Gativideo/Warning Screens

1st Warning (Fall 1985-Spring 1986)
Warning: On a black background, we see the Legal Video logo to the left, and to the right, we see the following text which is rather small: Translation: The copyright holder of the cinematographic work (including its soundtrack and other accessories), contained in this video cassette, has only been authorized for private and domestic use. All other rights are reserved. In this sense, any other form of unauthorized use, total or partial, is strictly prohibited, such as: Copy, Edition, Reproduction, Addition, Reduction, Translation, as well as any other way that implies the representation of the work contained in this video cassette, Exhibition or Public Dissemination and/or Emission or Transmission through any system, medium or instrument known or to be known. Any form of commercialization that implies direct or indirect profit, such as Exchange and/or Rental and/or Sale without the consent of the right holder, is also prohibited. The violation of any of these exclusive rights of the owner constitutes a violation of the law and implies responsibilities for the infringer that may give rise to civil and/or criminal sanctions.

Technique: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Seen on earlier Legal Video releases from the era.

2nd Warning (1986-1988?)
Warning: On a colored background, we see the company name, followed by the following text in white scrolling up: Arial

Translation: THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OF THE CINEMATOGRAPHIC WORK (including its soundtrack and other attachments) CONTAINED IN THIS VIDEOCASSETTE HAS ONLY AUTHORIZED ITS PRIVATE HOME USE. ALL OTHER RIGHTS ARE RESERVED. IN SUCH SENSE ANY OTHER FORM OF UNAUTHORIZED TOTAL OR PARTIAL USE IS FORBIDDEN, SUCH AS COPYING, EDITION, REPRODUCTION, ADDITION, REDUCTION, TRANSLATION, AS WELL AS ANY OTHER WAY REPRESENTING THE WORK CONTAINED IN THIS VIDEOCASSETTE.PUBLIC EXHIBITION OR BROADCAST AND/OR SCREENING OR TRANSMISSION THROUGH ANY KNOWN OR AS YET UNKNOWN SYSTEM, MEANS OR INSTRUMENT. ANY FORM OF COMMERCIALIZATION THAT IMPLIES A DIRECT OR INDIRECT PROFIT SUCH AS EXCHANGE AND/OR RENT AND/OR SALE IS ALSO PROHIBITED WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF THE RIGHT HOLDER. THE VIOLATION OF ANY OF THESE EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS OF THE HOLDER CONSTITUTES A VIOLATION OF LAW 11.723 IMPLIES RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE OFFENDER THAT MAY RESULT IN CIVIL AND/OR CRIMINAL SANCTIONS.

Variants:
 * On regular Legal Video releases, the background is dodger blue and the company name is in teal.
 * On Legal Video's Video Niño releases, the background is a three-striped color (light green, green and darker green) and the company name is also in teal.
 * On Videoman Internacional releases, the background is and the company name is in pink.

Technique: The scrolling up.

Music/Sounds:
 * Legal Video releases had a portion of "Ruby Ruby Ruby" by Bob James.
 * Videoman Internacional release had an excerpt of "Give It All You Got" by Chuck Mangione.

Availability: Presumably seen on Legal Video and Videoman Internacional releases.

3rd Warning (1988-1989)
Warning: Same as the previous warning, but with the following changes:
 * On Legal Video releases:
 * The background is teal.
 * "LEGAL VIDEO S.A." is replaced by " Times New Roman ".
 * On Videoman Internacional releases:
 * The background is grey.
 * "VIDEOMAN INTERNACIONAL S.A." is replaced by " Times New Roman ".
 * " Arial Black " has the word " Arial Black " added between " Arial Black " and " Arial Black ".
 * The text scrolls a little faster.

Technique: Same as the previous warning.

Music/Sounds:
 * Legal Video releases had an excerpt of "I'll Never See You Smile Again" by Bob James and Earl Klugh.
 * Videoman Internacional releases had an excerpt of "It's Only Me" by Bob James.

Music/Sounds Variant: At least one Legal Video release had a higher-pitched excerpt of "Marcosinho" by Dave Valentin.

Availability: Seen on later releases from the company such as My Science Project, Rock n' Roll Mom and Munchies.

4th Warning (1989-2006)
Warning: On a deep sky blue background, we see the following text scroll up: Times New Roman

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 " Times New Roman ".
 * Both instances of " Times New Roman " are written as " Times New Roman ".
 * The transition between the first two sentences is changed from a comma to a period.
 * The commas after " Times New Roman " and " Times New Roman " are both removed.
 * The word " Times New Roman " is singularized to " Times New Roman ".
 * " Times New Roman " is replaced by " Times New Roman ".
 * The word " Times New Roman " is added after " Times New Roman ".
 * The words " Times New Roman " is replaced by " Times New Roman " ("those").
 * The word " Times New Roman " now has an acute accent.
 * The first instance of the word " Times New Roman " and the words " Times New Roman " are now in lowercase.
 * The first instance of " Times New Roman " is now written as " Times New Roman ".
 * The sentence " Times New Roman " is removed.
 * The phrase " Times New Roman " 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.

5th Warning (1999-2003)
Warning: On a black background is the word "Arial". Below it is the following text: Arial Translation: Arial

Technique: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

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

6th 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.

7th Warning (2005)
Warning: Same as the 2nd SBP Worldwide S.A. warning.

Technique: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Seen on the Critters film series.