Hari Puttar

I was taking a dump this morning (as I always do) and I was reading yesterday's paper.

I came across the weirdest news ever (at least, to me, in the entertainment and copyright world).

A bollywood film titled "Hari Puttar: A comedy of terror" is being sued by Warner Bros for apparently infringing into Harry Potter's franchise. They claim the movie title is a little too close to their bespectacled boy wizard epic movies.

Warner Bros. is seeking an injunction against the film, which is set for release Sept. 12. Hearings began Monday and the next is scheduled for Sept. 2.

But of course the makers of Hari Puttar claim otherwise. According to them, the movie is nothing about wizardry at all and Hari is a common indian name. Puttar on the other hand means 'son'.

They went on to say that the story is actually about an Indian boy left home alone, who fights off burglars when his parents go away on vacation.


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I don't know about you, but that smells like another lawsuit altogether.