Paramount Home Media Distribution Warning Screen

**Warning**: We see the warning text on the same blue background as the late 1970s/early 1980s Paramount Home Video logo, which fades to this.

**FX/SFX**: The fading from the logo to the warning.

**Music/Sounds**: None.

**Availability**: Extremely rare. It can be seen on Betamax releases, as well as a few other VHS releases that have the first Paramount Home Video logo.

### October 7, 1980-May 3, 1989, 1990, 1992, March 11, 1997-December 1, 1998, August 14, 2001, October 29, 2002, September 27, 2005-February 7, 2006, 2021-present

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**Nicknames**: "Acid Trip", "Taste the Rainbow"

**Warning**: On a background of changing colors (green, yellow, red, pink, purple, blue, and then green again) [ala the MGM/UA Home Video "rainbow" logo and Sony Wonder's first "stay tuned" ID] appears the warning text in white, with large lettering in an ITC Serif Gothic font.

**Variants**:

* An early variant exists where the text is smaller, is in Bauhaus 93, has some punctuation, and is yellow instead of white, which was also used in retail releases since 2021.
* A Japanese version also exists. Here, the text has black outlines.
* On B&W releases such as the 1981 VHS of *The Elephant Man*, the 1986 VHS of *Bob Dylan: Don't Look Back*, the 1988 VHS of *Hamlet*, and the 1989 VHS releases of *Wings* and *A Night to Remember* (retained on a 1998 reprint of the latter), the warning is in black and white.

**FX/SFX**: The changing colors.

**Music/Sounds**: None.

**Availability**: It can be seen on all releases from the era, including *Tucker: The Man and His Dream*, *U2: Rattle and Hum*, *Top Gun*, *Children of a Lesser God*, *The Blue Iguana*, *Beverly Hills Cop II*, and *The Accused* (the final release to have it). The early variant can be seen on 1980-85 tapes and Laserdiscs with this warning, such as *One-Eyed Jacks*, *Downhill Racer*, *Meatballs*, *Gallagher: The Maddest*, some pre-1989 releases of *Grease*, *The Hunter*, and 1980s *Star Trek* releases (with "Paramount HOME VIDEO" on the side, with the Gulf+Westen print mountain logo on the other). It was still used on reprints after its end date, such as the 1990 VHS of *Death Wish*, the 1991 VHS of Toho Entertainment's *The Wizard of Oz*, a 2001 CHC print of *The Spy Who Came in from the Cold* (featuring the B&W version), and even a 2002 release of *The Bridges at Toko-Ri*. The first version makes a surprise appearance on a 1988 Canadian VHS of *Plaza Suite*, which is most likely a reprint. The Japanese version was found on a Japanese VHS of *Roman Holiday*.

**Editor's Note**: For the second variant, there is punctuation missing. The first period, the hyphen, and the comma are gone.

### 1980–1982, 1984

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**Warning**: We see the Warning screen scrolling up. The word "WARNING" appears in a cream color; the Warning text is in white. Everything's in capitals.

**FX/SFX**: The scroll up of the Warning.

**Availability**: On all MGM/CBS releases of the era. This warning also appears on the 1984 CBS/Fox release of *S.O.B.*, but at the end, following the movie (The film was originally released in 1982 under the MGM/CBS label). It makes a surprise appearance on *I Love Lucy: Collector's Edition* videocassettes from the CBS Video Library.

### 1983–1993, 1999

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**Warning**: We see the Warning screen scrolling up. The word "WARNING" is in red with white outline between two white lines; the warning text is in white and now appears in lowercase. The black bars are at the top and bottom of the screen, but faded.

**Variants**:

* On releases of black and white MGM movies, the warning is in black and white.
* On laserdiscs and CED Videodiscs, "cassette" is replaced by "videodisc".
* A prototype version exists where the text is in the same style as the previous warning.
* On Turner Home Entertainment releases, the warning text is in a different way.
* On PBS Home Entertainment releases, the warning text is in a different way with red background.

**FX/SFX**: Same as the previous Warning screen.

**Availability**: On all MGM/CBS and MGM/UA releases from the era. Also seen on Wood Knapp Video releases of United Artists and MGM films (and *Track and Field Techniques: Sprinting*), as well as a couple of Nova Home Video and Junior Home Video releases at the time. The prototype version appears on the 1982 CED of *The Time Machine*. For an odd reason, this appeared on the original VHS releases of *Thelma and Louise* and *One! Two! Three!* and the demo VHS of *Crooked Hearts*, all from 1991. Possibly an editing mistake on MGM's part. Finally, this warning can also be seen on the 1992 reprint VHS of *Fiddler on the Roof*, originally issued in 1988, a 1993 reprint of the 1983 VHS of *Invasion of the Body Snatchers*, and a 1999 Vintage Classics reprint/reissue of *Ninotchka*. Strangely, the color version is seen on the 1984 VHS of *Naughty Marietta* and the 1990 VHS of *Captains Courageous*, which are B&W films.

### 1988–1993

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**Warning**: On a black background is the white Helvetica warning text, which reads...

**The material on this video product**
**is protected by copyright. It is for**
**use by purchaser only and any other**
**use including copying or reproduction**
**in whole or in part, is prohibited by law.**
**Variants**:

* Starting in late 1992 with the original VHS release of *Barney's Birthday*, the warning text was in a Dawncastle Bold font, and was modified. The warning text in this variant reads "**NOTICE: This recording and all constituent elements are protected by the copyright laws and other laws of the United States of America and of other Nations. The unauthorized use, rerecording, or duplication of this Program, in whole or in part, is a violation of the rights of the Owner and others, and may constitute a criminal offense punishable by substantial fines and/or imprisonment.**"
* On the original VHS of *Barney's Magical Musical Adventure* and some copies of the original pressing of *Barney's Birthday*, the "**NOTICE:**" header in the later variant is removed, and the warning text is shifted up to the center.

**FX/SFX**: None.

**Music/Sounds**: None.

**Availability**: Rare. Seen on early Lyons Group releases such as all *Barney and the Backyard Gang* videos, including the 1992 reprints. The later version is uncommon, but can be found on the original pressing of *Barney's Birthday* (the S1 episode "Happy Birthday, Barney!"), *Barney's Magical Musical Adventure*, *Barney's Best Manners* (the S1 episode "A Splash Party, Please"), and *Barney's Rhymes with Mother Goose* (the S1 episode "Let's Help Mother Goose!")

### May 17, 1989-January 21, 1997, December 15, 1998-September 20, 2005, February 28, 2006-April 23, 2013

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**Warning**: Following the very end of the Feature Presentation ID, we cut to a mauve/white gradient wallpaper of Paramount logos (four on the top and bottom, three in the middle). Warning text (in an ITC Korinna font) is shown over it.

**Bylines**:

* May 17-October 16, 1989: "A Gulf + Western Company"
* November 9, 1989-May 16, 1995: "A Paramount Communications Company": A Paramount Communications Company
* June 13, 1995-January 21, 1997, December 15, 1998-July 23, 2002: A Viacom Company (in the Viacom \/\/|GG/\-\/\/|GG/\ font)
* August 6, 2002-September 20, 2005, February 28, 2006-April 23, 2013: A Viacom Company (in the Viacom \/\/|GG/\-\/\/|GG/\ font)

**Trivia**:

* When the DVD variant was introduced, it always made an appearance at the start of Paramount titles. Starting with *Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events* in 2005, it was moved to the end on newer movies. However, it still appears at the front on Nickelodeon, DreamWorks Animation, and Comedy Central titles, as well as new editions of older films such as *Witness* and *Coming to America* (mainly on DVD; most Blu-rays of catalog titles feature it at the end, although the 2021 Blu-rays of *MouseHunt* and *Small Soldiers* have it before the main menu). Besides those, the only title since then that has it at the front is the bonus-features DVD on the 2009 Blu-ray of *G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra*. The 1999-2002 version only appeared at the end on six titles: the original release of *Titanic*, *Mission: Impossible II*, *Lara Croft: Tomb Raider*, *Beverly Hills Cop*, *Apocalypse Now Redux*, and the 2001 *Godfather DVD Collection* box set (although three of them used a variation of this particular version; see "Variants" for more on it). Prior to 2005, only one title (*Indiana Jones: The Complete Adventures*, released in 2003) had the later version at the end.
* On the 2006 DVD of *Mission: Impossible II*, the 1999 DVD version appears on the first disc due to it being a reprint of the original 2001 DVD, while disc 2 uses the 2002 DVD version.

**Variants**:

* Later in 1989, the wallpaper's color was changed to a dark blue gradient, and the Paramountains are smaller (with five mountains in the middle row rather than three). At the same time, a shadow effect was applied to the text, while still keeping the ITC Korinna font.
* An extremely rare variant exists in which the warning text is mostly in lowercase letters and in the Foundation Sans Light font. Its only known appearance is on the 1990 Super VHS of *Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade*, which on its own is a really tough find.
* The font of the text was changed to BTC Benguiat Medium in 1995.
* On 1998-2002 DVDs, the wallpaper would be in a light/dark gray gradient, and would have more warning text as well. A French-language screen usually follows it, and *The Ghost and the Darkness*, *Breakdown*, and the original release of *Titanic* even feature a Spanish-language screen.
	+ A special variant of this exists on *The Ghost and the Darkness* (which features it at the front), the original release of *Titanic*, and the 2001 releases of *Apocalypse Now Redux* and *The Godfather DVD Collection* (coincidentally, both are Francis Ford Coppola productions), in which the warning fades in and out. *Titanic* features the English-language screen crossfading to French and Spanish-language screens, *Apocalypse Now Redux* just has the English-language screen, and on the *Godfather* set, it crossfades to the French screen. This variant appears on the same files as the actual movies (at least on the latter two), but rewinding and fast-forwarding are disabled there as opposed to during the features themselves.
	+ A fullscreen version can be found on early releases with this warning, *The Ghost and the Darkness*, *48 Hrs.*, and the original releases of *Titanic* and *The Hunt for Red October*. It also appears on *Peanuts Holiday Collection*.
* A rare variant exists on promotional tapes that asks the viewer to call a certain telephone number and to help prevent video piracy, while also telling them that the VHS is not for resale. The text also scrolls upward.
	+ On 1992-95 demo tapes such as *Dollman vs. Demonic Toys*, *Blue Chips*, *Hostage*, *You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown*, *Dragonworld*, and *Arcade*, the text is in a different font and the top text says "This videocassette is a promotional copy and shall forever remain the property of Paramount Pictures Corporation". In some cases, such as the latter two, it comes in slightly late and fades in on the first line.
	+ On *Boomerang*, the warning cuts in just as it begins scrolling.
	+ The easiest way to spot a tape with this is to find a Paramount VHS cover with a blue sticker (or red if it's from Canada) telling them that it is a promotional copy, and that the tape has a simple looking label that also says it.
	+ The demo tape warning's first appearance was on the 1992 demo VHS of *Necessary Roughness*; most screeners from before then, such as *Funny About Love* and *Subspecies*, instead use the standard warning. (The exception is the 1990 demo VHS of *Hawks*, which doesn't feature it or the Feature Presentation ID.)
	+ Surprisingly, the demo VHS of *Meat Loaf: To Hell and Back* features the standard warning instead of this one.
* An incredibly rare variant exists mainly on awards consideration tapes that tells the viewer that the tape is loaned for personal review. This was seen on the screener tape of *Alfie (2004)*.
	+ An earlier version of this warning exists that is cut to from the Feature Presentation ID instead of fading in and has differently-arranged warning text. This version was spotted on the screener tapes of *Rules of Engagement* and *Shaft (2000)*.
	+ There may exist a 90th Anniversary variant of this warning, and, if it does, may appear on the awards screener tapes of Paramount films released in 2002, such as *Narc*.
* A Canadian version exists, with the word "WARNING" in red, underlined in white, along with modified warning text. Tapes from 1989-1995 use a sans-serif font. Most French Canadian tapes also use this, but with the text translated into French Canadian.
* There is a version of this warning screen where the text is on a black background. This can be found on a few PBS releases such as the Paramount versions of *Teletubbies: Oooh! Springtime Surprises* and *Magical Moments*, *Boohbah: Big Windows*, *Cyberchase: The Snelfu Snafu* and *Teletubbies: Go! Exercise with the Teletubbies*.
* There is a rare version of this warning where the warning is in a different font and the background is purple. This version can be seen on a few PBS releases from Paramount such as *Teletubbies: Again-Again!* and *Caillou: Caillou at Play*.
* A rare variant exists where the warning screen just fades or cuts in from black. This appears on *Titanic*, the 1991 VHS of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, the 1989 VHS of *The Shootist*, *Teletubbies: Again-Again!* and *Caillou: Caillou at Play*.
* On tapes with the 90th Anniversary Feature Presentation ID, the background is plain blue, while the text remains the same.
* An even rarer version that combines the scrolling demo tape text with the 2002 variant background has been spotted on 90th Anniversary demo tapes such as those of *Hey Arnold!: The Movie* and *SpongeBob SquarePants: Bikini Bottom Bash!*.
* Starting in 2002, the DVD version background has been changed to solid purple, resembling its 90th Anniversary VHS counterpart more. On TV releases, the warning is in fullscreen and the background is in an eggplant color. On Blu-rays, the drop shadow is replaced with a black outline of the text.
* A very rare variant can be found on a 1995 French Canadian VHS of *The Ten Commandments (1956)*. However, unlike other variants, the warning screen's background is a still image of the beginning of the Feature Presentation ID. The text also scrolls up.
* Sometimes, the text is spaced. This can be found on wide-screen DVDs.
* Black-and-white versions of the first two warnings exist on 1989 reprints of *Sunset Boulevard*, *The Desperate Hours* (both on VHS), and *The Courageous Dr. Christian* (on Laserdisc), and the 1990 VHS releases of *The Delicate Delinquent* and *The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance*.
* On CBS DVD and Blu-ray releases, a variant exists where the warning text is upon a black background, though the text is either in Arial (on releases such as *Mannix: The First Season*) or ITC Korinna (on the Blu-rays of all three seasons of *Star Trek: The Original Series*).
* On seasons 3-5 of *South Park* and seasons 1 & 2 of *The Ren & Stimpy Show*, the warning fades out.
* On seasons 9-11 of *South Park*, the warning has a reddish tint to it.
* On all three volumes of *Beavis and Butt-head: The Mike Judge Collection*, the warning fades in and cuts out. It also appears slightly squeezed.

**FX/SFX**: The jarring cut from the Feature Presentation ID to the warning. For the demo and French Canadian variants, the text scrolling up.

**Music/Sounds**: None, unless you count the fade out of the Paramount fanfare on most VHS/Betamax releases (a few have the fanfare cut off before it ends, and the screener VHS of *Subspecies* has a silent version of the Feature Presentation ID).

**Music/Sounds Variants**: On Descriptive Video Service VHS's, a DVS narrator says the on-screen warning text. Usually, it starts with "Words appear", but there are exceptions:

* On DVS tapes of *Top Gun*, *Raiders of the Lost Ark*, and *Ghost*, Wendie Sakakeeny goes right into the warning text.
* Several tapes precede the text with "A warning appears": Rena Baskin on *Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home* and *The Ten Commandments (1956)*, Nick Mills on *El Dorado*, and Peter Haydu on *Clear and Present Danger*.

**Availability**: Very common. Appears on all Paramount releases from 1989 onward.

* The original variant is the toughest find, but can be found on releases with the Gulf+Western version of the era's FP ID, such as *​Coming to America* (on which it and the Coming Attractions and FP IDs first appeared) and *The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!*.
* The later variants are easier to find, and can be found on releases such as *A Charlie Brown Christmas*, *Congo*, *The Real Macaw*, *Jade*, *Blue Chips*, *Wayne's World*, *Ghost*, all *Rugrats* VHS releases (excluding *Christmas*, which has the 90th Anniversary variant), *Forrest Gump*, *Faeries*, *Dragonworld*, *Without a Paddle*, *The First Wives Club*, *D.A.R.Y.L.*, and *Braveheart*.
* The DVD version was retained on a 2008 Lionsgate reprint of *Nobody's Fool*, on a double-feature flipper disc with *Fat Man and Little Boy*, and also appears on Paramount co-releases with Legend Films, such as *Rhubarb*.
* The Canadian Paramount Communications version was surprisingly retained on a 2005 U.S. VHS reissue of *Elephant Walk*.

**Editor's Note**: The Gulf+Western and S-VHS variants have the same text layout as the later variant of the previous warning, which lacked some punctuation. When the second variant debuted, only the first period returned. The purple background variant is very ugly, as it looks homemade. Also, there are two grammatical errors in the DVD/Blu-ray warning; "CONTENTS" shouldn't be plural, and there should be a comma and "and" between the first two sentences, therefore rendering the text as "This video device is licensed for private home viewing only, and any distribution outside...".

### May 17, 1989-1990 (Prism era)

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**Nicknames**: "Another Acid Trip", "Taste the Rainbow Again"

**Warning**: On a gradient color-changing background, we see slightly different warning text in white, and in a Times New Roman font.

**FX/SFX**: Same as the second warning screen.

**Music/Sounds**: None.

**Availability**: Extremely rare. Spotted on a 1989 VHS release of *Star Trek: The Animated Series - Volume Five*.

**Editor's Note**: The text is notably worded differently from previous Paramount warnings.

### 1990–2005, 2015

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**Warning**: It's nearly the same as the 1988 FHE/IVE/Live/Avid/Artisan/Lionsgate warning, except the bottom text is rephrased and not in italics nor bold and in uppercase letters, and it's almost the same as the enhanced variant of the 1980 Universal warning screen, except the bottom text is rephrased and it is all in the middle.

**Variants**:

* Most MGM DVD releases from 2001-05 (with the exception of the 2004 DVD release of *RoboCop 2*) have an updated version of this warning. A brighter shade of red is used, and the text is in the Futura Bold font (except for "**WARNING**", which is set in the Franklin Gothic Bold font). This was also seen at the beginning of the 2006 Magnolia Home Entertainment DVD of *Voices of Iraq,* on Parker Brothers DVDs and on Sundance Channel Home Entertainment VHS releases from 2003 until 2004.
* On New Video and Screen Media Films releases, the text has no drop shadows and "unauthorized" and the commas are missing.
* On post-2004 Viz Media releases, the word "**WARNING**" has no drop shadow, and the warning text is different.
* On 1998-2005 DreamWorks Home Entertainment releases, the word "**WARNING**" is underlined, and the bottom text is gone.
* On screeners (except for *Crooked Hearts*, which uses the previous warning), the bottom text is altered to read "LICENSED FOR PROMOTIONAL PURPOSES ONLY." This version makes strange appearances on the 2000 Warner Home Video demo VHS of *Looney Tunes Presents: Taz's Jungle Jams* and the retail VHS of *Storefront Hitchcock*. Conversely, the promo warning also appears on the 1993 Laserdisc of *The Music Lovers* and in redesigned form on some retail DVDs, such as *Thelma and Louise,* *Rollerball* and *The Terminator*.
* On *Josie and the Pussycats* and *Red Dragon*, it uses the Universal warning screens.
* On a Trimark Home Video DVD of *Mean Guns*, the warning text is in Arial font.

**FX/SFX**: None.

**Availability**: On all MGM releases from the era (with the exception of the 2002 ShopNBC.com exclusive VHS of *It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie*, which had no warning at all; however, the 2003 wide release version had this warning). Also seen on New Line Home Video/Entertainment releases from 1991 to 2008, as well as some WarnerVision/KidVision releases from 1993 to 1997 and HBO DVD releases from 1998 onward, and the 2000 USA Home Entertainment DVD of *Nurse Betty* (the VHS instead uses USA's own warning). The final MGM releases to use this warning are those distributed by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, such as *Beauty Shop*. Surprisingly, the DVD variant was retained on Shout! Factory's 2015 DVD reissue of *UHF*, which was a modified version of the original 2002 release. It was also seen on some Morgan Creek/Warner Bros. DVDs, while others use the widescreen variant of New Line warning screen.

### 1990-1992 (Prism era)

**Warning**: Same as the 1984 Prism Entertainment FBI warning.

**FX/SFX**: None.

**Music/Sounds**: None.

**Availability**: This appears on Paramount releases co-distributed by Prism Entertainment, such as *Aftershock*, *Out of Sight, Out of Mind*, and *Red Blooded American Girl*.

**Editor's Note**: The warning is notably grainy.

### May 11, 1992-2001

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**Warning**: Same as the previous, only the background is blue with a white haze on the bottom, and the word "WARNING" is now red.

**FX/SFX**: None.

**Music/Sounds**: None.

**Availability**: Seen on Time-Life Video releases from 1992 to 2001.

### May 11, 1992-August 6, 1996

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**Warning**: Same as the 1987-1992 Media Home Entertainment warning.

**Variant**: On some releases, the screen fades instead.

**FX/SFX**: None, except for the fading of the INTERPOL text.

**Music/Sounds**: None.

**Availability**: Seen on some *Barney & Friends* tapes co-distributed with Barney Home Video.

### November 5, 1996–2003

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**Warning**: Same as the previous warning, but it takes place on a purple stone background and the warning text is in yellow. Also, the lining of the text is different, and the line above "INTERPOL WARNING" is absent.

**Variants**:

* There exist two extremely rare variants in which the seal is absent:
	+ On *Barney's Stu-u-upendous Puzzle Fun!*, the background is opaque and has a lighter tint to it.
	+ On HiT Entertainment releases of certain *VeggieTales* videos, the background is completely blue and the text is white.

* The Everland/Word Entertainment VHS release of *VeggieTales: Very Silly Songs!* only uses the first screen (much like the earlier Lyrick Studios release).
* A French version exists on the French VHS print of *Barney's Imagination Island*.

**FX/SFX**: None, other than the fading.

**Music/Sounds**: None.

**Availability**: Even more common than the previous warning. It first appeared on the 1996 tapes of *Barney's Once Upon a Time*, *Barney in Concert* and *Rock with Barney*. It can also be found on Lyrick Studios VHS releases of *VeggieTales*, *Barney*, and *Wishbone*, as well as early HiT Entertainment releases. It even appears on some Everland/Word Entertainment VHS releases of *VeggieTales* from 1998 to 2002.

### October 7, 2003

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**Warning**: Same as the 2001 Time-Life warning

**FX/SFX**: None.

**Music/Sounds**: None.

**Availability**: Seen at the end of the 2003 U.S. MGM DVD of *Second Star to the Left* in place of the 3rd warning screen.

### 2006

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**Warning**: Same as the Sony Pictures Home Entertainment warning screens.

**FX/SFX**: The fade in and the fade out on this American warning. The fade in, the crossfade to French and the fade out on this Canadian warning.

**Music/Sounds**: None.

**Availability**: Uncommon. Seen on all MGM DVDs distributed by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment from 2005 to 2006, such as the *James Bond: Ultimate Collection*, *Fame: The Complete 1st Season*, *The Amityville Horror (2005)*, *Blizzard*, the Deluxe Editions of *The Producers* and *Road House*, *Rock-a-Doodle*, *Death to the Supermodels*, *My Summer Story* and *Me and You and Everyone We Know*.

### 2007-2013

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**Warning**: Same as the 2004 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment FBI Anti-Piracy Warning.

**FX/SFX**: None.

**Music/Sounds**: None.

**Availability**: Common. Seen on all MGM releases distributed by Fox from 2006 to 2013, such as *Copying Beethoven*, *Stone Cold*, the MGM reissue of *The Fabulous Baker Boys* (previously released by Live Entertainment), *True Confessions*, *Pulp*, *Feast of Love*, *Charlie Bartlett*, *Pathology*, *Igor*, *College*, and *Skyfall*.

### 2007-2009

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**Warning**: Same as the 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment INTERPOL warning screen.

**FX/SFX**: None.

**Music/Sounds**: None.

**Availability**: Seen at the start of MGM DVD and Blu-ray releases distributed by Fox from 2006 to 2009.

### 2008-present

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**Warning**: On a black background is the white warning text from the DVD versions of the previous warning, except “DVD” replaces “video device”.

**Variant**: Depending on the release, the text appears in either Helvetica or BTC Benguiat Medium.

**FX/SFX**: None.

**Music/Sounds**: None.

**Availability**: Seen on U.S. and UK current CBS DVD/Blu-ray releases such as the remastered versions of *Star Trek: The Original Series*, and releases of *Family Ties*, *Friday the 13th: The Series*, *The Fugitive*, and seasons 1-3 of *Cannon*.

### 2010-2020

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**Warning**: Same as the 2009 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment warning screens, except the text *Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, LLC* is replaced by *Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc.*

**FX/SFX**: None.

**Music/Sounds**: None.

**Availability**: Seen at the end of all MGM releases distributed by Fox from 2009 to 2020.

### April 4, 2011

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**Warning**: On a black background, a squeezed, redesigned FBI seal wih white warning text underneath fades in and out.

**FX/SFX**: The fading.

**Music/Sounds**: None.

**Availability**: This was found on an MGM Limited Edition Collection DVD of *The Ceremony*.

### April 30, 2013-2021

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**Warning**: Same as the 2011 Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment FBI Anti-Piracy warning.

**FX/SFX**: None.

**Music/Sounds**: None.

**Availability**: Current. Seen on newer Paramount DVDs and Blu-ray Discs starting with *The Guilt Trip*. The first screen appears just after hitting "Play" on the main menu, while the second screen appears after the movie.

### 2013–2020

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**FX/SFX**: None.

**Music/Sounds**: None.

**Availability**: Seen on all MGM releases distributed by Fox from 2013 until 2020, such as *Spectre, If I Stay,* and the remakes of *Child's Play, Carrie* and *RoboCop*. These warnings are also used on MGM (United Artists Releasing) films distributed by Universal Pictures Home Entertainment.

### 2020-present

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**Variants**: On Blu-rays and UHD Blu-rays, on a red background, it has white warning text.

**FX/SFX**: None.

**Availability**: Seen on current MGM releases distributed by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment since 2020.