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   so   
   wahts youwant to say is that if the lion king was not that suc6   
   the did not ask more   
   i  know your in south africa  but when you say it ok first   
   and then say  i want more then that is your problem   
      
   the just want more money  and i dont hope the get it   
      
   On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 13:20:44 +0200, Ken Tough    
   wrote:   
      
   >   
   >In 1939, a South African man named Solomon Linda sang into a mic,   
   >creating "Mbube" with his soaring falsetto ringing the melody   
   >over the haunting zulu chant "uyiMbube" (he is a lion).  In 1962,   
   >he died with $25 to his name.   His family live in poverty in a   
   >shack in Soweto, the township outside Johannesburg.   
   >   
   >Yesterday Disney won a ruling in court that Mr Linda had sold his   
   >rights to the song, and anyway, his family were suing for restitution   
   >from the wrong subsidiary of the multinational corporation.  Mbube   
   >is better known today in the variant "The Lion Sleeps Tonight", used   
   >by Disney in The Lion King.  The word also leant its name to a great   
   >musical style, characterised by Ladysmith Black Mumbaza.   
   >   
   >In its first year, The Lion King movie had generated $312,000,000 in   
   >revenue, and is estimated to have returned over a billion dollars.   
   >Over 20 million people have seen the Lion King musical generating   
   >probably around $100,000,000 in gross profit for Disney.   Solomon   
   >Linda's family only ever received $15,000 in total for his song.   
   >   
   >Disney contends Solomon sold his rights for $40, and is owed nothing.   
   >Under applicable copyright law, rights reverted to his family after   
   >25 years.  Phil Collins and Elton John will have received dozens of   
   >millions of dollars for their musical efforts in Disney's productions.   
   >I suppose the "Circle of Life" is really more of a pyramid, and poor   
   >Africans are at the bottom of the food chain.   
   >   
   >One blurb reads, "The Lion King, following in the Disney tradition,   
   >aspires to offer a positive lesson for children about behavior that   
   >Disney values by associating itself with deeper myths.  The first myth   
   >that The Lion King alludes to is the biblical narrative of life in   
   >Paradise before the fall into sin."   
   >   
   >Sounds kindof appropriate.   
   >   
   >  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3872677.stm   
   >  http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200407/s1151120.htm   
   >  http://users2.ev1.net/~smyth/linernotes/thesongs/Wimoweh.htm   
      
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