Draft:Home Video Anti-Piracy Notices

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1st Bumper (2002- )

Piracy it's a crime-0

Piracy is a crime ORIGINAL (in all languages)

Piracy It's A Crime

Bumper: We see a woman on a computer downloading a film, then it cuts to the animated stripes background with the words "YOU WOULDN'T STEAL A CAR" in a thin grungy font, then it cuts to a man carjacking a car in a street, then it cuts to the same background with the words "YOU WOULDN'T STEAL A HANDBAG", then it cuts to the same man stealing a woman's handbag, then it cuts to the same background "YOU WOULDN'T STEAL A TELEVISION" then it cuts to a guy handing the man a television before he walks off with it, then it cuts to the same background with the words "YOU WOULDN'T STEAL A MOVIE" then it cuts to the man stealing a DVD. Then the clips reverse until it cuts to the same background with the words "DOWNLOADING", "PIRATED", "FILMS" and "IS STEALING" appearing one at a time. Then it cuts to the same woman waiting for the film to download, then it cuts to the same background with the word "STEALING" and it cuts to the woman canceling the download, then it cuts to the same background with the words "IS AGAINST", then it cuts to the close up of the computer, then it cuts to the same background with the words "THE LAW" then it cuts to the woman having canceled the download. She grabs her bag and walks out of her bedroom, then it cuts to the same background with the words "PIRACY IS A CRIME" until it cuts to black.

Trivia:

  • The movies in the top 10 list in the download catalog were:
    • Return Of The King
    • The Cat In The Hat
    • The Matrix Revolutions
    • Paycheck
    • Cheaper By The Dozen
    • Peter Pan
    • Cold Mountain
    • Master And Commander
    • The Last Samurai
    • Mona Lisa Smile
  • Among the new releases in the download catalog were:
    • The Matrix Revolutions
    • Return Of The King
    • Cold Mountain
  • The celebrity spotlight in the download section was Nicole Kidman.
  • The subcategories in the "Download Your Favorites" list were:
    • Trailers
    • Featurettes
    • Movie Posters
    • Celebrity Photos
  • Options in the Celebrity Poll:
    • Steven Spielberg
    • Martin Scorsese
    • Clint Eastwood
  • Subcategories in the Genre category:
    • Drama
    • Comedy
    • Action
    • Horror
    • Western
    • Thriller
  • This bumper was parodied in an episode of The IT Crowd.

Variants:

  • The bumper would translate into other languages.
  • On US DVDs/VHS tapes, "YOU WOULDN'T STEAL A MOVIE" is replaced with either "YOU WOULDN'T STEAL A VHS", or "YOU WOULDN'T STEAL A DVD".
  • On some UK or Australian tapes/DVDs, "DOWNLOADING PIRATED FILMS" is replaced by "MOVIE PIRACY".
  • Sometimes the bumper is sped up with the music out of sync and the bumper ends with a dark grey static background.
  • On US prints, the MPAA Illegal Download logo appears after the bumper is finished.

Technique: Live-action, the animations of the letters.

Music/Sounds: A rock theme, which sounds similar to "One Man Army" by The Prodigy.

Availability: Uncommon. Can be seen on VHS and DVD releases all over the world, such as titles released in the USA, UK, Spain, Germany, Philippines, Italy, Poland, Netherlands, and Japan. Examples include the UK VHS tapes of Catch That Kid, and I Heart Huckabees, the UK DVDs of Open Season, Zathura, The Day After Tomorrow, Spider-Man 3, The Benchwarmers, Meet Dave, and The Pink Panther, and the US DVDs of Barnyard, Fat Albert, Yours, Mine, and Ours, Weekend at Bernie's, Roll Bounce, Because of Winn-Dixie, Five Weeks in a Balloon, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Jesse James, The Outer Limits (1995): Season One, Decision Before Dawn, Fever Pitch, The Simpsons: The Complete Sixth Season, Immortal Sergeant, Emperor of the North, David and Bathsheba, The Dolly Sisters, The Princess in the Pirate, Nigara, The Sound of Music, Garfield & Friends: Volume Five, Rikky and Pete, The Ballad of Jack and Rose, Puss in Boots (live-action), Teen Witch, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Hawaii, Beauty Shop, C.H.O.M.P.S., Dead Like Me: The Complete Second Season, The Naked Truth, Throw Mamma from the Train, Dimples, Harry and Tonto, The Thin Blue Line, Huckleberry Finn, The Siege at Ruby Ridge, Gates of Heaven, Stormy Weather, Escort West, Where the Sidewalk Ends, Moonstruck, The Missouri Breaks, I Wake Up Screaming, Tristan & Isolde, My Blue Heaven, Separate Lies, The Dead Cert, Lucky 13, Bad News Bears, Four Brothers, Get Rich or Die Tryin', Jackass Number Two, Making Love, Two for the Road, The Longest Yard (2005), No Way Out, Gentlemen Prefer Bodies, The Best of Everything, Hour of the Gun, In Her Shoes, The Rains Came, State Fair (1945 & 1962), Blizzard, Oklahoma!, Kingdom of Heaven, River of No Return, Daddy Long Legs, The Little Colonel, Orchestra Wives, Come See the Paradise, The House of 92nd Street, Lifeboat, South Pacific, The Robe, Millions, An Unmarried Woman, Little Miss Broadway, Weekend in Havana, Little Manhattan, Sideways, Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation, Forty Guns, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, Family Guy Presents: Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story, The Weather Man, and various Paramount High Definition HD-DVD/Blu-ray releases in US from 2006-2007.

Legacy: This bumper is rather infamous for annoying many people, and is also the source for a number of parodies and memes.

2nd Bumper (2003- )

Bumper: We start off with a close-up of a couple of people walking outside including teen girls, mostly the woman is the same one from the previous one. Then, it cuts to the the same people getting a treasury of video discs. This cuts to the animation from the previous bumper, with a few differences:

  • "YOU WOULDN'T STEAL A TELEVISION" is replaced by "YOU WOULDN'T STEAL A MOBILE PHONE". We pan up to a wooden table, then a mobile phone appears, the hand grabs the mobile phone, then we cut to an extreme close-up of the mobile phone and it reveals a full table instead.
  • "DOWNLOADING" is replaced by "BUYING".
  • Instead of the woman waiting for the download, we pan up to see a treasury of video discs.
  • After the word "STEALING", we see another zoom-out of a treasury of video discs.
  • After the word "IS AGAINST", we see see another zoom-out of another set of a treasury of video discs.
  • After the word "THE LAW", we see a full set of a treasury of video discs, then flashes into a close-up of a treasury of video discs, then flashes into the full set again, then it flashes, and the two people walk off.

Variants:

  • As with the previous bumper, on some UK or Australian tapes/DVDs, "BUYING PIRATED FILMS" is replaced by "MOVIE PIRACY".
  • Like before, the bumper would translate into other languages.
  • As with the previous bumper, on US releases, "YOU WOULDN'T STEAL A MOVIE" is replaced by "YOU WOULDN'T STEAL A DVD".
  • As before, the MPAA Illegal Download logo appears on US prints.

Technique: Same as above.

Music/Sounds: Same as above.

Availability: Rare, bordering on uncommon. Can be seen on some releases globally such as the Philippines, United Kingdom, United States, Germany, Russia, Netherlands, and Asia. Examples include the Philippine VCDs of Mulan II and Bionicle 2: Legends of Metru Nui, the US DVDs of Keeping Up With the Steins, Planet of the Apes, Conquest of the Planet of the Apes, Rebound, Drums Along the Mohawk, Beyond the Gates of Splendor, Fantastic Four, Transporter 2, Walk the Line, Beneath the Planet of the Apes, The Transporter, Robots, Kinsey, Young Frankenstein, The Purple Plain, The Family Stone, Annapolis, Fightplan, What's New Pussycat?, Kiss of Death, Fallen Angel, Step Up, Goal!: The Dream Begins, The Seven-Year Itch, The Best of Everything, The Adventures of Oocie Nash, The Black Swan, Attack on the Iron Coast, Flight of the Phoenix, Stick It, Hotel, F.I.S.T., The Sandlot 2, The Thief Lord, Heidi, The Man Who Never Was, Next Stop: Greenwich Village, Hustle & Flow, Grandma's Boy, The Queen, The Four Feathers, Deja Vu, The Naked Truth, Team America: World Police, Love Me Tender, Wild Hogs, The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit, Jiminy Glick in Lalawood, The Fugitive Kind, Island in the Sun, The Heart of the Game, Hotel Rwanda, Undertow, and The Invisible, US Buena Vista Home Entertainment Blu-rays, and the UK DVDs of King Kong, Hot Fuzz and Bean: The Ultimate Disaster Movie.

3rd Bumper (2005- )

Bumper: TBA

Variant: The languages may vary depending on the country.

Technique: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Seen on some DVDs, like the Australian DVD of Robots.

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