#TheMonkey director Osgood Perkins confirms they had to use drums instead of cymbals in the film because Disney copyrighted a cymbal-clapping monkey for #ToyStory3 (via Games Radar) - ThreadSky

culturecrave.co • 132 days ago

#TheMonkey director Osgood Perkins confirms they had to use drums instead of cymbals in the film because Disney copyrighted a cymbal-clapping monkey for #ToyStory3

(https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/horror-movies/the-monkey-director-explains-how-a-bizarre-copyright-issue-actually-improved-the-comedy-horror-movie-thanks-disney/)

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cassiecore.bsky.social•132 days ago

“Hasbro can’t sell Mr Potato Head because Disney copyrighted it”

meegle64.bsky.social•132 days ago

Oh fuck Disney

bruhchamp16593.bsky.social•132 days ago

accurate depiction of what happens inside the Disney legal team’s hive mind

chookitiest.bsky.social•132 days ago

"we should copyright this"

cassiecore.bsky.social•132 days ago

Disney owns The Simpsons now, but they probably would copyright it if they didn’t (The Simpsons Movie came out 3 years before Toy Story 3, but that probably wouldn’t matter)

film-allan.bsky.social•132 days ago

What the actual fuck?

slaccoon.bsky.social•132 days ago

Average Disney L

streamthevote.bsky.social•132 days ago

pldavies.bsky.social•132 days ago

I'd put drums on the hands and clap those together

liliththesylveon.bsky.social•132 days ago

That’s bullshit Disney lol

micosanmiguel.bsky.social•131 days ago

hoffyku.bsky.social•132 days ago

Instruments are copyrighted now apparently

uncalledfour.bsky.social•132 days ago

Disney can go suck eggs

sleestak.bsky.social•132 days ago

jfc

symbol-guy.bsky.social•131 days ago

Why would Disney copyright something so weirdly specific? That monkey is not even remembered all that well.

grannythatgames.bsky.social•132 days ago

Evil Lawyer strikes again

l3c3y.bsky.social•132 days ago

Wtf Disney

zeema.bsky.social•132 days ago

I hope Monkey shows up

tobydraven.bsky.social•132 days ago

Disney didn't even create the monkey with cymbals, how tf did they copyright it?

seacrew30.bsky.social•132 days ago

Are you kidding me? Lmao

bettercallsouthpaw.bsky.social•132 days ago

Big corporations are a mistake.

amonimus.bsky.social•132 days ago

Disney doesn't own the toy though?

dromaeosaurbird.bsky.social•132 days ago

This is some Nintendo shit right here

enarwhal.bsky.social•132 days ago

micah-not-micha.bsky.social•132 days ago

The kind of movie trivia I live for

mattyatty.bsky.social•131 days ago

doesnt that make bethesda in violation then? those cymbal monkeys are in fallout 4

dklawhorn.bsky.social•132 days ago

emistired.bsky.social•132 days ago

What tf is Disney anymore??? This is one of the stupidest copywriters hills to die on.

evanprill.bsky.social•132 days ago

Ngl, the drum kinda looks better. Cymbals would've been interesting but him with his lil drum is nice to look at

crispytoastyt.newgrounds.com•131 days ago

Every beat the monkey makes lets you know that you are doomed.

darkforceisaac.bsky.social•132 days ago

Not shocking, they probably wrote it in as the concept of a cymbal clapping monkey in film, similar to how Pixar owns the concept of a CGI red unicycle and sued Nintendo and DMA design in the 90s for having a unicycle racing game using computer-generated unicycles
Funny since Take Two suck with this

biggymalone.bsky.social•132 days ago

Frankly I like the drum better

plus789.bsky.social•132 days ago

Disney has always been like this. But kids wan go didney wurl

ghostspydr.bsky.social•132 days ago

Seriously?

tma-live.bsky.social•132 days ago

WTF DISNEY!?!

timewarpjf.bsky.social•132 days ago

They copyrighted it? For one movie? This is why nobody likes you Disney.

gregoryellner.bsky.social•132 days ago

They copyrighted a toy design that has existed since the 1930s for one movie.

sinjaangels.bsky.social•132 days ago

The drums work better. 👍🏾

mycart.bsky.social•132 days ago

Leave it to Disney

tranquilzoo.bsky.social•132 days ago

Should have replaced it with a Saxamaphone.

pneumastorm.bsky.social•132 days ago

What are Disney trying to gain from it?? That cymbal monkey isn't even the main character & only appear for few minutes.

chemamx.bsky.social•132 days ago

Wow, that is so dumb. How can they even copyright something like that. 😐

henryhorror.bsky.social•132 days ago

Glad they decided to change it. You don’t want Disney suing and making money off someone’s else’s movie because they can’t make money off their own movies anymore.

kittenbritches.bsky.social•132 days ago

Haha

crashingjupiter.bsky.social•132 days ago

Lame. 🤨

unimasterprod.bsky.social•132 days ago

I thought they were the same 😭

cosmicreed.bsky.social•132 days ago

Too bad Fallout can’t counter sue and say they did it first.

olivemoon.bsky.social•132 days ago

Disney is so lame wdym u copyrighted a fucking monkey playing CYMBALS

olivemoon.bsky.social•132 days ago

If u can prove that that was invented over 100 years ago u can claim public domain fuck disney

cassiecore.bsky.social•132 days ago

Earliest documentation is 1932, pretty close but unfortunately not 100 years ago

olivemoon.bsky.social•132 days ago

2032 is our time

theaggrocraigg.bsky.social•132 days ago

Oh I thought it was because they didn’t want to be accused of ripping off Merlin’s Shop of Mystical Wonders. 🤣

melodicxchaos.bsky.social•132 days ago

Honestly copyright is way too abused

scaper12123.bsky.social•132 days ago

You can blame Disney for that

clef-tes.bsky.social•132 days ago

Literally Disney

chaseseaborne.com•132 days ago

But wait. If Call of Duty Zombies can have monkeys with cymbals, why couldn’t this movie? Regardless, such a pathetic move by Disney.

thatianeliott.bsky.social•131 days ago

Because, despite what this article claims, you can't copyright a monkey playing cymbals. That's not how copyright works. You might be able to trademark certain uses of it, but that's different and far more limited.