Its Kimba all over again

French children's book author Franck Le Calve wrote Pierrot le poisson clown (Pierrot the Clown Fish) in 1995, published it with artwork by Robin Delpuech and Thierry Jagodzinski in November 2002. At least this time Disney didn't just change the name from Kimba to Cimba when they stole a story from outside the USA, this time they changed the name AND which parent died! Le Calve has found that since Disney released their copycat movie, no bookshop will stock his books for fear of the wrath of Disney, so he's suing. Its a shame to see Pixar mixed up in this. Of course recently, Disney took their name off the new Peter Pan movie when the copyright holder Great Ormond Street Hospital for children demanded payment for use of the JM Barrie story. I'd ask why Disney didn't just hire their own writers if they didn't want to pay foreign royalties, but with an attitude like this, who would willingly write for them? The pirates don't just live in Never Never Land. Sources: Disney (Allegedly) Making Money off Other People's Ideas? from ionarts Writer sues makers of Finding Nemo from Sydney Morning Herald