Copyright Infringement

Legal Storm Brews Over Disney’s Moana 2 as Copyright Lawsuit Hits

In 2016, Disney released Moana, introducing its first Polynesian princess. The story follows Moana, who lives on the island of Motunui, which is slowly dying. In a bid to save her people and island, she defies her father and embarks on a journey across the sea to restore the heart of Te Fiti. Along the way, she meets the demigod Maui, who helps her in her mission. From its debut, Moana was an inst

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Couple Gets Years in Prison for Selling Counterfeit Disney DVDs

After almost a decade, a pair of Disney DVD pirates from Columbia, Missouri, is finally going to prison after running a smuggling scheme that sold hundreds of counterfeit copies of everybody’s favorite animated movies on eBay. According to a release from the Department of Justice, “Tabitha Nicole Rodgers, 43, and her husband, Clint Travis Rodgers, 49, were sentenced in separate appearances b

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Copycats Replace Resellers As Threat To Disney

Almost any fan of Disney merchandise will be familiar with the concept of resellers. Resellers are people who, essentially, stock up on limited-edition or hard-to-find commemorative memorabilia or merchandise from Disney events in order to sell them at high markups online later. Stopping resellers in their tracks is tricky business, and many Disney fans grow irate at the mere mention of them ̵

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Disney Sued for Copyright Infringement Over ‘Frozen’ Song

Imagine you are sitting in a movie theater with your daughter to watch a Disney animated feature, and they start singing a song that sounds almost exactly the same as a song you wrote some time ago. In fact, the Disney version is so similar that even your eleven-year-old daughter recognizes it and says, “Dad, Disney took your song.” Well, that appears to be a real-life situation experienced claime

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‘Club Penguin’ Reboot Site Shut Down, Arrests Reported

Many Disney Fanatics might remember a website known as Club Penguin. Held up as a pseudo-social media platform for kids, the original site was acquired by Disney in 2007, boasting 200 million users at its height, and even developing a merchandise presence in the Disney Stores and Disney Parks. But, it was shut down in 2017 due to “lack of interest.” However, it appears that some intere

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