Intellectual Property,
Entertainment & Sports
Feb. 26, 2025
Trial starts: 'Bucky to Surfer Boy' v Disney's Polynesian blockbuster
An animator claims Disney's "Moana" stole his script's core and is seeking $100 million as the five-year copyright fight against Buena Vista begins before an L.A. jury.
After five years of litigation, an animator who claims Disney ripped off core elements of his unproduced project when its animation studio created and released "Moana," was introduced to an eight-person jury on Tuesday.
Although The Walt Disney Company and several of its subsidiaries were dropped from the case last year as time-barred, Buena Vista Home Entertainment - Disney's physical media distribution company - remained as the lone alleged infringer. Its counsel, ...
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