Disney apologizes to school charged for showing 'Lion King'
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February 7, 2020
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — The Walt Disney Co. has apologized to a California school that was charged a $250 licensing fee after showing the company's 2019 remake of "The Lion King" during a fundraiser.
Emerson Elementary School in Berkeley was billed by Movie Licensing USA on behalf of Disney for "illegally screening" the film at a "parent's night out" event that raised $800 last year, KPIX-TV reported Thursday.
Since the school did not have a license with Disney, it was asked to pay $250.
PTA President David Rose said a parent bought the movie at Best Buy. School officials were shocked when the...
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