Bad Luck Pretending Your iMovie ’11 Creations Are by Famous Movie Studios [Apple]

We already know that iMovie ’11 is going to be YouTube’s next big (annoying) meme , but Apple’s protecting its chums at movie studios together with Universal and Paramount, by banning any chance of parody. Bummer.

TUAW’s tipsters hung out playing around with iMovie ’11, and discovered that the video-editing program won’t can help you put famous studio names inside the appropriate title fields. When choosing the theme with the globe in the beginning, for instance, you aren’t allowed to put in writing ” Universal Studios ,” which uses the globe in its own openers. Choosing to write down ” Paramount Studios ” on the theme with the mountain and stars doesn’t work, either, with hyphens showing up on the title scene in preference to the studio name.

Presumably that’s to combat piracy, but Apple’s got a vested interest in keeping studios happy, what with the iTunes distribution deals. [ TUAW via SlashGear ]

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