[Way2Serious]

Found this while surfing for news on the Disney/Pixar split.

Whether Disney is in the wrong legally or not, what CEO wants to be known as "that guy who screwed over the children's hospital"? Eisner might think he dodged that bullet by pulling out of the movie, but it's too late. The faster Disney loses this guy, the better its chances of possibly surviving into the next decade. So far, it ain't lookin' good.

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

Bookmark.

[B Knotts]

Disney is in meltdown.

Well deserved meltdown.

[mountaineer]

Last year Disney wrote to a Scottish retailer demanding she change the name of her Peter Pan clothes shop because it infringed the company's copyright. The retailer was, however, able to keep the name after Great Ormond Street issued a statement confirming that it owned the copyright and was happy to let the shop continue trading in exchange for a one-off payment of £500 ($1180).

Disney alleged infringement of a copyright it knew the hospital owned, even after Disney had paid royalties on that same copyright? I wonder if they have any problem with Michael Jackson.

[Diogenesis]

Has Disney and ABC actually taken time off from supporting terrorists?

[BigTime]

It is a crime that Eisner, and anyone on the Disney board that supports him, has hijacked the Disney brand for profit at all costs. Long-term it devalues the brand but it has always been a short-term solution to make cash registers ring and damn the consequences.

This severely tarnishes the legacy of the man who built his name into such an inspiring brand by connecting art and passion with enterprise. Disney often risked his own money to make his dreams materialize for the sake of his art. Witness Fantasia.

If there aren't major dollar signs attached to projects now, expect Eisner to be heading in the opposite direction.

Sure, the company needs to make money, but they don't need to so severely corrupt the good name set up by a pioneering man who created family films worth watching.

The day Eisner is gone is the day I reconsider whether to again buying Disney products and visiting their theme parks.

[NautiNurse]

I wish Disney all the best after Eisner checks out of there.

[q_an_a]

do it for the children is the mantra of the left's politicans but when they actually have to use their own money they take a different approach. shame on them. disney is poor excuse for a company.

[Bommer]

Walt Disney has pulled out of the new $140 million film version of Peter Pan after refusing to give a share of its profits to a children's hospital in London

They just released a live action version of Peter Pan this past Christmas. This makes no sense

[LimitedPowers]

They still own the copyright after one hundred years??? Does it ever expire? Is this part of Sonny Bono's legacy?

[jaz.357]

Eisner works for one mean dude!