The song has been recorded by more than 150 different artists and features in at least 15 movies and stage musicals. It reminded me that they were using the song without our permission and stealing our money”
“When I saw the Lion King on television I was mad. The settlement ends a long-running dispute between companies including Disney over the rights to the song and relatives including Solomon’s three daughters who live in poverty in the Johannesburg township of Soweto. The lawyer declined to disclose the amount paid by Abilene Music, simply stating: “We are satisfied with it.” “The settlement involves a payment of back royalties to the family and the right to participate in the royalties in the future and that’s on a worldwide basis,” he added.
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“All of the parties to the litigation plus Abilene are part of the settlement and in terms of it all, the litigation will be withdrawn,” Dean said. South African lawyer Owen Dean said on Thursday the settlement was reached with New Jersey-based Abilene Music, which holds the copyright to The Lion Sleeps Tonight which in turn licensed it to the Walt Disney Corporation. Linda, who died with less than $25 in his bank account in 1962, was a Zulu migrant worker who composed the song Mbube (lion) in Johannesburg in 1939 and recorded it with a singing group called the Evening Birds.
The family of Solomon Linda, who composed the original Zulu tune for the song, was claiming 10 million rand (about $1.6 million) in damages from the entertainment giant.
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