ABC DVD (Warning Screens)

From the Audiovisual Identity Database, the motion graphics museum

1st Warning (2002-2005)

Visuals: On a black background, there is the following text in Times New Roman:

WARNING
New Penalties Copyright Amendments Act 1996
INDIVIDUALS FACE UP TO FIVE YEARS
IMPRISONMENT
$50.000 FINE PER OFFENCE
CORPORATIONS FACE UP TO $250.000 FINE
PER OFFENCE.
IT IS PROHIBITED TO:
1. COPY THIS FILM
2. SELL OR HIRE INFRINGING COPIES
3. HAVE INFRINGING COPIES IN YOUR
POSSESSION FOR SALE OR HIRE
4. SCREEN THIS DISC IN PUBLIC. MUST BE FOR
PRIVATE VIEWING ONLY

Technique: A still, computerized graphic.

Audio: None.

Availability: Seen on ABC DVDs, such as the Brum and Boohbah franchises and The Very Best of Thomas & Friends.

2nd Warning (2005-2008, 2010)

Visuals: Same as the previous warning, but the warning cuts in, the font is different, there's no colon after "IT IS PROHIBITED TO", the decimal points and period after "PUBLIC" are replaced with commas and "IT IS PROHIBITED TO" is red.

Technique: A still, computerized graphic.

Audio: None.

Availability: Seen on ABC DVDs during this era. Surprisingly, this also appeared on the 2010 DVD ABC For Kids Favourites 1.

3rd Warning (2008-)

Visuals: Same as the previous warning, but the word "WARNING" is white, the text "New Penalties Copyright Amendments Act 1996" is replaced by "New penalties Copyright Amendment Act 2006", most of the text is in lowercase, the numbers "$50,000" and "$250,000" are replaced with "$93,500" and "$467,500" respectively, "It is prohibited to" is no longer red, the phrase "MUST BE FOR" is replaced by "this copy is for", and the phrase "Converting this film into digital or other electronic machine readable form may aggravate an offence." is added after the text.

Technique: A still, computerized graphic.

Audio: None.

Availability: Seen on ABC DVDs since 2008, except for the 2010 DVD ABC For Kids Favourites 1, as it used the previous warning instead. The first DVD to use this was Pingu Makes A Discovery.

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