Magnavision Home Video (Warning Screens)

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1st (known) Warning (until 1995?)

Warning: On a black background, the following warning text scrolls up, with "MAGNAVISION INC. WARNING" in a white blocky font (with "WARNING" having more space between the letters) and the body text in a white, uppercase, Arial-like font, which is left-aligned:

MAGNAVISION INC.
WARNING

THIS VIDEO CASSETTE IS PROTECTED BY COPYRIGHT AND IS RESTRICTED FOR HOME USE ONLY. THE DEFINITION OF HOME USE EXCLUDES LOCATIONS SUCH AS HOTELS, SCHOOLS, RESTAURANTS, CLUBS, SHIPS, COACHES, AIRLINES, AND PLACES. COPYING, EDITING, EXHIBITION, EXCHANGING, HIRING, PUBLIC PERPORMANCE, DIFFUSION, AND/OR BROADCAST WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF OR ON BEHALF OF THE COPYRIGHT OWNER IS PROHIBITED BY LAW AND CARRIES A MANDATORY PENALTY OR IMPRISONMENT OF NOT LESS THAN THREE (3) MONTHS AND ONE (1) YEAR PLUS A FINE OF NOT LESS THAN FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS (50,000.00) BUT NOT MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED PESOS.
(P100,000.00)

FX/SFX: The entire warning text scrolling up.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Seen on releases of films distributed by Magnavision Home Video during this time period.

Editor's Note: The word "performance" in the body of the warning text is misspelled as "perpormance", the phrase about the imprisonment penalty should read as "not less than three (3) months but not more than one (1) year", and the last line of the body text is centered instead of left-aligned.

2nd Warning (1995?-1998?)

Warning: On a black background, the following warning text (all centered) scrolls up, with "MAGNAVISION" in the same blocky font as the previous warning (but in blue), "WARNING" in the same font (but in red and having normal letter spacing), and the body text in dark blue and in the Chicago typeface (all text have a white outline):

MAGNAVISION

WARNING

The motion picture contained in this videocassette is protected by copyright and approved by the VIDEOGRAM REGULATORY BOARD for private homeviewing only. Unauthorized duplication, distribution or public exhibition carries a maximum penalty of imprisonment for one (1) year and/or fine of P100,000.00 (P.D. 1987 and P.D. 1988).

FX/SFX: The entire warning text scrolling up.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Seen on releases of films distributed by Magnavision Home Video during this time period, such as Iron Eagle (1986) and Maximum Risk (1996).

Editor's Note: None.

3rd Warning (1998-2005)

Warning: On a dark grey textured background resembling analog television noise, we see the phrase "MAGNAVISION HOME VIDEO" in a medium slate blue blocky font. Below that phrase is the word "WARNING" in white, bigger, and in the same blocky font as the previous line, and the warning text (same as the previous one) is shown below in a white sans-serif font. The warning text, all centered and having a black outline, is displayed exactly like this:

MAGNAVISION HOME VIDEO

WARNING

The motion picture contained in this video cassette is protected by copyright and approved by the VIDEOGRAM REGULATORY BOARD for private home viewing only. Unauthorized duplication, exhibition carries a maximum penalty of imprisonment for one(1) year and/or fine of P/100,000.00 (P.D. 1987 and P.D. 1988).

The entire text fades in slowly, then fades out after a short while.

FX/SFX: The entire warning text fading in and out.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Seen on VHS and VCD releases by Magnavision Home Video during this time period.

Editor's Note: None.

4th Warning (2006-2014)

Warning: On a blue background with a wallpaper-like pattern of Magnavision Home Video logos being "revealed" on the top left and bottom right corners, the Magnavision Home Video logo is seen at the top of the screen. Below is the following warning text (all centered), with the word "WARNING" in a red Arial-like font and the rest in white:

WARNING

THE UNAUTHORIZED REPRODUCTION, DISTRIBUTION, RENTAL, OR PUBLIC PERFORMANCE, WHETHER OR NOT FOR PROFIT, OF THE COPYRIGHTED WORK CONTAINED IN THIS VIDEO DISC MAY CONSTITUTE CRIMINAL COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT WHICH IS PUNISHABLE BY IMPRISONMENT RANGING FROM A MINIMUM PERIOD OF ONE (1) YEAR AND A FINE OF FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS (P50,000) TO A MAXIMUM OF NINE (9) YEARS AND A FINE OF ONE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS (P1,500,000).

COPYRIGHT VIOLATIONS ARE ACTIVELY INVESTIGATED BY THE NATIONAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE, AND THE OPTICAL MEDIA BOARD.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Seen on releases of films distributed by Magnavision Home Video during this time period, such as Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (2005) and The Kite Runner (2007).

Editor's Note: None.

5th Warning (2014?-present?)

Warning: Same as the previous warning, but the background is black, the Magnavision Home Video logo is superimposed on the top right of the screen in white without a background color, and the warning text is in a different sans-serif font.

FX/SFX: TBA

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Same as the previous warning.

Editor's Note: The peso sign in the "P1,500,000" part of the body text is missing.