HAHA!!! I knew this would happen. Awesome.

idiots....they seriosly need 2 get a life......im happy WB won and gets **scrolls 2 top 2 check amount** 140,000 bux!!!!! yay wb!!!!!! passing over that...i like kaorca 's comment. @ elphaba_defying_gravity- i had the exact same thought!!!!! i bet we're rite. @ charmed_heart25- i totally agree w/ u 210%!!!!!!!!! ok........i think im through. 2 all u canadian ppl happy canada day!!!!! and happy bday 2 dobby!!!! its also kewl i got the first post on the second page!!!

hahaha....they deserve it...fools ...nxt time think twice befor sue-ing!

haha. of course, no one ever actually thought that was going to work...

OH YAY MORE JUICY MONEY FOR THE CAPITALISTIC WB! PARTY!

Haha, that's what ya get for trying to get rid of Harry Potter! No one can push him down!

ha ha, sucks for them....but i really dont get why they sued in the first place.

LOL!!! How the wheels turned on them!! Trying to get money and instead having to pay them!!! And boy oh boy are they paying!!!

So what was their complaint? I mean, having the same name as something in Harry Potter would've just brought them more fame, but no, they wanted their fame faster. Stop bring legal issues against Harry Potter just to get your 15 minutes! I'm really glad they didn't succeed in banning it from canada, because i'm from there! I'm willing to be that it was them who coppied the name in the first place, it was JKR who came up with it anyways, not the WB. I don't think their name was even mentioned in the movie.

haha, loosers! that's what you get for trying to take on HP!!! *rlf*

What I thought was interesting is that in the Deluxe 2 disk DVD version, the band is introduced as the "Weird Sisters". Maybe WB took it out of the final product BECAUSE of this case. I don't know if it not being in the final movie is why they are getting compensation but I'm not saying they don't desirve it either ;)

pbbbtt.... idiots. Why did they sue for something that didn't even exist? It's not even in the DVD deleted scenes! "I'm proud to present... the band that needs no introduction!" fans: ... because WB would be sued!

LOL... oh my that is good, they sue WB for something that wasnt even in the movie.. Its not even in the Books, i would only be the same if it was Spelled the same, i if i wanted to i could make a harry Potter site Called www.muglenet.com , and would they sue me? no... ( i hope not ) lol...

Ha....Ha!!!!

That is so stupid! There name was not even mentioned in the movie, so therefore they should realize they would loose there case. And, anyone who sues Harry Potter is bound to loose.

lmao. How amusing.

well darn. they just want money.

Hahaha, that shows them. I'll bet the only reason they sued was to get money (and perhaps fame, even though it's negative attention at least from hp fans). Serves them right that they ended up loosing $140k!!!

losers. i mean the sisters are losers.

Yeah, the whole thing is just stupid. I only want to say HAPPY CANADA DAY today, since Winnipeg is in Manitoba, Canada, and today is our birthday! Woo!

THAT'S RIGHT!! man, that band really pissed me off. firstly, i don't know how the band pronounces it's name, but i know the word "wyrd" [as used in beowolf] is pronounced "v-ear-d" [rhymes with beard], and means fate. so that word really has nothing to do with "weird", other than the fact it could be mistakenly pronounced the same way. serves them right. those frikken money-scaming morons.

Okay, now that's just dumb for two reasons: 1) They didn't even mention the name in the movie, so it's pretty much pointless to sue WB for nothing, and 2) JKR put the name in the GOF book about 6 years ago, so why are they suing NOW?

theyre just trying to make money... i guess they really believe 'any business is good business' haha i wonder if theyve actually been around longer than the Harry Potter books?

Ah ha. That sucks for them. They lost and they have to pay the court fees? Clever WB.

Bravo! I wish the judges down here had the gonads to slap down frivolous law suits like that.

I wonder why they don't sue THIS movie instead!! http://imdb.com/title/tt0159931/ It makes more sense than to sue the band in the HP movie, of which doesn't even have the same name! I have actually seen the Wyrd Sisters at a concert before, and I quite liked them. But after hearing this redonkulus charade of theirs, I lost all respect for them. Money makes you greedy, people. Much too greedy.

They should have never sued, but 140k from a little crappy band? They'll be paying that off for the rest of their lives.

yaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyy those sisters were crazy!!!! so what they have the same name i mean if my band name was in a harry potter movie i would be soooo proud!!! they were retareds

Holy Crap. Look at the debt they are in now. Wow.

YAY WINIPEG! BOO WYRD SISTERS!

losers.

Actually, to eatpickledhumans, I think "Weird Sisters" is a play on "Wyrd Sisters" which was a term used in Shakespeare's Macbeth. Bands often change the spelling of phrases or words, which is why I think JKR changed the spelling. But this is really besides the point, since the Wyrd Sisters from Canada had no right to sue in the first place.

I would have taken the 50,000 dollars WB offered them to settle and be done with it. So they could have been up 50K but now they're down 140K

Haha, makes me laugh though, they could have got a lot of publicity from having that name.

Wyrd Sisters? It's not even SPELLED the same! And it's not like the 'Weird Sisters' is a REAL band, it's just in a storybook!!! And they tried to SUE WARNER BROTHERS?! WHAT?! Warner Bros. didn't DO anything! It's kind of like suing one soda company because their soda TASTES like ANOTHER soda! (I would use examples, but I don't know whether or not Coke came before Pepsi) Anyways, didn't the article say they're being fined or something? HOORAY!

Actually, JKR didn't come up with the name either. The idea of "wyrd" dates back to 1100 AD in written form (from Beowulf), is mentioned heavily in the writings of Shakespeare, and possibly dates back even earlier. In Beowulf and many Shakespeare plays, there were often three witches who told the future (like the Fates in Greek Mythology). They were often referred to as the "Wyrd Sisters." Wyrd was a word for someone who had odd gifts of prophecy. The idea that a band would sue over a name like that is just dumb. It's like calling your band "Eggs" and getting mad if someone used it. On the other hand, you can start a band called the "Eggs," trademark the name, and then legally own it. If the Canadian group had trademarked it, they most likely would have won suit against JK, though not WB (since they didn't mention the name in the movie).

HA HA take that stupid people who want money

I find it funny that the Canadian female folk band would sue Warner Brothers and the actors/musicians that performed in the movie, but not anyone else who ever used Wyrd/Wierd sisters. Terry Pratchett (1988 book Wyrd Sisters), Three Wyrd Sisters (American/Celtic band who publically stated they had no problem with the WB use of Wierd/Wyrd Sisters) and Marvel Comics Uk (Wyrd Sisters characters that they have used), among others have used a form of the name, likely in an honorary nod to Shakespeare and possibly other earlier mythological/writings about "Wyrd Sisters". I have searched and searched but have found no Canadian or American registration for trademark by the Canadian Wyrd Sisters (CWS from here on in my rant). Warner Brothers did its job before using the name by finding the CWS, and offering them ANYTHING because they were going to use the same name was a kind gesture. The CWS should have gotten a trademark a long time ago. When WB decided to not use the name, most people would have said OK fine & stopped the lawsuit, and ran and gotten all the copyrights needed, should it ever come up again. The part about the lawsuit that bothered me the most was filing against Jarvis Cocker, Radioheads Jonny Greenwood and Phil Selway, and the other musicians. Asking for 20% of future earnings? It is not likely that the musicans who played the roles will go on tour together as the "Wyrd Sisters from Harry Potter" since they are all well established in thier own right. The CWS are under the impression that if they are to go on tour, say to Australia or New zealand for example that the only ones showing up at thier shows will be Harry Potter fans, who will be dissapointed and want their money back. Now they(CWS) must think that all Harry Potter fans are sheep just flocking to a name & not at all intelligent. They loyal book fans know it is Wierd Sisters not "Wyrd". The fans of the movies alone did not have a name of the band. continued...

I'm glad they lost and have to pay WB's. Serves them right.

...The fans of both venues have done the research, come to wonderful sites like Mugglenet for the news, and would not get fooled into going to a CWS show. The CWS thinks we will mix up an eight member extremly hairy all male "rock" band with three female folkies? What the CWS has done is made them known to many people who will still not see them live, or buy a CD of them. Bad publicity is better than no publicity. Anyway, they lost and have to pay court costs and most likely the WB lawyers, at least many people know who they are now. It will still not make them popular down here in the USA like Celine Dion or Rush. Thanks for letting me get that out, Carolyn

What people will do for a buck lol well ppl you didnt have a case to start with because its not even spelled the same and...you...well its just to retarded for words....

dumbheads

You have to wonder if the outcome would have been the same if the name of the band in the book was Arrowsmith or The Beetles. Since similar cases have gone traditionally in the original artists favor, one wonders. As much as I love Harry Potter, I dislike trampling the little guy even more.

okay are these people completey unaware that "Wyrd" and "Weird" are spelled differently? Or that the Weird Sisters originated from Shakespeare's Macbeth come on.

Serves em right for being retarded and suing because you have a similar name. Its not illegal, plus she didnt know of their existance. Anything for a dime....well their plan back fired.......lol

HAHAHAHAHA too bad for those suckers! now they'll be poor and their band won't exist anymore...they totally deserved it, they asked for millions and millions for just a name (not even the same spelling) and wanted the movie to be banned from theatres...anything more b******? i'm sooo glad they lost and have to pay, people will now think twice before trying to sue wb or jo

doesn't that band know that the movie is based on a book that came out in 2000?? I agree that JKR used the band in the book and why didn't they say anything before? If anything they copied the name from the book!! Thank god they didn't win their lawsuit!! :)

That's too funny. I remember reading the original story. What a sad little band of wanna-be's. They wanted to sue WB for stealing a band name that THEY stole from Shakespeare first. I hope they are ruined. I know they lost a lot of fans when they tried to sue WB, because they made it clear that they were all about money, despite the folksy, non-materialistic image they tried to portray with their music.

it's spelled differently anyway- the HP band is the "weird sisters", not "wyrd sisters". losers.

a little touchy aren't they? Oh well.