Brennan The TCF Fan Home Media Distribution/Warning Screens/United States of America and Canada

### April 16, 1956-October 1969

**Warning**: On a black background, we see the words "COPYING OF THIS QUADRUPLEX VIDEOTAPE IS PROHIBITED BY LAW" in a pixelated font.

**FX/SFX**: A simple fade-in and out.

**Music/Sounds**: None.

**Availability**: Seen on Brennan The TCF Fan Est. 2009 Quadruplex Video releases of the given period.

**Editor's Note**: "Quadruplex" is spelled wrong.

### October 1969-December 1978

**Warning**: On a dark screen, we see the orange words:

**NOTICE:**
"LICENSED ONLY FOR
NON-COMMERCIAL PRIVATE
EXHIBITION IN HOMES. ALL RIGHTS
UNDER COPYRIGHT RESERVED."
**FX/SFX**: Either a fade-in and out or none.

**Music/Sounds**: None.

**Availability**: Seen on Brennan The TCF Fan Est. 2009 U-Matic Video and Sticky Video releases of the given period.

**Editor's Note**: This warning feels outdated on VHS releases.

### December 1978-2008

1978-19851985-20031997-2008 (Fullscreen)1997-2008 (Widescreen)
**Warning**: On a bright red background, we see the words "FBI WARNING" (with "FBI" in large, tall letters) with the FBI logo next to it. Under it is the warning text. The second sentence differs:

* 1978-85: "The Federal Bureau of Investigation investigates allegations of criminal copyright infringement." They also are separated and refer to "Title 17, United States Code, Sections 501 and 506", although the 2nd sentence only refers to 506.
* 1985-2005: "Criminal copyright infringement is investigated by the FBI and may constitute a felony with a maximum penalty of up to five years in prison and/or a $250,000 fine."

**Variants**:

* A black and white version exists on releases of black and white films.
* Debuting in 1985, the background is solid red, set at moderate brightness. The first sentence is mostly unchanged, with a modification to read "copyrighted motion pictures, video tapes, and video discs." The second sentence is the "$250,000" version, and all text is in a Helvetica Bold font except "FBI WARNING". The mentions of Title 17 have also been removed. There is also a third sentence, which is the same as the text from the 1969 screen, but is not fully capitalized.
* On late 1989-mid 1991 VHS prints, from just before BBC/Brennan Video started printing their tapes at Rank Video Services America, during this above-mentioned screen, a still version of the 1986 BBC/Brennan Video logo appears a couple of times, staying on the screen for about five seconds before cutting back to the warning. It goes warning, logo still, warning, logo still, warning, logo still.
	+ A black and white version of this exists. This can be found on the 1990 VHS of *Vulture*.
* Debuting in 1997, everything is in a somewhat more modern-looking Helvetica font, and has a wallpaper of the BRENNAN name on the BG. In addition, an additional line of text (“Any use or exhibition of this video other than non-commercial home viewing is prohibited.”) is displayed above the “...$250,000 fine” warning text.

**FX/SFX**: None, unless you want to count the BBC/Brennan logo being cut to a couple of times.

**Music/Sounds**: None usually.

**Availability**: Seen on numerous Sticky Video, Brennan The TCF Fan-Est. 2009 Video, BBC/Brennan Video, Brennan Video, and Brennan The TCF Fan Est. 2009 Home Entertainment VHS, Laserdisc, DVD and Blu-ray Disc releases.

**Editor's Note**: While a rather plain-looking (and oft-recycled by other companies) warning, it remains well remembered among collectors of Sticky/BBC/Brennan releases from this era.

### June 22, 2005-September 13, 2015

**Warning**: On a blue/white gradient textured background, we see a color FBI logo with "FBI ANTI-PIRACY WARNING" in a white box in front of it. The warning text in white appears below. This is basically a generic warning screen that was used since late 2004.

**FX/SFX**: None usually.

**Music/Sounds**: None.

**Availability**: Ultra common.

* Used on all 2005-2013 Brennan The TCF Fan Est. 2009 VHS, DVD and Blu-ray releases.

**Editor’s Note**: This is one of the most popular warning screens to exist.

### April 24, 2013–present

**Warning**: This is basically a generic warning screen that was used since 2012.

**FX/SFX**: None.

**Music/Sounds**: None.

**Availability**: Current.