Below is a Facebook post from a UK cafe that uses the Be Our Guest song in the below video:
Do you think Disney licensed the song to them?
Do you think Disney licensed the song to them?
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Is this legal?
- Thread starter WDWlover7543
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graphite1326
Well-Known Member
Probably not. I noticed other adds/places that do this and wondered if they have permission. Disney doesn't seem to be strict on copy write infringements. If it was Harley-Davidson you would bet they would be all over it. They send people to place like fairs and check independent vendors to see if they have a license to sell HD merchandise.
They are aware as I emailed their legal department about it this morning.
Was it even worth reporting to their legal team?
Sans Souci
Well-Known Member
There is a nightclub in my town that does Disney Princess Drag Brunches every Sunday. I don't know if anyone narc'd them out or not, but they've been doing it a while and they have dates available for the next upcoming Sundays.
Queen of the WDW Scene
Well-Known Member
- In the Parks
- No
Please just stop.
The other day you wanted to sue Disney for making everyone wear masks and today you want to help Disney sue a cafe?
Get a life.
The company could very well be paying Disney in order to use the song.
Or since they are changing the words it could be a non issue.
The other day you wanted to sue Disney for making everyone wear masks and today you want to help Disney sue a cafe?
Get a life.
The company could very well be paying Disney in order to use the song.
Or since they are changing the words it could be a non issue.
Dead2009
Horror Movie Guru
So you're an "ambulance chaser" as they say in that the first thing that you find wrong, you have to sue. I think it's time to stay off the internet for a little bit.
Goofyernmost
Well-Known Member
Wasn't there a case one time when they sent a cease and desist order to a daycare or kindergarten because they had a mural on the wall that had Disney Characters (Mickey, Donald, Minnie, etc.) I never understood that. Wouldn't exposing kids to Disney create a demand, kids to parent, pressure to visit a Disney Property or buy Disney toys? I guess they only thing I know for sure is that I would not even have it occur to me to report it. Why would I care enough?
Queen of the WDW Scene
Well-Known Member
- In the Parks
- No
I worked at a pre-K that used kids sing along CD's and one of the songs was "I can settle down" and it was to the tune of "whistle while you work". It annoyed me because I wanted to sing the correct song lol.
If you look at the OP's other posts you'll see they like to troll which is why they would care enough to report.
You’d best inform them about the majority of ice cream vans in the UK too.
There was. 1990-ish.
Universal went in and offered to paint their own characters on the wall. And made sure the press was there to watch.
Goofyernmost
Well-Known Member
I knew it was a while ago. I do remember thinking it was both stupid and counterintuitive. I understand protecting the brand, but doing that just negatively promoted the brand to both the children and their parents. It should have elevated them to a point of desire to go to where they lived. Must have been a group of lawyers that never had a human motivation course that made the decision. I still think they do it, but I haven't heard about it dropping to that level in quite some time.
FullSailDan
Well-Known Member
The issue here comes down to IP laws requiring the holder to take action in order to retain it. Even that is up for debate but media companies tend to err on the side of caution when it comes to these things. There were multiple ways around it, they could have gifted the license to the day care, asked them to sign a contract of some kind etc. All the options are extremely logical, but as with most companies that get as large as TWDC, the bigger they are the less bendy the rules become, and somehow reasonability seems to go down too.
RFM57
Member
The daycare case (actually, 3 of them) is reported here: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/daycare-center-murals/
Snopes points out that allowing the unlicensed use does endanger their copyright and that "gifting" the rights to use the IP can anger those who pay for such use. As usual, it is a bit more complicated than most people think.
Snopes points out that allowing the unlicensed use does endanger their copyright and that "gifting" the rights to use the IP can anger those who pay for such use. As usual, it is a bit more complicated than most people think.
Goofyernmost
Well-Known Member
All that does is prove just how dehumanized we have become as a society. Any objection where legal action is sought, should be immediately defined as a waste of time. Along with a judge that just says... All that are offended by this or are trying to leverage it should just go home, curl up in a corner and see if they can find some redeeming value to their lives.