Lorimar Home Video (Warning Screen)

From the Audiovisual Identity Database, the motion graphics museum


Main article: Lorimar Home Video

Screen (1986-1989)

Visuals: On a black background, there is a red box-shaped border with the stacked words "FBI WARNING" in a thick red font with white outline. The following white warning text is seen below:

ANY COMMERCIAL USE OR DUPLICATION
OF THIS COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL
WITHOUT PRIOR LICENSING IS
FORBIDDEN BY FEDERAL LAW:
VIOLATORS WILL BE
PROSECUTED
©(year) KARL-LORIMAR HOME VIDEO, INC.
All rights reserved

Variants:

  • Starting in 1987, "KARL-" is removed from the copyright, leaving it as "©(year) LORIMAR HOME VIDEO, INC."
  • Some releases don't have the Lorimar copyright info. The red border is also smaller.
  • Some releases black out the Lorimar copyright info. This was mainly seen on Forum Home Video releases.
  • Some releases omit the "FBI" letters. The warning text is also aligned to the right.
  • The phrase "All rights reserved" may not be visible.
  • On The Baseball Bunch tapes, the red border is removed.

Technique: A still, computerized graphic.

Audio: None.

Availability: Seen on Karl-Lorimar Home Video (later Lorimar Home Video) releases from 1986 onward, such as Jane Fonda Workout tapes, The Baseball Bunch tapes, the original release of The Chipmunk Adventure and Clifford's Sing-Along Adventure (the original release uses the Karl-Lorimar copyright, while a Lorimar-era reprint uses the Lorimar copyright). It also appears on Warner Home Video reissues of The Sacketts and Jane Fonda's Complete Workout.

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