Gritty Power Rangers video door Copyright claim van YouTube verwijderd

RDJ134 27 februari 2015 om 20:15 uur

Drie dagen geleden verscheen er op YouTube de short film Power Rangers van filmmaker Adi Shankar die ons ook de bioscoop films Dredd en Lone Survivor bracht. Deze short die gratis is gemaakt en bekende acteurs en actrice belangeloos mee werkte is nu van YouTube verwijderd omdat de rechthebbende van de Power Rangers vinden dat de Copyright hier mee is geschonden. Bizarre is dat deze gritty short een groot succes was en fans van science fiction en de Power Rangers helemaal blij er mee waren. Adi heeft de onderstaande verklaring gegeven en kreeg uit onverwachte hoek support. Want niemand minder dan Mark Zuckerberg heeft de video nu op Facebook gehost, zodat iedereen er alsnog van kan genieten.


Today, I was deeply disappointed to learn that Saban Brands decided to attack my Power/Rangers "Bootleg Universe One-Shot" film. To all the viewers that enjoyed this film, I consider this an outright infringement on freedom of expression and individualism. I set out to make this film because I am a childhood fan of the Power Rangers. As children our retinas are burned with iconic images and as we grow older these images come to represent crucial moments within the trajectories of our own lives. This film is a homage to the original creators of the Power Rangers, and a parody of a television series we all grew up loving. Films like my Power/Rangers "Bootleg" are vital expressions of creativity in our troubled world. If we suppress this creativity and become passive participants in the consumption of the culture we live in, we implicitly allow a dangerous precedent to be set for the future of the internet.

Warm Regards,

Adi Shankar

P.S. Thank you Mark Zuckerberg for hosting Power/Rangers and taking a stand https://www.facebook.com/theadishankarbrand

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