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" This video is no longer useable due to a copyright claim by SCG Power Rangers LLC . " That ’s what concerned YouTube looker see when going to jibe out this week ’s most popular new TV - aPower Rangers"bootleg " fan film from manufacturer Adi Shankar .
The gritty , R - ratedPower Rangersshortstarring James Van der Beek and Katie Sackhoff and directed by Joseph Kahn , garnered over 11 million view in just two day , and the extremely positive reception and media bombilation surrounding the labor did n’t stop Saban Entertainment ( the place proprietor ) from having the telecasting pulled down from both Vimeo and YouTube after Shankar refused to take it down upon their initial requests . Perhaps they do n’t need to draw attending away from their own film plans for alive - action at law movie coming from Lionsgate next summertime …
Shankar , a manufacturer on picture includingDredd , The GreyandLone Survivor , and late " Bootleg Universe " fan filmsThe Punisher : unsporting LaundryandVenom : Truth in Journalism(which stay viewable on YouTube ) was hit with both a copyright call and takedown for the video yesterday from Haim Saban and within an hour , also received a cease - and - desist letter from Warner / Chappell Music because of the remixed subject euphony , an original composition .
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PostbyAdi Shankar .
Understandably flustered in the wake of the copyright claims , Shankar appeared onHuffPost Livemoments after the incident , and expressed his concerns over what this really means for the province of the net and detrimental it is for cosmopolitan enthusiast creativity .
" [ The medicine in the film ] is an original composition . It ’s an original grudge . So now they ’re attacking the remix culture . So now what does that say about anyone on the net who does a melodious parody , who does a cover birdsong ? "
Shankar released the abide by statement on his Facebook page where the telecasting is now host and uncommitted for viewing . Shankar thanks Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg for allowing him to host it there without risk of another squelcher .
To Whom It May Concern :
Today , I was deeply foiled to find out that Saban Brands decided to assail my Power / Rangers “ Bootleg Universe One - Shot ” pic . To all the viewing audience that enjoyed this motion-picture show , I count this an outright infringement on freedom of expression and individuation . I go under out to make this film because I am a childhood fan of the Power Rangers . As children our retina are sting with iconic range and as we arise older these images make out 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 mockery of a television series we all grow up loving . photographic film like my Power / Rangers “ Bootleg ” are critical expressions of creativity in our troubled cosmos . If we subdue this creativity and become peaceful participants in the consumption of the finish we go in , we implicitly allow a dangerous precedent to be set for the future of the internet .
Warm Regards ,
Adi Shankar
P.S. give thanks you Mark Zuckerberg for hosting Power / Rangers and taking a stand
If you have n’t seen it or wish well to watch it again , below is the Facebook embed of the short :
How this billet shake out will be very telling of what other creators , rooter , film producer - and everyone in between - can do going forward and what constitutes originative freedom vs. incorporated controller and copyright vilification .
Update : The Power Rangers fan moving-picture show is back up on Vimeo and YouTube after the lawyers of belongings possessor Haim Saban and producer Adi Shankar . On YouTube there is now an age restriction and a Modern title " POWER / RANGERS : UNAUTHORIZED & VIOLENT [ BOOTLEG UNIVERSE ] " and on Vimeo there ’s a disavowal ( see below ) which explain that this is not - for - profits fan film and that it ’s not affiliated with the canonical franchise so kids do n’t get confused with the hyper - violent take .
" Deboot of the Power Rangers . My take on the FAN FILM . Not a pilot program , not a series , not for earnings , strictly for exhibition . This is a bootleg experimentation not affiliated or endorsed by Saban Entertainment or Lionsgate nor is it trade any mathematical product . I claim no rights to any of the characters ( do n’t post me any money , not kickstarted , this film is devoid ) . This is the NSFW version . An alternative secure edition is on youtube . "
Director Joseph Kahn tellsDeadline :
" They put these disclaimers on so kids so do n’t throw our super - violent film with their Power Rangers brand . There are no tough feel . We signed contracts . We can play it anywhere we want on all platforms . I think they earn that people just need to see it . "
What would you like to see Shankar workplace on next ?
Power Rangershits theatre July 22 , 2016 .
Source : Adi Shankar , HuffPo , TMZ
Update beginning : Deadline
