"The Lion King" Is A Complete Rip-Off

1990's "The Lion King" (left) and 1960's "Kimba the White Lion" (right)

According to two websites, Disney's hit film "The Lion King" is a major rip-off of a preexisting 1960's Japanese cartoon entitled "Kimba the White Lion."

The similarities include, but are not limited to:

• Both films are about lions

• In the 1990's "The Lion King" a lead character is named "Simba" while in the 1960's "Kimba the White Lion" a lead character is named "Kimba" - only one letter is different in the name

• In the 1990's "The Lion King" the lions were originally white albinos, but changed at the last minute, most likely a vain attempt at hiding the infringements.

• Both films have, "A wise monkey character, hyenas as comic-relief villains, a dead father who appears to his son in the clouds, and an older relative (an aunt in "Kimba" and an uncle in "Lion King") who serves as the main antagonist."

• "The cartoons were so similar that when Matthew Broderick was hired to be the voice of Simba he had assumed he was playing Kimba in a theatrical interpretation of 'Kimba the White Lion'."

Disney is currently immersed in scandals, suicides and financial stress, contradicting its claim of being, "The happiest place on Earth." The company has morality issues, which have landed it in court many times for stealing preexisting copyrighted works and using them for films such as "Nemo" "Pirates of the Caribbean" and "Princess Diaries 2" to name a few. Other problems include criminal negligence at Disney Theme parks that resulted in the deaths of a number of visitors.

Hollywood is a town built on criminal copyright infringement, which is expressly forbidden by U.S. law and international legal treaties that America is subject to, as apart of the Berne Convention.

However, it does not stop Hollywood from ripping off copyrights, then buying off some U.S. judges with stocks, favors and funds, to get away with this abhorrent criminal misconduct, frowned upon in the world.

The FBI has deliberately failed in this area for years, in violation of their Congressional mandate, seeing copyright infringement by Hollywood as a corrupt way to put money in the Treasury, ill-gotten funds into stars' pockets and underserved awards on their shelves. What a disgraceful, dishonest farce.

However, it enters even more terrible territory, when religious copyrighted works are pilfered, profaned and secularized by Hollywood, in bids at criminally gaining undue revenue, in deeds that misuse profits meant to go towards producing cures to cancer and AIDS. The government has placed stars too stupid to write their own work, ahead of dying disease sufferers.

Such conduct produces God's disfavor, not His blessing. It's no mystery why Hollywood has been plagued with an unprecedented, unexplained string of woes, troubles and tragedies.

The FBI still believes thievery, such as Hollywood's chronic copyright infringement of numerous writers' works, the Madoff and Stanford cases and many others like it the Federal Bureau of Investigation have looked the other way to for years, is the way to build an economy.

The FBI clearly has not learned from the 2008 financial crisis that was a wake-up call, which means it is destined to happen again and to greater degrees, for harboring such thievery and fraud, deteriorating the progress of hardworking Americans in the corporate sector actually doing work.

What's the sense of having hardworking Americans productively contributing to the economy each day, while allowing one segment of the corporate sector to run loose with thievery and financial fraud, eating away at the nation's collective progress, via the deterioration of valuable assets - not to mention, destroying the nation's name in the business world.

Disney's The Lion King is a total ripoff of "Kimba the White Lion", a Japanese cartoon.

The plot also closely follows Shakespeare's "Hamlet"

"Kimba the White Lion" was a Japanese manga (comic book) from the 1950s that became a cartoon show (anime) in the 1960s. In addition to having a similarly-named protagonist ("Kimba" as opposed to "Simba") the "Kimba" cartoon and "The Lion King" feature extremely similar characters: a wise monkey character, hyenas as comic-relief villains, a dead father who appears to his son in the clouds, and an older relative (an aunt in "Kimba" and an uncle in "Lion King") who serves as the main antagonist.

Early screenshots from preproduction work on "The Lion King" show that Simba was intended to be an albino, just like Kimba. The cartoons were so similar that when Matthew Broderick was hired to be the voice of Simba he had assumed he was playing Kimba in a theatrical interpretation of "Kimba the White Lion".

Ironically, Osamu Tezuka,the creator of "Kimba" and the popular series "Astroboy", drew from Walt Disney's early work as inspiration for his own artistic style, and he even received permission from Walt Disney to make a manga adaptation of Disney's "Bambi".

The Lion King also shares some plot details with Hamlet. Both Simba and Hamlet are on a quest to avenge their fathers and take back their kingdoms. Both had their uncle kill their father and assume power. Both were visited by the ghosts of their fathers to inspire them to take revenge. Thankfully, the similarities don't extend to the end of the story, otherwise the Lion King would (spoiler alert!) end with Simba, Nala, Simba's mom, and Timon and Pumba all dying.

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FBI Gives Back Looted Foreign Artwork

FBI Director Robert S. Mueller

A few days ago, the FBI held a ceremony to return looted artwork to the country of Peru. The FBI stated on its website, "The 18th-century religious paintings we returned to the government of Peru yesterday might not have been worth millions of dollars, but they symbolized something far more valuable than money - a nation's cultural heritage."

How, ironic, as aspects of my preexisting Copyrights symbolize my cultural heritage that has been profaned, perverted, diluted and deteriorated by miscreants like Madonna and Gwen Stefani, yet because it's worth billions, you haven't returned that.

STORY SOURCE: http://www.fbi.gov

Confirmed: Beyonce's Dad Sired Son In Adulterous Affair

Knowles family

Though he tried to play dumb like he didn't know what happened when the scandal broke, Matthew Knowles, the dad of singer, Beyonce Knowles, did indeed sire a child outside of his marriage to the yodeler's mom, Tina Knowles.

Today, DNA tests confirm Nixon Knowles is indeed Matthew's child and first son that we know about. This comes as a devastating blow to Beyonce's mother, who has been married to Matthew for almost 30-years and seen him through many infidelities and rampant illegal drug use.

Jay-Z and one of his mistresses' faux singer Rihanna

It's also quite ironic how history is repeating itself, as Beyonce has married an adulterous, abusive man, rapper Jay-Z, who has much in common with her dad, in that they are both unfaithful men in the music industry, acting as executives, when they know nothing about music, while robbing artists and writers in the process.

DNA Tests Confirm Beyonce’s Father Matthew Knowles Is A New Dad

March 24, 2010 11:28 a.m. EST - Los Angeles, CA, United States (AHN) - Somebody call Maury Povich. Beyonce and Solange Knowles officially have a new baby brother after dad Matthew Knowles was confirmed as the father of a new baby boy, but not from their mother Tina Knowles.

According to TMZ, DNA tests confirmed that Knowles is the father of Alexsandra Wright’s new baby boy. The test was performed earlier this month...

http://www.allheadlinenews.com

$70 Million In Prescription Meds Stolen During Burglary

Video: Enfield drug heist WTNH

An unprecedented robbery took place in the U.S. state of Connecticut, where $70 million in merchandise was pilfered during a pharmaceutical drug heist at the Eli Lilly warehouse.

According to investigators, the break-in was planned and calculated, as the perpetrators entered the building from the roof and proceeded to make off with the valuable pharmaceutical drugs, via the loading dock located at the back of the premises.

$70M in prescription drugs stolen in Conn. heist

(AP) – 3 hours ago - ENFIELD, Conn. — Authorities say prescription drugs worth tens of millions of dollars have been stolen in a brazen, well-planned heist at a pharmaceutical company warehouse in Connecticut.

The FBI has been called in to investigate the theft early Sunday at the Eli Lilly warehouse in Enfield, a northern Connecticut city that borders Massachusetts...

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"Big FAT Liar" Movie Review

Title: Big FAT Liar

Year Of Release: 2002

Review Date: February 28, 2010

Rating: PG

Running time: 88 minutes

Box Office Gross: $47,000,000

"Big Fat Liar" is a comedy about the common Hollywood practice of stealing other people‘s works and ideas and passing them off as one’s own, which is unlawful under the Copyright Act and Berne Convention.

Teenager, Jason Shepherd, writes a school essay about being a liar and through a chance meeting with a Hollywood executive, Marty Wolf, on the way to school, it is stolen.

Wolf is a lazy, shiftless, not so bright Hollywood degenerate that reads the essay and takes credit for it by turning it into a film. The movie goes into production, with his name deceitfully on it as writer.

The teenager finds out about it and goes Home Alone on him, via terrorizing him through a series of pranks and mishaps, until the truth comes out to the world about the true authorship of the story used to make the film.

Producer: Beyonce Stole Credit For "Bootylicious"

Beyonce

Producer Rob Fusari has accused screaming singer Beyonce of stealing writer's credit for the 2001 song she sang entitled "Bootylicious." Not that Mr. Fusari is a beacon of integrity himself, as Lady Gaga's "Paparazzi" is not an original work.

As with Rich Harrison, the producer and writer of the Beyonce performed song, "Crazy In Love" (2003), Fusari insists the song lyrics, music sample and backing music were his idea, but her dad, Matthew Knowles, strong-armed him out of credit and some of his publishing royalties for the track.

The song's title "Bootylicious" is a made up word that was stolen from a copyrighted, preexisting 1994 Snoop Dogg song entitled, "What's My Name."

Yet it is another item Beyonce has taken credit for, overcompensating in repeatedly stating in interviews that she came up with the word "Bootylicious" when it was on one of the most famous rap albums in music history almost a decade prior to her taking it for a song title.

One has to wonder if Beyonce is severely mentally ill, to keep insisting preexisting copyrights she has stolen from a number of people, are her original creations, when the Copyright Office in Washington DC and court cases state otherwise.

To go to such sick extremes in interviews, repeatedly insisting you wrote something that there is a clear, time stamped history of having existed before you claim wrote it, is patently psychotic.

Beyonce and her dad have repeatedly strong-armed and bullied established producers and writers into giving up their songwriting credits and publishing royalties, or they cannot work with her, while flat-out criminally stealing and infringing preexisting copyrights from lesser known and unknown independent writers they prey on.

The fact of the matter is Beyonce is unintelligent to the point it borders on illiteracy, yet consistently takes writer's credit, hefty royalty payments and awards for writing songs she did not author in any manner whatsoever. These acts constitute criminal violations of the U.S. Code. Another musical Madoff, if you will.

Every major hit she has ever had and taken writer's credit for, was either strong-armed away from an established writer/producer or criminally infringed works of indie artists and writers she and her dad ripped off, believing they could buy out court cases if need be, as fledgling composers will not have the money to fight their financial crimes.

However, in my case, much more has been at stake, as the proceeds from my copyrights were to go towards producing cures to cancer and AIDS, via scientific and medical research and helping disease sufferers live longer, healthier lives.

You have blood on your hands and God will punish you for that. You can count on it.

Beyonce Knowles - Producer Upset Over Beyonce Writing Snub

25 February 2010 12:24 - Producer ROB FUSARI was devastated when BEYONCE took credit for composing BOOTYLICIOUS, alleging it was his idea to use a STEVIE NICKS' riff in the DESTINY'S CHILD hit.

Fusari insists it was a "bittersweet" experience working with the R&B trio on the 2001 track - the catchy song went on to top the charts but Beyonce's dad and manager Mathew allegedly forced him to compromise his ideas for the project. And he was further offended after the frontwoman claimed she was responsible for sampling Nicks' 1981 guitar part.

Fusari tells Billboard magazine, "I came up with the idea to build a track using the guitar riff from Stevie Nicks' Edge of Seventeen...

"I remember watching Barbara Walters interview Beyonce about Bootylicious, and she told Barbara about how she came up with the idea for the track."

Fusari, who went on to help Lady Gaga launch her pop career, insists he was brushed off when he complained about the interview, adding, "I called Mathew - which was a big mistake; I got emotional, and I apologised after - but I called Mathew and said, 'Mathew, like, why?' He explained to me, in a nice way, he said, 'People don't want to hear about Rob Fusari, producer from Livingston, N.J. No offence, but that's not what sells records. What sells records is people believing that the artist is everything.' And I'm like, 'Yeah, I know, Mathew. I understand the game. But come on, I'm trying too. I'm a squirrel trying to get a nut, too.'"

http://www.contactmusic.com

Thieves Tried To Rob Cheryl Cole's House

Cheryl Cole looking dazed and depressed last night in Los Angeles

Thieves tried to break into the home of disgraceful Girls Aloud singer, Cheryl Cole, by smashing the windows when they read she had fled Britain to avoid the terrible publicity surrounding her sham of a marriage to Chelsea FC player, Ashley Cole.

Little did they know, her adulterous husband was not staying with family, as was incorrectly reported in the press, but sleeping in the house Surrey house, just outside of London. He dialed 999 (British 911) begging the police to hurry out to the property. How ironic, thieves trying to rob a thief.

Beyonce Sued For Racketeering

Beyonce

Notorious copyright thief Beyonce Knowles and her equally thieving mother, Tina Knowles, have been sued in federal court for engaging in racketeering against a Hong Kong company that did business with them, in producing their failed House Of Dereon clothing line.

The company stated in New York federal, it was defrauded out of $500,000 by the crooked Knowles family and want their money back.

Is Beyonce’ A Criminal? Lawsuit Claims That Beyonce’ Engaged in Racketeering

February 7, 2010 at 1:39 pm - Beyonce and her mother, Tina Knowles, have been hit with a breach of contract lawsuit from the bosses of a Hong Kong clothing manufacturer.

The two Knowleses launched clothing collection House of Dereon in 2005, and are accused of costing apparel maker Vier International $500,000 in an alleged conspiracy to undercut the Asian company.

In legal papers filed in the U.S. District Court in Manhattan, New York on Monday Vier International owners claim executives at clothing company Donna Loren LLC and shipping firm HJM International worked together as “conspirators who induced the shipment of goods to the United States with the intent to convert them or pay less than the agreed upon contract price”.

Beyonce and her partners at House of Dereon and her Beyond Productions company reportedly aided the scheme by making purchase orders and requesting manufacturer specifications.

Vier International executives are suing for compensation and they have also filed the complaint under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, a statute usually reserved for the prosecution of organized crime gangs like the mafia.

Could Beyonce and her momma soon be doing time in the slammer?

http://theurbantwist.com

Sony Loses Lawsuit For Stealing "Down Under"

1980's "Down Under" By Men At Work:

Sony Music has lost a lawsuit for stealing the 1980's hit "Down Under" by band Men At Work. The court has ruled the song illegally infringes the preexisting tune "Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree." When one listens to both songs back to back, one can hear the infringements.

1940's "Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree"

(Please excuses the beeps someone included in the song as a joke, as there is no profanity in it):

Court says '80s hit `Down Under' copies kids' song

Feb 4, 4:38 PM (ET) - SYDNEY (AP) - Australian band Men at Work copied a well-known children's campfire song for the flute melody in its 1980s hit "Down Under" and owes the owner years of royalties, a court ruled Thursday.

"Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree" was written more than 70 years ago by Australian teacher Marion Sinclair for a Girl Guides competition, and the song has been a favorite around campfires from New Zealand to Canada.

The teacher died in 1988, and publishing company Larrikin Music owns the copyright to her song about the native Australian bird. Larrikin filed the copyright lawsuit last year.

"I have come to the view that the flute riff in "Down Under" ... infringes on the copyright of Kookaburra because it replicates in material form a substantial part of Ms. Sinclair's 1935 work," Federal Court Justice Peter Jacobson said.

He ordered the parties back in court Feb. 25 to discuss the compensation Larrikin should receive from songwriters Colin Hay and Ron Strykert and Men at Work's record companies Sony BMG Music Entertainment and EMI Songs Australia...

http://apnews.myway.com