Hanna-Barbera Home Video (Warning Screens)
From the Audiovisual Identity Database, the motion graphics museum
North America
1st Warning (1989-1990)
Same as the 1st 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment warning screen.
2nd Warning (1990-1991)
Warning: On a blue background, we see the text "FBI WARNING" in a Clarendon font. Below it is the text:
criminal penalties for the unauthorized
reproduction, distribution, or exhibition
of copyrighted motion pictures and
video. (Title 17, United States Code,
Sections 501 and 506).
The Federal Bureau of Investigation
Investigates allegations of criminal
copyright infringement,(Title 17, United
States Code, Section 506).
Technique: None.
Music/Sounds: None.
Availability: Seen on later Hanna-Barbera releases. It was surprisingly seen on the 1992 Turner VHS of Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf.
3rd Warning (1991)
Same as the 2nd Sony Pictures Home Entertainment warning screen.
United Kingdom
(1989-1991)
Warning: On a blue background, we see the text:
The copyright proprietors have
authorised the use of the cinematograph
film and sound recordings contained
in this video cassette for private home
use only. All other rights are reserved.
Any unauthorised use including copying,
editing, exhibition, lending, exchanging,
public performance, diffusion, radio or
television broadcasting or otherwise
dealing with this video cassette or
any part thereof is strictly prohibited.
Technique: None.
Music/Sounds: None.
Availability: Seen on British Hanna-Barbera Home Video releases from the era.
