Owner of Power Rangers Property Wants To Take Down Fan Film

Yesterday, we posted an amazing R-rated Power Rangers fan film that you might want to see now before it gets taken down. The fan film starred Katee Sackhoff and James Van Der Beek, and it got over 5 million views on Youtube, but Vimeo has taken it down at the request of Saban, the owner of the rights to Power Rangers.

Saban filed a copyright infringement request with Vimeo, and Vimeo told the director of the fan-film director Joseph Khan, the following:

"Vimeo is the host for your videos and as a host for user-generated content we are fully compliant with the notice and takedown provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. It looks like your video was removed due to a copyright infringement claim by: Tim Quinlan, SCG Power Rangers LLC."

Power/Rangers Director Joseph Khan with fight coordinator Don Thai Theerathda setting up a fight in the Power/Rangers fan-filmPower/Rangers Director Joseph Khan with fight coordinator Don Thai Theerathda setting up a fight in the Power/Rangers fan-film

The director took to his Twitter to release a series of tweets asking fans to contact Saban to stop the harassment.

"Saban is trying to shut POWER/RANGERS down," Khan tweeted. "If you'd like to keep watching, tell them to stop harassing me."

Khan posted the link to Saban's customer support page- sabranbrands.com/contact.

"I just wanted to make Power Rangers good for once," Kahn told Deadline. "It's kind of a silly franchise. It was an experiment in tone; it was a challenge. I took the silliest property I could think of and tried to see if I could make it serious enough."