Gativideo/Warning Screens

1st Warning (1986-1988?)

Warning: Same as the 2nd Legal Video warning at the time, except the background is yellow and the company name is replaced by "VIDEOMAN INTERNACIONAL S.A."

Technique: Same as the 2nd Legal Video warning at the time.

Music/Sounds: An excerpt of "Give It All You Got" by Chuck Mangione.

Availability: Presumably seen on Videoman Internacional releases.

2nd Warning (1988-1989)

Warning: Same as the 3rd Legal Video warning at the time, except the background is gray and the company name is replaced by "VIDEOMAN INTERNACIONAL".

Technique: Same as the 3rd Legal Video warning at the time.

Music/Sounds: An excerpt of "It's Only Me" by Bob James.

Availability: Seen on later releases from the company, such as Munchies.

3rd Warning (1989-2006)

Warning: On a deep sky blue background, we see the following text scroll up:

GATIVIDEO

El presente Video-Cassette
se vende para uso personal
o doméstico exclusivamente,
todos los demás derechos
quedan reservados.
Cualquier divulgación total o
parcial de la obra, sea a
través de copias, edición,
adición, exhibición, difusión
y emisión de difusión,
exhibición pública o
cualquier contrato que implique
la duplicación, representación
o reproducción de este
Video-Cassette, total o parcial
sin el consentimiento expreso de

GATIVIDEO

está terminantemente prohibido
y la realización de cualquiera
de estas actividades hara
incurrir al infractor en las
responsabilidades previstas
por la Ley № 94/1951 y
podrá lugar además a
las sanciones previstas por el
Art. 415 de Código Penal y
Art. 61 al 64 de la
Ley № 94/51.

Translation:

Original Variant: This Video-Cassette is sold for personal or home use only, all other rights are reserved. Any total or partial disclosure of the work, whether through copying, editing, addition, exhibition, diffusion, public exhibition or any contract that implies the duplication, representation or reproduction of this Video-Cassette, wholly or in part, without the consent of GATIVIDEO is strictly prohibited and the performance of any of these activities will incur the offender in the responsibilities provided for by Law № 94/1951 and may also result in the penalties provided for in Article 415 of the Penal Code and Article 61 to 64 of the Law № 94/51.
Later Variant: This video cassette is sold for personal or home use only. All other rights are reserved. Any total or partial disclosure of the work whether through copying, editing, addition, exhibition, diffusion and/or broadcasting of public broadcasting exhibitions or any contract that implies the duplication, representation or reproduction of this video cassette wholly or in part without the expressed consent of Gativideo S.A. is strictly prohibited and the performance of any of those activities will incur the offender in the responsibilities provided for by law № 94/1951 and may also result in the penalties provided for in article 415 of the penal code. ALL RIGHTS ARE RESERVED FOR ITS SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE MARKETING WITHIN THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC.

Variant: Starting in 1994, the warning is changed in the following ways:

The background is an azure shade.
The first instance of the Gativideo name is removed, while the second one instead says "Gativideo S.A.".
Both instances of "Video-Cassette" are written as "video cassette".
The transition between the first two sentences is changed from a comma to a period.
The commas after "Cualquier divulgación total o parcial de la obra" and "duplicación, representación o reproducción de este video cassette" are both removed.
The word "copias" is singularized to "copia".
"difusión, exhibición pública" is replaced by "difusión y/o emisión de exhibiciones de emisiones públicas".
The word "expreso" is added after "consentimiento".
The words "estas" is replaced by "esas" ("those").
The word "hara" now has an acute accent.
The first instance of the word "Ley" and the words "Código Penal" are now in lowercase.
The first instance of "Art." is now written as "artículo".
The sentence "y Art. 61 al 64 de la Ley № 94/51" is removed.
The phrase "QUEDAN RESERVADOS TODOS LOS DERECHOS PARA SU COMERCIALIZACIÓN ÚNICA Y EXCLUSIVAMENTE DENTRO DE LA REPÚBLICA ARGENTINA." is added after the rest of the text.
Everything is in a different font.

Technique: The text scrolling.

Music/Sounds: An excerpt of "Sihouette" by Kenny G.

Availability: Uncommon. Found on most Gativideo releases, mainly Disney and 20th Century Fox tapes.

4th Warning (1999-2003)

Warning: On a black background is the red word "ADVERTENCIA". Below it is the following text:

El presente DVD es exclusivamente para uso privado
quedando reservados todos los derechos.
Cualquier reproducción total o parcial, difusión y/o
exhibición pública de este DVD, están terminantemente
PROHIBIDOS y cualquiera de estas actividades hará
incurrir al infractor en las responsabilidades previstas
por la LEY 11.723 y podría dar lugar a las sanciones
previstas por los ART. 172 y 45 del CÓDIGO PENAL.

Translation:

WARNING
This DVD is exclusively for private use and all rights are reserved. Any total or partial reproduction, dissemination and/or public exhibition of this DVD, are strictly PROHIBITED and any of these activities will make the offender incur the responsibilities provided for by LAW 11.723 and could give rise to the sanctions provided for in ART. 172 and 45 of the PENAL CODE.

Technique: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Seen on most Gativideo DVD releases, such as Manuelita and Daddy is My Idol.

5th Warning (2003-2009)

Warning: Same as the 7th AVH warning.

Technique: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Seen on Gativideo DVD releases, such as In Her Line of Fire.

6th Warning (2005)

Warning: Same as the 2nd SBP Worldwide S.A. warning.

Technique: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Seen on the Critters film series.