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Parody, Copyright Law Clash in Online Clips

Parody, Copyright Law Clash in Online Clips.
By Benny Evangelista, The San Francisco Chronicle, July 23, 2010.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/07/22/BUQV1EHV9G.DTL

“In a dramatic scene from the 2004 European film "Downfall," Adolf Hitler flies into a tirade as the defeat of Nazi Germany looms. But on the Web, that clip is best known as the foundation for thousands of funny, user-generated parody videos that continue to sprout despite an effort by the studio that produced the movie to block them over copyright issues.”