Hitler's Demise… Again
April 20th is Hitler's birthday and once again he doesn't have a whole lot to celebrate about.
TechCrunch reports that Constantin Film is putting the heat on the extremely popular Hitler Parody Video meme almost as badly as when the Allies shut the Fuhrer down back in 1945.
Constantin claims that the parody vids (where people change the subtitles on this German language film) is a violation of their copyright on the movie Downfall which they own.
Apparently, Constantin was selling DVD copies of Downfall hand over fist until people realized that they could get a three minute clip of the film with altered subtitles for free. This obviously had a huge impact on their business practices. Just imagine, why would you pay to buy the Blu-Ray disc of Star Wars when you can watch a two minute re-edited Star Wars parody clip online for free!?
Looks like you lose again, Hitler!
[via The Daily What]
