (Read 1540 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline bijou

  • Moderator
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 8937
  • Reputation: +336/-26
Hitler parodies booted off YouTube
« on: April 22, 2010, 01:57:55 AM »
Quote
YouTube has recently begun removing videos that feature content from Constantin Films' 2004 film, "Der Untergang" ("Downfall"), despite the fact that many of these videos are parodies and thus constitute fair use of the material.

The "Downfall," or Hitler-parody, meme has been, arguably, a viral spate of publicity for Constantin Films in the past few years. The meme takes a now-infamous scene from the movie (the scene in which Hitler reacts to the news that Germany is about to lose the war) and puts satirical subtitles over the action (the movie is in German). Hitler parodies have been made for everything from "Hitler finds out Tony Romo dumped Jessica Simpson," to "Hitler is Fired from Whataburger," to, more recently, "Hitler Responds to the iPad." ...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36693704/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/


Grrr.



Offline littlelamb

  • Banned
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 3035
  • Reputation: +55/-18
Re: Hitler parodies booted off YouTube
« Reply #1 on: April 22, 2010, 05:30:03 AM »
Give me a break
Good girls are bad girls that never get caught.

Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it, misdiagnosing it and then misapplying the wrong remedies.

Offline SSG Snuggle Bunny

  • Global Moderator
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 23583
  • Reputation: +2497/-270
  • Voted Rookie-of-the-Year, 3 years running
Re: Hitler parodies booted off YouTube
« Reply #2 on: April 22, 2010, 09:08:02 AM »
Fascist bastards!
According to the Bible, "know" means "yes."

Offline Ralph Wiggum

  • It's unpossible that I'm a
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 19516
  • Reputation: +2561/-49
Re: Hitler parodies booted off YouTube
« Reply #3 on: April 22, 2010, 09:14:23 AM »
By that rationale, most of Mel Brooks' parodies should be booted as well.  Ridiculous.  :whatever:
Voted hottest "chick" at CU - My hotness transcends gender


Offline The Village Idiot

  • Banned
  • Probationary (Probie)
  • Posts: 54
  • Reputation: +96/-15
Re: Hitler parodies booted off YouTube
« Reply #4 on: April 22, 2010, 10:52:13 AM »
There are a whole lot of copyright material on Youtube, do they really pull anything when asked by the "owner"?

Offline DumbAss Tanker

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 28493
  • Reputation: +1710/-151
Re: Hitler parodies booted off YouTube
« Reply #5 on: April 22, 2010, 02:23:14 PM »
Diese Entscheidung is gar verrueckte!

 :mental:
Go and tell the Spartans, O traveler passing by
That here, obedient to their law, we lie.

Anything worth shooting once is worth shooting at least twice.

Offline Chris

  • Administrator
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1476
  • Reputation: +522/-16
Re: Hitler parodies booted off YouTube
« Reply #6 on: April 22, 2010, 02:26:48 PM »
This is why we can't have nice things.
This post is disruptive, hurtful, rude, insensitive, over-the-top, or otherwise inappropriate.