{"id":1553,"date":"2010-05-06T12:30:37","date_gmt":"2010-05-06T11:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=1553"},"modified":"2010-05-05T23:51:32","modified_gmt":"2010-05-05T22:51:32","slug":"the-hitler-downfall-parody-movie-lives-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/the-hitler-downfall-parody-movie-lives-on\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hitler &#8216;Downfall&#8217; parody movie clip lives on"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"margin: 4px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/hitler-downfall.jpg\" alt=\"The Hitler 'Downfall' parody movie lives on\" width=\"250\" height=\"186\" \/>We&#8217;ve enjoyed the hundreds of parodies of this clip from the superb &#8220;Downfall&#8221; film about Hitler, but a while back the studio involved, Constantin Films, started asserting its rights and ordering takedowns.<\/p>\n<p>Many of the parodies then disappeared from YouTube, but Brad Templeton, an EFF board member released an hilarious update, using the clip to educate and inform users about intellectual property issues.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a great article <a href=\"http:\/\/ideas.4brad.com\/hitler-tries-dmca-takedown\" target=\"_blank\">describing the whole legal process here<\/a>, but before you go check it out (and you should), here&#8217;s their Hitler parody.<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"560\" height=\"371\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=11086952&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=00ADEF&amp;fullscreen=1\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/11086952\">Hitler, as &#8220;Downfall producer&#8221; orders a DMCA takedown<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/user3637117\">Brad Templeton<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Heck, while they&#8217;re still up, here&#8217;s two more.<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"560\" height=\"340\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/2lui0-4IW64&amp;hl=en_GB&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x2b405b&amp;color2=0x6b8ab6\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"560\" height=\"340\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/oH7Jphxk07g&amp;hl=en_GB&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x2b405b&amp;color2=0x6b8ab6\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve enjoyed the hundreds of parodies of this clip from the superb &#8220;Downfall&#8221; 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