Warner Bros. is taking legal action against Bollywood. This time it isn’t just because they don’t like non-Hollywood movies but instead this time they do have a good reason. A new Bollywood movie is taking an extremely similar name to a giant cash cow of Warner’s. The movie “Hari Puttar - A Comedy of Terrors” is said by Warner Bros to be infringing on the Harry Potter copyright.
As you read this Warner Bros would have already presented their case to the Bombay High Court today. Considering just how long court cases take to process they must have had advanced warning about this months ago. The films story is said to be about a 10-year-old Indian boy who moves to the UK.
So not about a magical wizard boy then but the name is proving to be a serious concern. We will soon know if the makers will be forced to change the name as the movie is scheduled for a cinema release in some regions on September 12th.
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Courtesy of Apple
Perhaps the title of this article is misleading a little. The real question is why are extended trailers for movies, known as the sneak peaks only available for US users of the iTunes service? The most recent example of this is how iTunes has just had added a 7 minute, 100MB long trailer added for the upcoming movie Get Smart starring Anne Hathaway.
The catch is while you can watch it if you have a US iTunes account if you are anywhere else in the world or don’t have a US credit card you’re out of luck. Considering it’s a promotional piece to make people want to watch the movie and the movie comes out all over the world and not just the US it makes no sense to have regional barriers in place stopping other people watching the video when it could lead to additional revenue.
There are other items such as free tracks from bands to promote their upcoming albums which are also banned for non-US users and then there are free episodes of television shows from the major US networks also included which are blocked to outside users. The question remains why would you add a regional block to an advert for something which is to be sold in all countries. Perhaps this shows just how paranoid about legal restrictions the film companies are now becoming and the entertainment industry as a whole.
What does this mean for you? If you’re in the US not a thing. If you’re outside the US a whole load of problems and steam coming from your ears after being short changed.
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