Disney's Lion King - Theft?

[TransformX]

http://www.kimbawlion.com/rant2.htm

[Jammrock]

This surprises you? Since the death of Walt, Disney has become one of the greatest corporate hypocrites in the world. They try to project this cutesy family friendly image while they steal (sorry, borrow) stories and use their subsidiaries push adult content all over the world.

http://disney.wikia.com/wiki/Categor...y_subsidiaries

http://www.cjr.org/resources/index.php?c=disney

Granted they do make a good animated flick from time to time, but in truth they are nothing more than any other corporate conglomerate in the world doing anything they can to make a buck. All hail the almighty dollar, right?

[Mehen]

Speaking of that Jammrock:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgxVvbai_nI

[Kruzin]

[sarcasm]
WHAT?
Disney ripped someone off?
Never!
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When has Disney ever done anything original after Walt's death? (even before, it was rare.)
They rip off old ideas every year, and make millions..no..BILLIONS off of it.
Usually they are smart enough to rip off ideas that are too old to be covered by copyrights. Or they buy the rights. This time they blundered.

So where's the big surprise here?