Saturday, February 21, 2004

Something's fishy: The Scotsman reports a French court on Monday will hear claims by a children's book author that Disney stole his ideas for Finding Nemo:

"Pierrot le Poisson Clown is the story of a baby clown fish whose father is eaten up by a hog fish. In a similar plot to Finding Nemo, Pierrot gets separated from his mother but after many adventures finds her again at the end of the book. Mr Le Calvez said he was forced to take legal action after French bookshops stopped stocking his books because of fears they might be sued by Disney, even though his books were on sale before the film."