Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5154975-20140830155800/@comment-25926288-20150513184523

Raelizflo wrote: Hmcooper4 wrote:

Please bear in mind that I am not saying that Once = Disney (because Once =/= Disney), but just recognizing the fact that Disney owns Once, and makes dealing with some of the legal ramifications easier to deal with. I think if Disney owns Once, it IS Disney. It's like saying The Little Mermaid isn't Disney because it's base on a book by Hans Christian Anderson. Also, I don't think just because a movie hasn't been made by Disney and Once uses a story, makes it non-Disney, because Once is Disney-owned, it is Disney, or becomes Disney. Rumple is now Disney, because of Once, for example. That's not how it works. Disney owns Marvel and Star Wars, but they aren't Disney, just owned by Disney. There is a difference from owning something and being something.

Rumple isn't Disney, it's Once. Disney owns ABC which allowed the show idea of Once to exist. Once was the idea of Adam and Eddy, not the idea of Disney. It's like saying LOST is Disney, but it's not.

Most fairytales and literature are public domain so that's how it works. Once uses some Disney elements because their bosses' boss hold the rights to use it. Example, Ingrid isn't Disney, but Elsa is. That is because Disney literally came in and allowed them to use their character and not change it whatsoever. I doubt If Disney = Once if they let the Fairy God Mother die within twenty seconds of being on air.

Literally whatever is owned by Disney has Disney in its title or label.