[ In its school calendar listing, the club said it was going to play the most-recent version of the Disney animated film, “The Lion King.”
“I think one of the dads owned the movie. He had bought it at Walmart and we just basically threw it on while the kids were playing in the auditorium,” said PTA president David Rose.
But last Thursday, five months later, the school got a letter from a company called SWANK Movie Licensing USA. The company enforces Disney’s cinematic copyrights and the letter demanded $250 from the school for playing the film without a license. ]
I really have to wonder HOW the hell they even found out....
Also... I have to wonder what sort of person would even tell on them in the first place...
Weird...
PTAs are really cliquish. We always just paid the fees and stayed clear. Some parents might not be as easy going with the ruling junta as we were.
And what kind of nasty LIEberal would sue the PTA?
Some people need to get a life!
Disney pays SWANK to track copyright infringements of its catalog. Almost all companies with a trademark or copyright do that or else it’s seen as their condoning what would be illegal use of their copyrights and/or trademarks.