Movie studios are big on protecting their intellectual property, which is certainly understandable — but sometimes they come down too hard. Take this new case. Warner Bros. is suing to stop the Indian release of a domestic film called Hari Puttar: A Comedy of Terrors. Why? Because Hari Puttar is close to Harry Potter, obviously, and Warners damn well owns the film rights to Harry Potter.

Sounds fair enough — except that the movie has nothing to do with Harry Potter, and doesn’t even appear to be an attempt to capitalize on the Potter brand name. As best I can determine, “Hari Puttar” is the endearing…

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