Originally posted by: KnightmessengerWhere has Disney been sued in the past over such silly stuff?
http://www.snopes.com/disney/films/minister.htm
On that logic, couldn't they be just as liable for changing the film, especially if they advertised it as the original version?
They never made such claim. Besides, aren't we all rather familar with someone who does change his films and gives no headsup on the release? I don't recall him ever being sued over it.
Snow White, Bambi, Cinderella and Lady and the Tramp weren't altered, were they?
To my knowledge, no. Disney has changed their films in the past to protect themselves. Quite simply, they're so large and high pofile, that several people have seen them as far game for lawsuits when they see them do something "un-Disney-like". Past exampes include changing a line in Arabian Nights deemed ofensive to some, removing cigarettes from the Pecos Bill segment of Make Mine Music as modern sensibilities towards them have changed and no one cares to think of an animated film as a roduct of its time. They were also sured over the letter SFX (for Special Effects) hidden in The Lion King that some kid read as SEX, and Donald Duck in The Clock Cleaners saying, "Sez you!", and people mishearing it as "F-ck You!". In that case, it didn't help that the spring that says, "Say I" sounds like it says, "May I?"
They're not going to sue Disney for releasing Miyazaki's films with all their "offensive" parts intact too, are they?