White Folks stole The Lion King
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Trademarking ‘hakuna matata’ a wake up call
Sunday, November 25, 2018 21:33
By CATHY MPUTHIA
Disneyland has been granted a US trademark over the words “Hakuna matata” vide registration number 27006605. Hakuna Matata is a Kiswahili slogan meaning no problem, no worries. This slogan is widely used in East Africa, especially the coastal region as a response to greetings.
Several of Disneyland’s cartoons contain the said slogan and it is easy to understand why Disneyland would seek trademark protection for the same.
Totally unrelated to the Disneyland trademark, there are a lot of lessons for Kenya and the East African Community (EAC) to learn. The first is the need to have a structured framework to protect our national and regional heritage. Kiswahili is spoken throughout EAC and it would be unreasonable for one particular country to claim ownership of the language. However, some words form part of our heritage and ought to be protected where possible.
It is unfortunate that there has been a lot of pilferage of African culture over the years, through the use of intellectual property rights. This means that heritage that ought to belong to a certain group of people is instead pilfered using legal methods, whereby third parties end up being awarded sole rights. It has happened before. In 1998, the Romanian band Enigma was sued by the Duana’s for unauthorised use of their song without giving due credit.
There are certain remedies that can be resorted to, in order to enhance protection of cultural heritage and specifically trademarks. It may be worth the effort for the relevant governments or communities to apply for expungement of already granted trademarks. However, there are certain thresholds that ought to be met for expungement of marks that contain heritage.
There are avenues for this and some include World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) remedies. When it comes to domain names when one person registers a name that bears semblance with a registered trademark, then the trademark owner can have the offending domain name transferred. For example if someone were to register a domain name as www.kenya.com, then it is possible for the government to have this transferred to itself.
Similarly I believe there is a remedy where one registers a trademark that belongs to a community or a group.
These types of cases, throw the buck to State agencies such as Brand Kenya. I believe an agency such as this one, ought to protect indigenous slogans and even sayings as part of our heritage. If such slogans were protected globally then it means corporates that seek to use indigenous slogans would have to pay royalties.
Kenya can borrow a leaf from Rwanda in undertaking this strategy. Rwanda had protected the local slogan, “ndiumunyarwanda” as a trademark. A third party corporate was forced to pay licences fees to the Rwandan government when it sought to manufacture sweets that contained the same slogan. In this way, the Rwanda government ensured that no foreign entities gained from use of indigenous slogans and it also earned revenue from the same.
It is a wake-up call for the EAC to work on the EAC identity and the EAC marks so as to protect jointly owned regional heritage. The EAC identity has been provided for in the EAC Treaty.
https://www.businessdailyafrica.com...ke-up-call/4258410-4867976-wyiem7z/index.html
Trademarking ‘hakuna matata’ a wake up call
Sunday, November 25, 2018 21:33
By CATHY MPUTHIA
Disneyland has been granted a US trademark over the words “Hakuna matata” vide registration number 27006605. Hakuna Matata is a Kiswahili slogan meaning no problem, no worries. This slogan is widely used in East Africa, especially the coastal region as a response to greetings.
Several of Disneyland’s cartoons contain the said slogan and it is easy to understand why Disneyland would seek trademark protection for the same.
Totally unrelated to the Disneyland trademark, there are a lot of lessons for Kenya and the East African Community (EAC) to learn. The first is the need to have a structured framework to protect our national and regional heritage. Kiswahili is spoken throughout EAC and it would be unreasonable for one particular country to claim ownership of the language. However, some words form part of our heritage and ought to be protected where possible.
It is unfortunate that there has been a lot of pilferage of African culture over the years, through the use of intellectual property rights. This means that heritage that ought to belong to a certain group of people is instead pilfered using legal methods, whereby third parties end up being awarded sole rights. It has happened before. In 1998, the Romanian band Enigma was sued by the Duana’s for unauthorised use of their song without giving due credit.
There are certain remedies that can be resorted to, in order to enhance protection of cultural heritage and specifically trademarks. It may be worth the effort for the relevant governments or communities to apply for expungement of already granted trademarks. However, there are certain thresholds that ought to be met for expungement of marks that contain heritage.
There are avenues for this and some include World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) remedies. When it comes to domain names when one person registers a name that bears semblance with a registered trademark, then the trademark owner can have the offending domain name transferred. For example if someone were to register a domain name as www.kenya.com, then it is possible for the government to have this transferred to itself.
Similarly I believe there is a remedy where one registers a trademark that belongs to a community or a group.
These types of cases, throw the buck to State agencies such as Brand Kenya. I believe an agency such as this one, ought to protect indigenous slogans and even sayings as part of our heritage. If such slogans were protected globally then it means corporates that seek to use indigenous slogans would have to pay royalties.
Kenya can borrow a leaf from Rwanda in undertaking this strategy. Rwanda had protected the local slogan, “ndiumunyarwanda” as a trademark. A third party corporate was forced to pay licences fees to the Rwandan government when it sought to manufacture sweets that contained the same slogan. In this way, the Rwanda government ensured that no foreign entities gained from use of indigenous slogans and it also earned revenue from the same.
It is a wake-up call for the EAC to work on the EAC identity and the EAC marks so as to protect jointly owned regional heritage. The EAC identity has been provided for in the EAC Treaty.
https://www.businessdailyafrica.com...ke-up-call/4258410-4867976-wyiem7z/index.html
I knew about Lying King stealing Osamu Tesuka's work. It's unfortunate,his studio didn't have the funds to sue Disney.
and they stole "‘hakuna matata’
and
the song "the lion sleeps tonight."
White folks always stealing folks ideas and then try to say it's their own creation.
All day everyday!
I remember watching episodes of Kimba as a kid on an off channel in LA (Channel 52). They used to show The Three Stooges, The Little Rascals and other old show like that.
Then when the Lion King came out, I was like, "Damn, they made Mufasa like Ceasar in Kimba." Yep, they stole the whole sh*t... these MoFos didn't have any shame at all.
Then when the Lion King came out, I was like, "Damn, they made Mufasa like Ceasar in Kimba." Yep, they stole the whole sh*t... these MoFos didn't have any shame at all.
Take him, & then later on, slowly deconstruct it for him.I don't even wanna see this new shit...
I'm torn cuz it's like do I take lil mans to see this cac fuckery...?
U peeped the game early on!! U were on it....
it will eventually hit the net or come on tv... The ability of waiting has been around since the beginning of timeI don't even wanna see this new shit...
I'm torn cuz it's like do I take lil mans to see this cac fuckery...?
The cast for the new/old/stolen Lion King
why is Simba looking all saucy?The cast for the new/old/stolen Lion King
They got animation pics from the old Lion King, the new characters will look totally different....
still tho, the nicca supposed to be king of the jungle lol
yeah, lol...I feel you, that pic is suspect
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Any nigga that says "black panther ripped off the lion king" i tell them and lion king ripped off kimba the white lion.
The wild shit about is that the producers and writers have stressed for over 20 years that they had absolutely NO IDEA about kimba. Even Matthew Broderick (voice of adult simba) said "I thought he meant Kimba, who was a white lion in a cartoon when I was a little kid, So I kept telling everybody I was going to play Kimba."
The wild shit about is that the producers and writers have stressed for over 20 years that they had absolutely NO IDEA about kimba. Even Matthew Broderick (voice of adult simba) said "I thought he meant Kimba, who was a white lion in a cartoon when I was a little kid, So I kept telling everybody I was going to play Kimba."
Wow. they didn't even bother to drastically change the name of the main character from kimba to Simba. This is a fucking travesty
I don't even wanna see this new shit...
I'm torn cuz it's like do I take lil mans to see this cac fuckery...?
Same here, I remember Kimba being shown here on TV in my area for a few years a decade ago. Good cartoon but now i'll wait on seeing the Lying King in the cinema