Disney Wins ‘Moana’ Copyright Trial, But $10B Sequel Suit Still Riding The Legal Waves, For Now
Buck Woodall’s five-year battle with Disney over who really created Moana looks to have come to an end, with a Los Angeles ...
Disney didn’t copy ‘Moana’ from a man’s story of a surfer boy, a jury says
A jury has quickly rejected a man’s claim that Disney’s “Moana” was stolen from his story of a young surfer in Hawaii.
Jury rejects writer’s claim that Disney’s ‘Moana’ copied his story of a surfer boy
A jury on Monday quickly and completely rejected a man’s claim that Disney’s “Moana” was stolen from his story of a young ...
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Disney prevails in ‘Moana’ copyright trial
The jury took less than three hours to decide that Buck Woodall had failed to support his claim that the makers of ...
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Disney did not copy Moana from man’s story of surfer boy, jury says
The federal jury deliberated for two and a half hours before deciding that Moana’s creators never had access to Bucky the ...
Moana’s Auli’i Cravalho: Reef Restoration Is More Than A “Pet” Cause
Moana star Auli'i Cravalho talks about her new documentary, Reef Builders, her passion for restoring the coral reefs, plus ...
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Plagiarism battle in US court over Disney’s smash-hit Moana
The two properties “involve a main character who encounters a demigod with a giant hook and tattoos”, the lawsuit claims. In ...
Jurors to decide whether 'Moana' came from a famed Disney duo or a man's story of a surfer boy
Was “Moana” based on a boy named Bucky? An attorney for a man who alleges Disney's questing Polynesian princess was stolen ...
What to stream: ‘Moana 2,’ John Mulaney, ‘Confessions of Octomom,’ Amanda Seyfried and ‘Dope Thief’
Moana 2,” the third-biggest movie box-office hit of 2024, and Amanda Seyfried playing a Philadelphia patrol officer fighting ...