# Power/Rangers

> The unauthorized Power Rangers short’s seed upload reached 25.8 million YouTube views.

- Owner: Joseph Kahn (director); Adi Shankar and Jil Hardin (producers)
- Kind: Film
- Sector: Entertainment
- Seed date: 2015-02-23
- Peak date: Week of Mar 1, 2015
- Date basis: Dates use the stated precision; chart positions are date anchors.
- Spread Score: 51 (Notable), v1.2
- Mechanics: Transgression, Controversy, Platform jump, Press loop, Pairing

## Summary

Shankar released Kahn’s unauthorized short on YouTube and Vimeo. Twitter discussion, reactions and press followed. Copyright claims removed both versions; a settlement restored them with restrictions. The seed upload remained online at the 2026 lookup.

## Timeline

- 2015-02-23 — Adi Shankar / Joseph Kahn (YouTube) — Adi Shankar published Joseph Kahn’s unauthorized Power Rangers short on YouTube.
- 2015-02-24 — WIRED (Press) — WIRED covered the short as a satire of dark franchise reboots, starring James Van Der Beek and Katee Sackhoff.
- 2015-02-24 — SCG Power Rangers LLC / Vimeo (Open web) — Vimeo removed the film after a copyright claim from SCG Power Rangers LLC.

The full timeline, metrics and sources are on the case page, or via the Pro API (https://howitspread.com/developers).

Canonical URL: https://howitspread.com/cases/power-rangers-unauthorized

Cite as: How It Spread (2026). “Power/Rangers.” Case HIS-00410. Spread Score v1.2: 51/100. Updated 2026-10-13. https://howitspread.com/id/HIS-00410