Hari Puttar vs. Harry Potter
from the in-the-wizard-of-IP-law-suits dept
J.K. Rowling has been an aggressive user of intellectual property laws against anyone who she feels has done her wrong, and Warner Bros. studio, which owns the rights to the movies has been equally aggressive at times. The latest target, as sent in by a bunch of readers, is an Indian film by the name of Hari Puttar: A Comedy of Terrors, about a young Indian boy who gets left home alone. If anything, you almost have to wonder if the makers of the film purposely picked a bunch of recognizable themes. There is the name, which potentially plays on both Harry Potter and Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors (which, of course, is public domain). Then there's the story line, which seems similar to the Home Alone movies. So this film isn't copying Rowling's work, but the name certainly sounds like it could be.The movie makers insist their Hari Puttar has nothing to do with Harry Potter. The storylines are entirely different. Hari is a popular Indian name and Puttar means "son" in Punjabi. Plus, when pronounced correctly, it doesn't even sound like Harry Potter. That doesn't mean that it wasn't done on purpose, of course. So, yes, I can understand where Warner is coming from, but that still doesn't necessarily make this a smart move. Leaving the movie as is doesn't take any money away from Rowling or Warner. If anything, all this effort is doing is providing a lot more free publicity for the Hari Puttar movie -- which may be exactly what the movie makers wanted.
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Big Copyright
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Boundaries
"Hari, the lawsuit alleges, is too close to J.K.Rowling's Harry for comfort."
I think she enjoys quite enough comfort as it is.
She loves a good pissing contest like this, hopefully she ends up all wet ; )
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Obnoxious
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Re: Obnoxious
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all wet
I wonder if she'll cry to try and prove she's right this time?
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Hari Puttar: The giblets of spice
This is pathetic.
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WB, not JKR
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Re: WB, not JKR
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besides shes too late ... as the article says ... hari is a very popular Indian name and being Indian and Punjabi .. I've actually used the words Hari Putar with my 13 year old son as a joke ... maybe i owe JKR some payments .. and i would have paid them too if i had not spent all my money on the stupid Hari Putar .... errrr...i mean Harry Potter .. books anyways ...
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How Ironic
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Dark Tower
I mean come on, JK is making herself a joke.
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Anywhere there is money
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More like
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JK Rowling is the Theif
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Hairy Putter and the Philosopher's Bone
Hairy Putter and the Chambermaid's Secrets
Hairy Putter and the Prisoner of Azka-Bondage
Hairy Putter and the Gonads of Fire
Hairy Putter and the Orders of Miss Phoenix
Hairy Putter and the Half-Bloodied Princess
Hairy Putter and the Breathy Swallows
Yes, I do need help. :)
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Re: Rekul
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Finally Hollywood has come to its sense and sued the Indian photocopier( Bollywood ) !
leave alone the movies they blindly copy TV shows as well !
1.)Are you smarter than a fifth grader - copied to - kya aap panchwi pass se teez hain
2.)human tetris (Japanese) - copied to - hole in a wall
3.)for a long time there has been an indian show named shararat which was about magic ...... then disney makes a show named wizards of waverly place with salena gomez in it...... so the indians turn the whole sharat thing just like selena gomez's show ......
these are just simple examples i just gave in a minute .......actually there is a big long list of movies and Tv shows !!
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