Hitler gets reprieve from YouTube

[imcarthur]

Source: Sydney Morning Herald

"The Hitler Downfall parody meme has won a stay of execution after YouTube advised its users to fight back against attempts to remove the immensely popular clips from the site.

Earlier this week several of the parodies, created by adding fake subtitles to Hitler's famous rant scene in the 2004 German film, vanished from YouTube. The production company, Constantin Film, argued they infringed its copyright." . . .

"But in a blog post following the takedown requests, YouTube product manager Shenaz Zack pointed out that the company had made it easier for users to dispute inappropriate Content ID claims.

"If you believe your video is fair use, check the box that reads 'This video uses copyrighted material in a manner that does not require approval of the copyright holder'," Zack wrote.

"Once you've filed your dispute, your video immediately goes back up on YouTube.""

One for the leaked iPhone 4:



Ian

[lane912]

lol

\m/ \m/

[nostatic]

Funny, youtube bends over like George Michael in the park for the music publishing companies like Cass Country Music.

[speeder]

Good news, I was so upset to hear about those videos going away. They are hilarious.

[Gogar]

Constantin Film needs to realize that those videos are the ABSOLUTE BEST THING that ever could have happened to their company.

[Dave L]

Surprising like not everyone likes the parodies

YouTube - Hitler rants about the Hitler Parodies