Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Warning Screens

November 1979-1983, USA only
 Warning A : On a blue background, the yellow words  THESE FILMS ARE SOLD FOR HOME USE ONLY.

 ANY DUPLICATION, REPRODUCTION, PUBLIC PERFORMANCE, OR COMMERCIAL USE IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED.

scroll up and stop when they are at the screen. This fades out and goes to...

 Warning B : It's almost the same as the 1979-2004 Warner Home Video warning screen, except it features the "Title 17" text on the bottom and is placed on a red background.

 Variants :
 * A black and white version exists on B&W films.
 * On Goodtimes reissues of early Columbia videocassettes such as Fast Break and The Owl and the Pussycat, the warning screens are presented in reverse order, and put at the start of the tape.
 * Normally, both screens would fade in, but on the first wave of VHS releases in November 1979 (including The Deep and Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger), as well as the 1981 VHS of Cat Ballou, the end of the closing credits cuts right to the first screen.
 * From 1980 onward, the first screen would fade in on a blue screen. Then after five seconds, the text scrolls up. Titles with this version include Staketown, U.S.A., Love and Anarchy, Union City, Oliver!, A Special Day, and the Laserdisc of Happy Birthday to Me. It makes surprise appearances on Yor: The Hunter from the Future, Educating Rita, Fallen Angel, and The Toy, all of which are RCA/Columbia releases.
 * The Blue Lagoon and Hot Stuff also have this variant, but it cuts in on the blue screen. This is also on the VHS version of Kramer vs. Kramer, except the blue screen is shorter.
 * On Breakout (at least the Betamax version), ...And Justice for All., and The Last Detail, the first screen cuts in.
 * The Last Detail has a longer black screen between the first and second screens. The second screen then cuts in and fades out.
 * On the original VHS editions of Bye Bye Birdie and Midnight Express, the first screen slowly fades in as the warning scrolls up.
 * This also occurs on Stolen Kisses, The Man Who Loved Women, and Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River, except at a faster rate.
 * On the Laserdiscs of Kramer vs. Kramer, Tess, and The Guns of Navarone, the first screen fades in just before the text starts to scroll.

 FX/SFX : The scrolling of the words on the first screen. The second screen is still, but kinda looks like live-action.

 Music/Sounds : None.

 Music/Sounds Variants : Some early CPHE releases have bizarre instances of the closing theme (usually) playing over any part of the warning sequence:
 * On the 1980 VHS/Betamax release of Close Encounters of the Third Kind, the closing theme of the Special Edition plays over the two screens, with the music ending after the end of the second warning screen. (Its 1981 Laserdisc counterpart places the warning screens after the end of the closing theme.) The 1980 release is extremely rare and hard to find, and can be indicated by the appearance of the print version of the Columbia Pictures Starburst.
 * On Shamus, Harlan County, USA, The Guns of Navarone, The Man Who Loved Women, and a 1981 reissue of The Deep, if you listen closely, you can hear some beeps on the first screen and most of the Columbia Pictures logo music playing over the second screen.
 * On Mr. Smith Goes to Washington and Born Yesterday, the end of the closing theme plays over the first screen (plastering the film's closing Columbia logo), and as the second screen fades in on the former film, we hear a strange projector stop noise.
 * On Mysterious Island, Bye Bye Birdie, You Light Up My Life, and Cat Ballou, the end of the closing theme plays just as the first screen starts.
 * In a similar occurrence to the Close Encounters of the Third Kind variant, the 1983 RCA/Columbia VHS (which is a modified version of the original 1981 release) of Easy Rider has Roger McGuinn's "Ballad of Easy Rider" playing over both screens.
 * On Stolen Kisses, the closing music is cut off just as the warning screen fades in.

 Availability : Seen at the end of most Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment releases, as well as some early RCA/Columbia titles such as the 1983 releases of Hot Stuff and Yor: The Hunter from the Future. Titles with the B&W version include Gilda and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. The latter variant made surprise appearances at the end of a few tapes such as The Three Stooges: A Plumbing We Will Go, The Three Stooges: Healthy, Wealthy and Dumb, Oliver!, Pat Benatar in Concert, and a 1991 reissue of 1776. On Canadian tapes such as The Toy, only the first screen is shown, as the second is instead replaced with the below warning.

November 1979-present, Canada only/1991-present, USA
 Warning : On a firebrick background, there is a white tube with a "WARNING" and two red dots. Below is the text in white. A few moments later, the "WARNING" turns to "ATTENTION" and the text turns to French.

 Variants :
 * Starting in 1997, the warning was remade for the then-new DVD format, with the "WARNING/ATTENTION" tube a bit narrower and the text in different fonts.
 * Two widescreen versions exist:
 * The first version has blue bars on both the left and right sides of the screen. This can be seen on the 1997 DVD releases of Jumanji, In the Line of Fire, and Desperado.
 * The second version is stretched to fill the screen. This can be seen on later 1997 DVDs.
 * On Blu-ray Discs since 2007 and DVDs since late 2015, the warning cuts from black rather than fading in.
 * On early Blu-rays such as Hitch, S.W.A.T, and The Last Waltz, the first screen fades to a black screen, and then the second screen fades in.
 * A recreated version of the original 1979 variant exists. This was found on a demo DVD of Just Add Water.

 FX/SFX : The transition from English to French.

 Music/Sounds : None.

 Availability : Very common. It was first used on Canadian videotapes in place of the second screen on the first warning, and can be see on all DVD releases from Columbia Tristar Home Video/Entertainment/Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. It also appeared on early Lionsgate releases in Canada, such as Ghost Rock, and early HBO DVD releases in the USA (with the 4th warning preceding it). It was also, strangely enough, found at the end of certain Cartoon Network DVD releases, such as Adventure Time: The Complete First Season and Regular Show: The Best DVD in the World (at this moment in time). Starting with the 2012 Blu-ray of Looper, this is no longer used at the beginning of Sony Pictures Blu-rays, being swapped in favor of Universal's new warning, but this is still used at the end. Phase 4 Films, Kaboom! Entertainment (from 2004 onward), Hemdale Home Video (only on 1995 Canadian VHS releases), Morningstar Entertainment, and Molson Entertainment/Don Cherry DVD and VHS releases use this warning also, as does the 2009 Canadian Vivendi DVD of Bakugan Battle Brawlers. In the U.S., the original version appeared on demo tapes starting in 1991, and can be seen on 1993-onward Laserdisc and demo VHS/DVD releases from CTHV/CTHE/SPHE.

1982-1987, USA only
 Warning : On a blue background, the text:

These films are sold for home use only.

Any duplication, reproduction, public performance or commercial use is strictly prohibited.

...scrolls up and rests when all lines are on screen. After a few moments, it fades (or cuts) to the next warning.

 Variants :
 * Later on in its life, the words appear already formed.
 * For the early version of the FBI Warning mentioned below, it fades to the warning.
 * There is a variant where the background is a lighter shade of blue, and the text is in a thinner font.
 * A black and white variant of this warning exists. This can be seen on the 1983 VHS of Dr. Strangelove and some copies of the 1986 VHS of All the King's Men (others use the color warnings).

 FX/SFX : The scrolling of the words, the cut to the warning screen.

 Music/Sounds : None.

 Availability : Seen on early RCA/Columbia releases. Tapes with the first version include Tootsie, The King of Comedy, and Christine. Tapes with the later version include Ghostbusters, The Lords of Flatbush, and The Evil That Men Do. This and the next warning screen were first featured on some of the later Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment releases, such as The Batty World of Baseball and Wrong is Right. Strangely, this was left intact at the end of a 1993 VHS reissue of St. Elmo's Fire and a 2001 VHS reissue of The Natural. The still variant also appears on a 1990 Columbia Classics rerelease of Fire Down Below.

1982-December 28, 2004, USA only
 Warning : On top, we see a dodger blue background with "FBI" and the FBI logo next to it. Under it, a blue background with "WARNING" and the Warning text is shown.

 Variations :
 * On a few early RCA/Columbia releases, the background portion with "FBI" and the FBI logo is orchid-colored.
 * There is an early version of this warning, which has a bit bigger text and a little bit of space between "WARNING" and the text.
 * On DVDs starting in mid-1997, the top blue part is larger, the font became somewhat more modified, and "FBI" and the seal are larger as well. The seal is also now in color.
 * On VHS releases starting with Trapped, the warning was redesigned. Here, the white FBI seal was replaced with a color version, the top bar is a bit darker, and the font is bolder.
 * On the VHS releases of Godzilla (1998) and Big Daddy, the warning screen's duration is a little more than one second.
 * A black and white variant of this warning exists. This can be seen on the 1983 VHS of Dr. Strangelove and some copies of the 1986 VHS of All the King's Men (others use the color warnings).
 * On Edde Entertainment releases, "FBI" is white and there's an additional " WARNING! " next to it. The font is Futura, the warning text is in lowercase and altered.
 * On Parents Approved Video releases, the background is dark blue with the word "FBI" in white while the word "WARNING" is orange on a red bar. The two badges replaced the FBI seal and the warning text is altered.
 * On First Look Home Entertainment releases, the background is stone, the FBI seal is colorized and bigger and the warning text is altered.
 * On Westlake Entertainment releases, the background is stylized blue, the bar is red, "FBI" and the seal are larger, and the warning text is different.
 * On pre-1989 Vidmark Entertainment releases, the background is navy blue, the warning text is altered and in italics and it reads "FBI WARNING".
 * On pre-2008 Starmaker Entertainment and Ketchup Entertainment releases, the FBI Anti-Piracy Warning seal appears in lieu of the FBI seal and the word "FBI" and the warning text is in different.
 * Until 1987, as well as on earlier releases, the preceding "These films are sold" text would cut to this warning.
 * There is a variant of the above mentioned version where the background is a lighter shade of blue, and the words are in a different font. The FBI warning also has the text other than "FBI" in a different font.
 * A widescreen version of the DVD variant has been spotted on the widescreen sides of early DVDs such as The Fifth Element and Philadelphia.
 * Three of Sony's earliest DVD releases (Jumanji, In the Line of Fire, and Desperado, all of which were released in the second quarter of 1997) have a "pillarboxed" variant of the VHS version, with blue bars on the left and right of the screen.
 * An extended version was found on a 2002 Academy screener VHS of xXx, where the warning is on-screen for thirty seconds!
 * A 1.85:1 version appears on the 2005 Wonderscape Entertainment DVD of My Fantastic Field Trip to the Planets.

 FX/SFX : None.

 Music/Sounds : None usually.

 Music/Sounds Variants :
 * On the 1993 VHS of The Bride, the very end of the 1993 CTHV logo's music echoes into the start of the warning.
 * On Baby Bumblebee releases, a female announcer says "Please stay tuned after the program for information about other releases available from Baby Bumblebee."

 Availability : Very, very common. It appears on all RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video and Columbia-TriStar Home Video/Entertainment releases, as well as releases from AIP Home Video and Dualstar Video, plus certain Vidmark Entertainment releases from the 1980s, mid-1980s Interglobal Video tapes, some Baby Bumblebee releases, early HBO DVDs, the CMV Enterprises DVD of Pink Floyd's The Wall, and the 1990 VHS of An Evening with Charlie Prose.
 * The early version is seen on older prints of Tootsie and Christine.
 * The orchid-colored background portion variation can be found on the 1987 release of Armed Response.
 * The 2002 VHS version can be seen on 2002-04 VHS releases such as Trapped, Punch-Drunk Love, Fahrenheit 9/11, Daddy Day Care, Big Fish, National Security, All I Want, Basic, Tiptoes, and Radio. It was also used on Spellbound, whose DVD equivalent instead features Buena Vista's warning.
 * It also makes surprise appearances on the VHS releases of The Magic School Bus: Going Batty, Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare, and Affliction.
 * Like the previous warning, this was first featured on some of the later Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment releases, such as The Batty World of Baseball and Wrong is Right.
 * The DVD variant can also be seen on The Ultimate Battle, a Transformers DVD that Hasbro packaged with their 2007 Optimus Prime and Megatron toys.
 * The 1984 version appears twice on some demo tapes such as Midnight Express.
 * Some Laserdisc releases, such as the 1987 release of Ishtar, feature this before the LaserVision logo.
 * The original version was last seen on the 2002 VHS of Stuart Little 2, though demo tapes such as Maid in Manhattan and Joe and Max continued to use it following the second appearance of the Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment logo (the 2002 VHS version was used right after the demo tape previews ended). The final releases to use it in general were Resident Evil: Apocalypse and Trois: The Escort.

 Note : Goodtimes reissues of Columbia product, such as Blue Thunder, Silent Rage, and St. Elmo's Fire, used their own warnings, as did Turner tapes, which used the one described below.

November 9, 1994-1997
 Nicknames : "White FBI," "Odd FBI," "Freaky FBI"

 Warning : On a white background, there is a black FBI square with a weird looking FBI logo. On the right of it is the text in black.

 FX/SFX : None.

 Music/Sounds : None.

 Availability : Seen on releases from Turner Home Entertainment and Columbia TriStar Home Video co-releases with Castle Rock Entertainment such as City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold, Forget Paris, and Before Sunrise.

January 4, 2005-March 27?, 2012
 Warning : Same as the other companies' warnings from 2004, except the font is no longer outlined and the FBI Anti-Piracy Warning seal is smaller.

 Variants :


 * An enhanced variant exists on Blu-rays, where a different background is used, the seal is bigger, and the text is rearranged.
 * This warning screen may appear in widescreen or fullscreen.

 FX/SFX : None.

 Music/Sounds : None.

 Availability : The original version was seen on later-day Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment releases and all Sony Pictures Home Entertainment releases, until 2006 on VHS and until 2012 on DVD. The first releases to feature it were Little Black Book, Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2, and the DVDs of Magic in the Water, Riding Giants, and Slappy and the Stinkers, and among the last with it were Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star, The Ides of March, Drive, Take Shelter, and Jack and Jill. It was also spotted on the 2005 First Look Home Entertainment VHS of The Snow Walker. The enhanced version was only used on Blu-rays. The latter version is also surprisingly retained on an early edition of the 2008 20th Century Fox Blu-ray of The Last Waltz, which is a repackaged version of the original 2006 release (which even retains the original Sony disc art).

May 8, 2012-present
 Warning : Same as the other companies' warnings from 2011.

 Variants :
 * Earlier releases with this warning, such as The Vow, put the screens in reverse order, and feature the second screen crossfading to the first.
 * On the 2019 Blu-ray of Look Who's Talking, the second screen is removed.
 * On the 2020 Blu-ray of High School High, the screens fade in and out, but are put in the proper order unlike the early variant.

 FX/SFX : None.

 Music/Sounds : None.

 Availability : Seen on all Sony Pictures Home Entertainment releases to the present day on Blu-ray and DVD.

Early 1982-1984
 Warning : On a white background, we see the "Genuine first generation copy" notice in black. After a few moments, it slideshows into the warning text scrolling, in a red color.

 FX/SFX : The scrolling of the warning text for the second half.

 Music/Sounds : None.

 Availability : Ultra rare. Seen on the very first RCA/Columbia Pictures International Video releases in the United Kingdom.

1984-1985
 Warning : On a white background, we see the red "Genuine first generation copy" text, which is in a different script from before, fades in and fades out in a Times font. Then, we see the warning text scrolling up, but there's an exclamation point at the end of "prosecution".

 FX/SFX : Same as before.

 Music/Sounds : None.

 Availability : Seen on 1984-1985 RCA/Columbia Pictures International Video releases in the UK, mainly later pre-cert and early post cert ones, such as Jabberwocky and Conan the Destroyer.

 Editor's Note : As with HBO's warnings, the word "editing" is featured.

1985-1988
 Warning : On a red background, we see the "Genuine first generation copy" text from before, this time in white, in small print and in Arial font. Then it fades out to make room for the Warning text from before, this time, also in small print, then the whole thing fades out, leaving only the red screen, before going to black.

 FX/SFX : The fade in and out.

 Music/Sounds : None.

 Availability : Seen on RCA/Columbia Pictures International Video UK releases from 1985-1988, most notably Ghostbusters and its animated spin-off, The Real Ghostbusters.

 Editor's Note : Same as beforehand.

1988-1989
 Warning : On a pale marble background, we see the "Genuine first generation copy" notice scrolling up. Then we see the warning text scrolling up. After the text finishes scrolling, the pale marble background remains before fading out to black.

 FX/SFX : The scrolling up of the text.

 Music/Sounds : None.

 Availability : This is extremely short-lived. Seen on RCA/Columbia Pictures International Video UK releases from 1988-1989, and also on a few Cinema Club/Video Collection releases of Columbia Pictures films.

 Editor's Note : Same as the previous two warnings.

1989-1993
 Warning : On a black background, we see the white warning text scrolling up.

 FX/SFX : The scrolling up of the text.

 Music/Sounds : None.

 Availability : More common than any of the previous UK warning screens. Seen on RCA/Columbia Pictures International Video UK releases from 1989-1992 and early Columbia TriStar Home Video UK releases from 1992-1993.

 Editor's Note : Same as the previous three warnings.

1990-1997
 Warning : After the 20/20 Vision logo, we zoom out. The same warning text from above scroll upward, except "WARNING" in blue and the remaining text shines in blue and coral pink.

 FX/SFX : The scrolling of the text.

 Music/Sounds : None.

 Availability : Can be seen on all 20/20 Vision releases in the UK, such as Rock-A-Doodle, Drop Dead Fred, and Mixed Nuts.

 Editor's Note : Like above, it says "editing."

1993-2006
1993-1995 Variant

 Warning : On a blue gradient background (sometimes brighter) is yellow generic warning text in Helvetica (with "WARNING" underlined above it) scrolling up.

 Variant : On 1993-1997 releases, the font is in Futura and the text is either spaced out (on 1993-1995 releases) or not (on December 1993-1997 releases).

 FX/SFX : The scrolling of the text.

 Music/Sounds : None.

 Availability : Seen at the beginning after the Columbia TriStar Home Video (later Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment) logo on Columbia TriStar PAL tapes and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment PAL tapes including Men in Black, The Net, Call Me Claus, MacBeth, Spider-Man, and Philadelphia. Sometimes it is seen at the beginning and at the end of some tapes (for example, 2000s reprints of 1984's Ghostbusters, 1998's Madeline, 2000's The Patriot and 1968's Oliver!). The 1994-1997 variant was also seen on Metrodome Distribution, Feature Film Company, Nu Image and Marquee Pictures releases in the UK, and Eureka Video releases in Australia.

 Editor's Note : Once again, "editing" is mentioned.

1993-1998
 Warning : On a black-turquoise background, we see the text " COPYRIGHT WARNING " scrolling up. Below it is the white warning text, in different script from the last warning.

 FX/SFX : The scrolling up.

 Music/Sounds : None.

 Availability : Seen on Columbia TriStar Laserdiscs in the UK.

1997-2001


 Warning : On a black background the warning text in Times New Roman (with "WARNING" underlined above it) fades in and after a few seconds, it fades out.

 FX/SFX : None.

 Music/Sounds : None.

 Availability : Seen on early Columbia TriStar DVDs, such as Bad Boys, Erin Brockovich, Stuart Little and Charlie's Angels.

2001-present


 Warning : On a black background the warning text, in Futura Condensed (with "Warning" above it) fades in, and after a few seconds, fades out.

 FX/SFX : None.

 Music/Sounds : None.

 Availability : Seen on later Columbia TriStar DVDs and most Sony Pictures Home Entertainment DVDs, such as Bad Boys II, Spider-Man, Stuart Little 2, The Karate Kid, Click, and The Pink Panther. Also on Blu-ray Disc releases, and CT/SP DVDs and Blu-rays in Australia.

 Editor's Note : Same as the previous four warnings.

Early-to-mid 1980s
 Warning : After the first showing of the RCA/Columbia Pictures International Video logo, we see a slowly scrolling, and rather lengthy, warning text:

 Die Ausstattung und das   Programm (Bild und Ton)   auf dieser Kassette sind  ''' urheberrechtlich geschutz.   Der Besitz der Kassette '''  berechticht ausschliesslich   zur Vorfuhrung im privaten   Bereich fur nichtgewerbliche  ''' Zwecke. Jede andere '''  Benutzung, wie z.B.offentliche   Auf- oder Vorfuhrung,   Sendung, Vervielfaltigung  ''' jeglicher Art ist untersagt.   Ein verstoss gegen dieses '''  Verbot verletzt geltendes   Urheberrecht und zieht straf-   und/oder zivilrechtlicte  ''' Verfolgung nach sich. '''

("The equipment and the program (picture and sound) on this cassette are copyrighted. The possession of the cassette is exclusively for private purposes for non-commercial purposes. Any other use, such as public presentation, transmission, reproduction of any kind, is prohibited. A violation of this prohibition violates applicable copyright laws and leads to criminal and / or civil law prosecution.")

Then we see the RCA/Columbia Pictures International Video logo again and then we see shorter warning text reading:

 Zu Beginn und am Ende   dieser Kassette sehen sie   Szenen aus weiteren Video-   Filmen von RCA/Columbia  ''' Pictures Video.   Unser Gesamt-Programm '''  finden Sie bei Ihrem  ''' Fachhandler.   Und jetzt: Gute Unterhaltung '''

("At the beginning and at the end of this cassette, you will see scenes from other films on video from RCA/Columbia Pictures Video. You can find our complete program at your dealer. And now, great entertainment.")

Then the RCA/Columbia Pictures International Video logo is shown again and then fades out.

 Variant : Sometimes, the warning would be preceded by text reading: "Diese Videokassette wurde für und im Auftrag von RCA/Columbia Pictures International Video und mit deren ausdrucklicher Genehmigung von Rank Video Kopierwerk GmBH hergestellt." ("This videocassette was produced for and on behalf of RCA / Columbia Pictures International Video and with the express permission from Rank Video Kopierwerk GmBH.")

 FX/SFX : Everything described here.

 Music/Sounds : Generic 1980s synth music.

 Availability : This can be seen on German releases from RCA/Columbia Pictures International Video, which can be searched for via ebay.de. One video that had this warning was Ghostbusters.

Mid 1980's-1989
 Warning:  On a gold-white gradient background, we see a grey rolled-up piece of paper zoom in from the top right and flatten itself diagonally. The German warning text - the same from the last German warning screen - scrolls up inside the grey square, but before the warning completly finishes scrolling, the grey paper rolls up, and zooms out to the top right of the screen, before segueing into the RCA/Columbia Pictures International Video logo.

 FX/SFX:  The rolling down and up of the "paper", the scrolling up of the text, mostly early CGI.

 Music/Sounds:  A downbeat electronic synth-rock score.

 Availability:  Should appear on later PAL tapes from Germany, released by RCA/Columbia Pictures International Video. Check ebay.de.

1989-Early 1990's
 Warning:  The RCA/Columbia Pictures International Video logo animates, but then zooms back to reveal itself inside the frame of a filmstrip. The filmstrip moves left, pushing the box with the logo in it offscreen. The German warning text scrolls up inside the next frame of filmstrip, the same text from the first half of the previous two German warning screens. In the meantime, the sprockets on the filmstrip shine from right to left. The filmstrip moves left again after the warning scrolls, revealing the RCA/Columbia Pictures International Video logo again.

 FX/SFX:  The animation of the logo, combined with the filmstrip zooming out and moving, the warning text scrolling up, and the sprockets shining.

Music/Sounds:  A dramatic, though dreamy-sounding synthesised score.

 Availability:  Again, on later German PAL tapes from RCA/Columbia Pictures International Video.

1982-1983, 1986
 Warning : Same as the UK warning, but there's no "Genuine first generation copy" text, the text was shortened, was in a bolder font, and scrolled up at a slower pace.

 Variant:  In other cases, the background would be light blue, and the text would be white.

 FX/SFX : Same as below.

 Music/Sounds : None.

 Availability : Ultra rare. Seen on 1982-83 RCA/Columbia Pictures International Video releases in Australia. The variant appears on VHS releases from RCA/ Columbia Pictures Music Video in the UK, such as Whitney Huston - The Video Hits.

1983-1987
 Warning : On a blue background, we see the warning text scrolling up.

 Variants :
 * From 1983 to 1984, the warning is on a sky blue or grey background, and the text is in black outlines.
 * Starting in 1984, the outlines are removed, the background is indigo and has a shadow drop in it.

 FX/SFX : The scrolling of the warning.

 Music/Sounds : None.

 Availability : Seen on RCA/Columbia Pictures International Video Australia releases, as well as early RCA/Columbia Pictures/Hoyts releases, such as Christine.

1983-1985
 Warning : On a blue background, we see the warning text, in longer text from before scrolling up.

 Variant : An earlier version exists, where the text is on a sky blue background, and we see the red text "WARNING" above.

 FX/SFX : The scroll up.

 Music/Sounds : None.

 Availability : Seen on Hoyts Distribution and some early RCA/Columbia Pictures/Hoyts releases such as Hells Angels Forever and Breakdance.

1987-1991
 Warning : On a black background, we see a yellow outline of a television set. Inside it is the red word "WARNING" and underneath it is yellow text. This warning screen is very similar to Roadshow Home Video's warning screen on Australian tapes.

 FX/SFX : None.

 Music/Sounds : None.

 Availability : Seen on RCA/Columbia Pictures/Hoyts releases, such as Death Wish IV.

1991-2004
 Warning : On a black background, a red "WARNING" fades in at the top and white text scrolls up. In the middle of the text, there's "IT IS PROHIBITED TO" in red. After it finishes scrolling, "WARNING" fades out.

 Variants :
 * On DVD releases, the font was changed to a bolder one and "DVD" replaces "LASER DISC".
 * On later VHS releases, the warning faded after scrolling up and fading through "WARNING".

 FX/SFX : The fading of "WARNING" and the scrolling of the text.

 Music/Sounds : None.

 Availability : Appears on Australian Columbia TriStar VHS cassettes, such as Charlie's Angels, America's Sweethearts, Loch Ness and Secret Window, as well as RCA/Columbia Pictures/Hoyts releases, such as Hudson Hawk.

1997-2000
 Warning : We see a still shot of the clouds from the 1993 Columbia/Tristar Home Video logo which are frozen in place. On this background, Mexican Spanish warning text scrolls up. "ADVERTENCIA" is underlined in red, and the last set of text says "DIGA !NO! A LA PIRATERIA" with the "NO" being in a much larger size and in red.

 FX/SFX : The scrolling.

 Music/Sounds : None.

 Availability : Very rare. This can be seen on Mexican videotapes such as The 3 Worlds of Gulliver, Jerry Maguire, Red Heat, Desperado, and Big Daddy.

2000-2005


 Warning : Similar to the previous warning, except all the text is white, "ADVERTENCIA" is larger, the anti-piracy statement reads "NO A LA PIRATERIA," and following it is "AMV Asociación Mexicana De Video."

 FX/SFX : The scrolling.

 Music/Sounds : None.

 Availability : Seen on later-day Mexican videotapes from Sony, such as The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland, The Deep End of the Ocean, and Man of the House.

2001


 Warning : Next to a still, angled shot of the finished Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment logo, Turkish warning text scrolls up and then stops.

 FX/SFX : The scrolling.

 Music/Sounds : None.

 Availability : Extremely rare. This was found on a Turkish VCD of All the Pretty Horses.

1991
 Warning : On a gray gradient background, "ADVERTENCIA" blinks for a few seconds. Then Spanish warning text (titled at an angle) scrolls up, followed by another paragraph, this time in all-caps. When it finshes scrolling, it tilts towards the viewer. All text is in blue.

 FX/SFX : The scrolling.

 Music/Sounds : A male voiceover reading the scrolling text.

 Availability : Extremely rare. This was found on a Spanish VHS of The Harder They Fall.

1999


 Warning : On a black background, white warning text (led off by a red " OSTRZEZENIE ") scrolls up.

 FX/SFX : The scrolling.

 Music/Sounds : None.

 Availability : Extremely rare. This was found on a Polish VHS of Big Daddy.

1989


 Warning : On a blue background, white Japanese warning text is seen.

 FX/SFX : None.

 Music/Sounds : None.

 Availability : Extremely rare. This was found on a Japanese VHS of Psycho Cop.