Hari Puttar Is No Joke

Really, there is a movie about Hari Puttar. It is a Bollywood movie, made by a film corporation in India. And Warner Brothers is suing:

“The makers of Bollywood film Hari Puttar, which has prompted a lawsuit by Hollywood studio Warner Bros, say the flick has nothing in common with the Harry Potter movie series.

The Hollywood studio, which owns the rights to the boy wizard movies, has taken the Indian producers to court over the film’s title, which it says sounds like Harry Potter.”

link: Indian producers defend Hari Puttar film

Imitation may be a form of flattery. However, in this case, it also generates world wide press coverage and free publicity. It would seem that any Harry Potter fans who cannot distinguish Hari Puttar from J.K. Rowling’s boy wizard deserve to be parted from their money. A sure way to stop this form of exploitation of Harry Potter is for people to decide with their dollars. Nevertheless, such spoofs ’sound like’ trouble to Hollywood and it means more work for lawyers.

Catherine Forsythe