Nov 15, 2007, 06:00 AM | by Marc Bernardin
Categories: Apropos of Nothing, Film, Today's Funnies
If this was a cooking class, I'd say this was a heady reduction. But since this is movie bloggery, I'll call this five-second condensation of all the Rockys a punchy reduction. (Get it? He's a boxer, so he's been hit in the head a lot... Ah, comedy.)
Stephanie T. Thu, Nov 15, 2007 at 12:48 PM EST
Yep, parody is protected under copyright law. Robert Smigel does this stuff all of the time with his awesome "TV Funhouse" cartoon skits. A ban on 5 second movies on YouTube is just plain silly, and the idiot who enforced the suspension there needs to read up on the copyright law. Thumbs way up on this parody. Still, I have to say that the Rocky voice over sounds more like Tim "The Tool Man" Taylor from "Home Improvement" than it does Rocky.
Amber Thu, Nov 15, 2007 at 09:37 AM EST
I love the five second videos, Rocky is definitely my favorite.
RP Thu, Nov 15, 2007 at 08:56 AM EST
It's nice to see that these are back up. YouTube had suspended the 5secondmovies account. I can only assume that this is because there's some jerk working there now that doesn't understand the concept of fair use or the fact that parody is protected under copyright law.
OK, rant over. The Rocky video is awesome.
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