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Disney actually did this with "Lion King"
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lugnet.castle
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Thu, 22 Mar 2001 18:49:18 GMT
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I remember seeing a news story where a japanese company was suing Disney for
plagiarism over "The Lion King." Their character was named Kimba while the
Disney version was named Simba. The stories were virtually the same.
However, I'll bet Disney's stable of lawyers quashed any further publicity
rather swiftly since that was the only time I heard about it.
I really don't care what with this Larry/Harry situation. I read the first
two or three Potter books and found them somewhat amusing, but I just as
quickly forgot them. To quote the comedian Steven Wright, "To steal from
one person is plagiarism, to steal from many is research."
Dave
Dave Schuler <orrex@excite.com> wrote in message
news:GAK5Jp.GyM@lugnet.com...
> I haven't read any of these cultishly popular books, so I'm in no position
> to judge or make other comment, but what do Potter fans make of this:
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http://more.abcnews.go.com/sections/gma/goodmorningamerica/gma010320_potter_
suit.html
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> An extremely odd coincidence, at any rate!
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> Dave!
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Message has 3 Replies:
 | | Re: Disney actually did this with "Lion King"
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| (...) There is a difference between these two occurences. The Harry Potter lawsuit is over the fact that both books use the term "muggles" though to mean different things. Also there is a character in suer's book named Larry Potter but he in no (...) (23 years ago, 22-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle)
| | | Re: Disney actually did this with "Lion King"
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| (...) I rather take it that Anime company failed. Simba is simply Swahili for "lion". And if they mean Kimba the White Lion, the stories weren't similiar at all, beyond being animated lions. Anytime something makes a lot of money, people come out of (...) (23 years ago, 22-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle)
| | | Re: Disney actually did this with "Lion King"
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| "David Simmons" <xenobuzz@onemain.com> wrote in message news:GAM4AE.6qJ@lugnet.com... (...) for (...) the (...) first (...) position (...) [...] I don't claim to know very much about anything, but didn't Disney buy the Lion King property from (...) (23 years ago, 29-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| I haven't read any of these cultishly popular books, so I'm in no position to judge or make other comment, but what do Potter fans make of this: (URL) extremely odd coincidence, at any rate! Dave! (23 years ago, 21-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle)
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