Editing The Walt Disney Company (section)

=== Plagiarism ===
Disney has also been accused a number of times of plagiarizing already existing works in its films. Most notably, ''The Lion King'' has many similarities in its characters and events to an animated series called ''[[Kimba the White Lion]]'' by animator [[Osamu Tezuka]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Keeley |first=Pete |date=July 22, 2019 |title=Big Little Lions: Disney's New ''Lion King'' Dodges the ''Kimba'' Similarity Issue |work=The Hollywood Reporter |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/lion-king-kimba-white-lion-does-disney-need-come-clean-1225822/ |access-date=July 30, 2022 |archive-date=July 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220731010947/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/lion-king-kimba-white-lion-does-disney-need-come-clean-1225822/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[Atlantis: The Lost Empire]]'' also has many similarities to the [[anime]] show ''[[Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water]]'' that were considered so prevalent the latter show's creator [[Gainax]] was planning to sue Disney but was stopped by its series' network [[NHK]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bricken |first=Rob |date=April 20, 2022 |title=Evangelion Creator Hideaki Anno's First TV Series Nadia Comes to 4K |url=https://gizmodo.com/evangelion-hideaki-anno-director-nadia-secret-of-blue-w-1848818184 |access-date=July 30, 2022 |website=[[Gizmodo]] |archive-date=July 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220731013024/https://gizmodo.com/evangelion-hideaki-anno-director-nadia-secret-of-blue-w-1848818184 |url-status=live }}</ref> Kelly Wilson, creator of the short ''The Snowman'' (2014), filed two lawsuits, one which came after the first was rescinded, against Disney for [[copyright infringement]] in Disney's animated film ''[[Frozen (2013 film)|Frozen]]''. Disney later settled the lawsuit with Wilson, allowing the company to create a sequel to ''Frozen''.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Li |first=Shirley |date=June 25, 2015 |title=Disney settles Frozen copyright lawsuit over short film The Snowman |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |url=https://ew.com/article/2015/06/25/disney-frozen-lawsuit-the-snowman-settlement/ |access-date=July 30, 2022 |archive-date=July 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220731015159/https://ew.com/article/2015/06/25/disney-frozen-lawsuit-the-snowman-settlement/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Screenwriter [[Gary Goldman (screenwriter)|Gary L. Goldman]] sued Disney over its film ''[[Zootopia]]'', claiming he had earlier pitched an identical, same-titled story to the company. A judge dismissed the lawsuit, stating there was not enough evidence to prove any plagiarism.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Pedersen |first=Eric |date=July 11, 2017 |title=Judge Throws Out ''Zootopia'' Copyright Suit Against Disney |work=Deadline Hollywood |url=https://deadline.com/2017/07/zootopia-copyright-suit-dismissed-disney-gary-l-goldman-1202126800/ |access-date=July 30, 2022 |archive-date=July 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220731015159/https://deadline.com/2017/07/zootopia-copyright-suit-dismissed-disney-gary-l-goldman-1202126800/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Disney itself is very protective about characters created by Walt Disney, and require every licensee to put the '© Disney' mark on their products or packaging.