A followup today regarding Warner Brothers and a legal case they had brought, seeking to stop the release of a film from India called “Hari Puttar.” The BBC is reporting the High Court in Delhi, India has rejected the suit filed by WB, saying “Warner Bros could have brought the case three years ago and said readers could easily distinguish Hari Puttar from Harry Potter. Mirchi Movies, the makers of the Bollywood film, said Hari Puttar had no connection with the Harry Potter movies. Mirchi told the court that Hari was a popular Indian name, and Puttar meant “son” in Hindi and Punjabi.”
The article describes the film in question as telling “the story of a 10-year-old boy who moves to England with his family and becomes involved in a plan to save the world.” The ruling means the film will be released later this month. The piece also noted “The case has been dismissed. The court said that Warner Bros had known the title of the film since 2005 and had delayed bringing the case to court until the last moment,” lawyer Pratibha Singh was quoted by news agency AFP as saying.
The Delhi High Court also said that consumers who read the Harry Potter books, written by JK Rowling, were sufficiently educated to know that Hari Puttar was different, the agency quoted the lawyer as saying.”
I definitely think that the decision was right. I dont see how the film can be expected to make any profit off the back of Harry Potter it quite obviously has nothing to do with it and they’re right in saying we should be able to work that out for ourselves!
Good decision. WB shoud dedicate more effort to getting its movies out on time, and less on frivolous lawsuits. I’m getting a little tired of the flurry of lawsuits related to Harry Potter things in general. The franchise has already earned billions for those conerned. It all gets a little too grasping and obsessive after while. Enough, already. Chill, before you start alienating fans.
This message board post is to inform you that your use of the words ‘Hairy Plotter’ is in direction violation of fair use copyright laws. We believe that your post using the phrase ‘Hairy Plotter’ attempts to gain popularity, comments, and potential ad placement revenue on the back of our extremely popular and successful ‘Harry Potter’ franchise.
I’m afraid if you don’t discontinue your use of the words ‘Hairy’ and ‘Plotter’ we will be forced to sue you, your family, your pets, your closest friend, the guy down the street, your 2nd grade teacher, and probably a librarian or two for good measure.
We, at WB, are merciful people and will gladly let you use the words, ‘accordion, freeway, and slipshod.’
Sincerely,
The Laughing Man…er, I mean, Official WB Lawyer Type guy.
Posted by Official WB Lawyer type guy on September 22, 2008, 03:25 PM
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they should have done something back in 2005, at least then they wouldn’t look so damn pathetic! agreed with DL_hector, they’re taking it too far with court cases.. especially this one.
supprised they haven’t tried to sue the back sides of the “pocket puppet pals” that post they’re vids on youtube :) they’re hilarious, even if i am a HP/JKR fan, i still find those videos so funny, even if they’re supposed to be taking the mick..
_ (h5) for the court who decided this!
and is it just me or is this not the full post i’m reading.. the end kinda jumps from ” the agency quoted the lawyer as saying.” ” to “Thanks James.”
Ha HA!
I knew this would never pass! For heaven’s sake, WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?
‘Course, it doesn’t matter to WB that ‘Hari Puttar’ actually means something in Hindi. So apparently Hindi is a copyright infringement. But then, the only language WB knows is $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.
I am happy WB lost. Even if I wouldn’t be anti-WB for what they done to HBP, I would be happy about it.
HP is Jo’s tale not WB, they go too far and thinking themselves much too important. They are like a cook feeling himself owner of the restaurant where he works.
If this +++ company is so crazy about money and fims, they should do it in the’re own place.
Bahhh, trying to avoid another moviemaker to actually give his film to the public. If WB likes to hide their films, I am glad other do like to share them in cinema
yay!!!!! good decision i must say!! first 2 comment!!