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MARCH 3, 2008 at 2:59 PM
Posted by CHEESER
Source: Canadian Press
Winnipeg, Canada folk music group Wyrd Sisters are continuing their two-year-old battle
with Warner Bros. over the similarly named (but alternately spelled) band in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, even though the group failed to halt the 2005 film's release and Warner Bros. removed all mention of it from the movie.
The folk group -- which attempted to trademark "Wyrd Sisters" in 2005 (its status remains "opposed") -- is now demanding that all remaining DVDs, video games and other merchandise that reference The Weird Sisters be destroyed. Kim Baryluk, the group's founder, said that included the film's soundtrack, the Harry Potter Scene-It DVD game, and trading cards.
"Consumers will assume that the smaller and less famous Canadian band is trying to take advantage of the Harry Potter fame by copying the Harry Potter band's name when in fact the reverse is true," Baryluk said in her statement of claim to the Federal Court of Canada in Toronto.
An Ontario Supreme Court judge previously ordered Baryluk to pay $140,000 in court costs to Warner Bros. for the failed attempt to block Goblet of Fire from being released to theaters in 2005. That payment has not been made.
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Delusional Army Soldier
Points: 4399
ILoveHP! says:
Okay that is so weird. Why don't they just give up?
Posted Mar 8, 2008 at 9:35 PM EST
Prof. Alfred W. Mandoore
Points: 2445
JAYSTARR says:
This is wryd and should of never been posted on HPANA...It is getting all our Fans upset. Two different spellings that does not have anything to do with a Harry Potter Books.
Posted Mar 9, 2008 at 11:27 AM EST
Order of Merlin, 2nd Class
Points: 1763
hufflepuff_babe says:
I don't see how they could win the case...
Some things are coincidence, some things people exploit.
Posted Mar 10, 2008 at 11:24 PM EST
Auror
Points: 2572
Mystique says:
This is silly. The name was taken from the book. So if theband existed before GOTF was written, they should take up thier issue with JKR. If the band came into existence after, well then perhaps JKR should sue them :)
Posted Mar 13, 2008 at 3:50 PM EST
Auror
Points: 2011
brenpotterfans says:
Oh give me a break. That folk band is just trying to use Goblet of Fire to make money they didn't earn and to actually get their name out their and heard.
Posted Mar 13, 2008 at 6:57 PM EST
Auror
Points: 2223
Pheonixflames says:
Oh my - they aren't still going on about this are they?Doesn't anyone ever read those disclaimers in the front covers of the books, and dvd jackets? You know, the ones that state that names, places etc. in the published works are purely fictional and any relation to real life persons or places are just coincidental?
Seriously...
I will say it one more time, they have no case. Dingbats.
Posted Mar 14, 2008 at 5:58 PM EST
Witch
Points: 605
Sahara says:
Get over yourselves guys! Come on do you really think that you are going to make it rich on the coat tales of Harry Potter just because you claim your band name was stolen. You do not even have a copy right on the name. Just back down gracefully and move on. You could always start writing songs about Harry Potter and his adventures, who knows may be fans will like it and you will make some money after all.
Posted Mar 15, 2008 at 4:33 PM EST
Auror
Points: 2424
bonniewrightrulz says:
These Wyrd sisters..whoever they are cant win.its as simple as that.No one beats HP.So stupid really,i think they are only doing this to gain some publicity.
Posted Jun 18, 2008 at 3:40 PM EST
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