Islam is a tolarenced against all differences. Skin, languages and culture but haram. We can live together. All of us. we dont need more borders. racists love borders and want more and more. More border more differences more more more.

arabs should know that. They have lots of unnecassary state and they cant move together. we can see that at Palestine.

And if we look history; nationalism (and i believe it doesnt have any difference than racism) line all that borders and you support rac?sm as if you support human rights. it is funny but i cant laugh

From the Center for Social Media:

The study, Recut, Reframe, Recycle: Quoting Copyrighted Material in User-Generated Video, by Center director Pat Aufderheide and Peter Jaszi, co-director of the law school’s Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property, shows that many uses of copyrighted material in today’s online videos are eligible for fair use consideration. The study points to a wide variety of practices—satire, parody, negative and positive commentary, discussion-triggers, illustration, diaries, archiving and of course, pastiche or collage (remixes and mashups)—all of which could be legal in some circumstances.

Fair use is the part of copyright law that permits new makers, in some situations, to quote copyrighted material without asking permission or paying the owners. The courts tell us that fair use should be “transformative”—adding value to what they take and using it for a purpose different from the original work.

Our work was transformative in every conceivable way, it was about an entirely different issue with a scripted plot if its own, not a single line was from the actual film.

This is what we do:

REPRODUCING, REPOSTING, OR QUOTING IN ORDER TO MEMORIALIZE, PRESERVE, OR RESCUE AN EXPERIENCE, AN EVENT, OR A CULTURAL PHENOMENON.

Which is what makes it permissible.

And even when the work has been reproduced entirely, despite the image usage, we gave clear and due credit, even expressed that the original work was an inspiration.

This is about the furthest thing from a copyright violation there is!

Describing it as a “rip off” and “distortion” is misplaced. We were very rigourous in our decision-making process, and as my colleague above mentioned, everything was original and the result of weeks of hard work and dedication.

While you’re entitled to your opinion, I believe that the video is a powerful and innovative way of drawing attention to the plight of Baha’is and encouraging action. And judging by the feedback we have been receiving, most of our readers agree

Firstly, we are not Baha’is. I don’t see how you managed to miss this crucial point, but obviously you do not know anything about the people behind this work. Did you perhaps miss the last slide of this clip?

Instead of expressing your thoughts on Baha’is in iran, which thanks to this video, lots of people are currently talking about, you are attacking it under the premise of “copyright.” Bravo for attempting to divert people’s attention from a serious situation which deserves all the attention that it can get, but has unfortunately been avoided.

As far as you are concerned, this is not your personal copyrighted material, and if the person responsible finds this as “unethical” as you incorrectly claim, they will come to us, at which point we will privately deal with it.

Although the images were used from the actual “Persepolis,” (less than 2 minutes of a 1.5 hour production, what a “rip off” indeed!) everything else was edited and recreated, including sound effects, music, translations, and voices. We gave due credit to the original work and in fact, praised it, this work can even be seen as an advertisement for the actual creation. Therefore I do not see the point of your rant, nor do I see the reason of your need to divert people’s attention to something less relevant than the actual topic.

There are enough creative minds and resources within the Baha’i community to render this type PR needless.

Then by all means, spare us your nonsensical rants and go and create it!