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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." According to the Electronic Frontier Foundation, these videos are being removed because of YouTube's automated Content I.D. system, which allows copyright owners to disable any videos that contain its content — regardless of whether the videos may be legitimate because they contain other elements. Many of the parodies are still up, as YouTube's Content I.D. system is not perfect — but it's probably only a matter of time before the filtering system hunts them down and removes them.

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someone should make one about this story!

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To be fair, they were funny the first couple of times. After that, the repetition made 'em stale.

I find beating a dead horse more enjoyable than watching those videos

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Originally posted by saluyamo I find beating a dead horse more enjoyable than watching those videos

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Another censorship on the internet. There needs to be another youtube site without the censors or restrictions.

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Originally posted by MGT Another censorship on the internet. There needs to be another youtube site without the censors or restrictions.

You're a fucking idiot...

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According to the Electronic Frontier Foundation, these videos are being removed because of YouTube's automated Content I.D. system, which allows copyright owners to disable any videos that contain its content...

And that's straight from the mouth of the leading group promoting a censorship-free internet.

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Originally posted by idoru You're a fucking idiot...

Maybe he means as popular as youtube as well?

In which case there certainly isn't.

I mean, like yeh I could upload videos somewhere else, but no one will watch them, and there's hardly any other sites that have any decent videos on them or that sortof selection.

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Last edited by Darkarbiter on Apr-22-2010 at 05:55

You can't have something as popular as Youtube without obeying copyright law.

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Originally posted by Renzo To be fair, they were funny the first couple of times. After that, the repetition made 'em stale.

this

although the M_nus one was hilarious.

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Shame really, since if i remember correctly the director himself was higlly amused with the videos and put his support behind them.

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Originally posted by idoru You can't have something as popular as Youtube without obeying copyright law.

What if it's hosted in russia?

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