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In what way? New adaptions of Snow White or Cinderella are done all the time.
by goto11 8y ago
In what way? New adaptions of Snow White or Cinderella are done all the time.
- gumby 8y agoExactly, and to do new adaptations, interpretations etc is wonderful and perfectly legit. What Disney has done is sued over trademark claims on Snow White, Beauty and the Beast etc, trying to claim proprietary ownership of public domain stories, characters and ideas. Theese suits were expensive and not always successful so they eventually decided to stop explicitly mining the past and start developing their own characters (e.g. mermaid etc).
- goto11 8y agoThe Little Mermaid is not a Disney creation, it is a story by Hans Christian Andersen, as is The Snow Queen which Frozen is (very loosely) based on. You can't trademark a story or idea, but you can trademark a particular character design. You can make your own Cinderella interpretation as long as you don't copy the exact art and design made by someone else.