Berkeley Elementary School Ordered To Pay $250 For Screening Disney's 'Lion King'

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BERKELEY (KPIX 5) — An elementary school in Berkeley has been ordered to pay up for playing a Disney video during a fund-raising event at the school.

It happened in November when the Dad’s Club of the PTA presented a “parent’s night out” fundraiser at Emerson Elementary to support the school.

In its school calendar listing, the club said it was going to play the most-recent version of the Disney animated film, “The Lion King.”

“I think one of the dads owned the movie. He had bought it at Walmart and we just basically threw it on while the kids were playing in the auditorium,” said PTA president David Rose.

But last Thursday, five months later, the school got a letter from a company called SWANK Movie Licensing USA. The company enforces Disney’s cinematic copyrights and the letter demanded $250 from the school for playing the film without a license.

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[Orrex]

1. SWANK doesn't sound at all like a porn studio

Not one bit.

[Adsos Letter]

3. My first thought as well.

[Fiendish Thingy]

2. There's a reason there's a message at the beginning of films saying "licensed for home use only"

It's on the packaging too. Otherwise, everyone could open their own movie theater. Even if no admission is charged, if it's used for a business, like a bar or day care center, they can get hit with the same fees as this place did.

I know a lot of organizations do it and get away with not paying any fees, but that is the law.

[Orrex]

4. That's why I make sure that all of my pirated copies omit that pesky warming

Hardy har har.

[Demovictory9]

5. who turned them in?