Marc Skill Files Lawsuit Against Warner Bros For Using His Sorting Hat Voice
Warner Bros used toy version of Sorting Hat voice given by Marc Skill without his permission and thus he filed a lawsuit against Warner Bros.
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00:00 Amidst the planning for the Harry Potter TV franchise by Warner Bros and HBO Max,
00:06 there is a lawsuit filed against Warner Bros. Do you remember that Sorting Hat from the Harry
00:12 Potter franchise, which asked Harry to which house he would like to go? So, a lawsuit has
00:18 been filed against Warner Bros for using Sorting Hat's voice without permission.
00:24 Voice actor Mark Sill gave voice to the toy version of the Sorting Hat. He opted for a
00:30 legal procedure against Warner Bros, told the District Court of California that Warner violated
00:37 his copyrights by using his voice lines in other Potter-related toys without informing and paying
00:45 him. Even after the complaint, neither Warner nor the company's representative replied to it
00:51 immediately. Explaining his complaint, Mark Sill's lawyer said, "By this lawsuit, Mr. Sill seeks only
00:58 to receive fair compensation for his contributions to this beloved franchisee." Mark Sill elaborated
01:04 his side and told the court that in 2021, he got to know about the illegal use of his voice
01:11 by Warner in theme park attractions and other Sorting Hat toys because he only permitted Warner
01:18 Bros to use his voice in original animatronic toys. Now, as per the lawsuit, Mark Sill has asked the
01:26 court for whatever profit Warner got using his voice and official papers for not using his voice
01:33 without his permission. Sill is a voiceover artist by profession. He has given his voice for many TV
01:39 shows, games, including Star Wars Episode I, The Phantom Menace, and Bob the Builder, etc.
01:47 Stay tuned for more such updates.