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VA Family Buys Batman DVD, Gets Titan Instead
April 28, 2008 | 6 Comments
[Edits 2:20 pm.] A James City, Virginia woman received a jolt recently when “a discount cartoon DVD” she’d purchased from a Target for her young son turned out to be a disc containing a Titan Media film. Per a newspaper report, “there was nothing about the packaging or disc to suggest pornography.” The DVD itself was blank, although it had been sealed and packaged normally. The woman says she ” ‘opened it, put it in the player and went into the kitchen. I heard my son scream, and when I went to check on him, instead of Batman the screen had three men on it, one of whom had no pants on.’ ” Before ejecting the DVD, she saw the Titan logo. When the disc was returned, a store manager allegedly revealed “it was the third time since Christmas a disc had been returned for the same reason.” The family suspects the switch occurred at the facility where the DVDs are packaged. No complaints have been filed with the police and Target has apologized for the incident. [Source: Vagazette.com.]
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We are appalled and outraged that a DVD with our content would end up in the hands of children. We are convinced that the disk in question did not come from a legitimate Titan Media vendor or replicator. We believe the disk in question may have come from a pirated source.
The original article states the DVD in question did not have a printed faceplate and appeared to have been burned, all of which point to a pirated source of manufacture. We only manufacture our DVDs in two tightly controlled USA factories, neither of which produce cartoon DVDs sold at Target.
Our attorney is contacting Target’s counsel to try and obtain a copy of the disk in question in an effort to track down who made the disk. We are 100% committed to ensuring our content only ends up in the hands of adults specifically wishing to view out content. If, as we suspect, the DVD was from an unauthorized source we will vigorously pursue a copyright infringment investigation.”
Keith this happened a few years back and it was a Disney DVD then as well. It turned out to be a disgruntled employee at the firm handling Disney Content who slipped in a pirated porno disc.
He hoped to get HIS company in trouble.
I bet the same thing happened here Target should be looking at THEIR Source!
Oh my, a gay disgruntled employee.
Perhaps his name was Robin?
Perhaps his name was Robin?
Out of curiosity, which movie was it?