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Toronto Court Denies Disney’s Request for Confidentiality in Weinstein Case

Disney’s attempt to keep certain documents sealed in a Toronto lawsuit which accuses the company of negligence in alleged sexual assaults from defendant Harvey Weinstein has failed. The motion was judged by Master P. Tamara Sugunasiri, who quoted Madame de Stael in her ruling, saying,”Search for the truth is the noblest occupation of man; its Toronto Court Denies Disney’s Request for Confidentiality in Weinstein Case

Disney Permits Bonnier Publishing to Create Bilingual Books

BuzzPop, a subsidiary of Bonnier Publishing USA, has been permitted a three-year license from Disney Publishing Worldwide to publish books that feature characters from Disney’s animated films and television series. BuzzPop will be creating bilingual titles, their corner of the marker, with the Disney characters. Disney also works with much bigger publishers like Scholastic. BuzzPop intends Disney Permits Bonnier Publishing to Create Bilingual Books

Redbox Amends Complaint, Accuses Disney of Unfair Business Practices

The court battle over digital copy codes to Disney movies is nowhere near over as yesterday Redbox filed paperwork accusing Disney of unfair business practices. Disney filed a lawsuit against Redbox back in late 2017 claiming that the movie rental kiosk business was violating copyrights by reselling digital copy codes for their films. Redbox responded Redbox Amends Complaint, Accuses Disney of Unfair Business Practices

New ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ Merchandise Available Starting April 13

Starting on Friday, April 13 brand new merchandise for Solo: A Star Wars Story will start popping up in Disney Stores, on shopDisney.com, and at other retail locations around the world. Brand names like Funko, Hasbro, Jakks, Lego, Mattel, Pottery Barn Kids, Regal Robot, Rubies, seven20, Topps, and Tervis have all created brand new film-inspired New ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ Merchandise Available Starting April 13

Disney Revises Licensing Terms and Files Amended Complaint Against Redbox

Disney filed a lawsuit against Redbox at the end of 2017 claiming that the media giant was violating copyrights by reselling digital copy codes for their films. When Redbox purchases Disney-released films, they are required to buy them in a combo pack paying retail prices in order to rent the discs to consumers via their kiosks. In order to offset Disney Revises Licensing Terms and Files Amended Complaint Against Redbox

Saudi Arabian Officials Attempt to Persuade Disney to Build a New Theme Park  

According to The Wall Street Journal, officials from Saudi Arabia met with Disney on Tuesday, April 3, in the attempt to potentially persuade Disney into building a theme park in their country. The bid for a new Disney theme park in Saudi Arabia seems extremely unlikely, and Disney “has given no indication it will support Saudi Arabian Officials Attempt to Persuade Disney to Build a New Theme Park