Yes. Walt Disney has most rights to names like those and in paying it would be an awful lot.
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, although in 2006 obtained the intellectual property & Disney produced films of Oswald.
Yes , by Disney who owns all rights to the name and likeness of the character .
A.A.Milne's character of Winnie the Pooh became a Disney property when the studio negotiated for the rights to adapt his book into the 1966 film "Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree" .
Yes Disney owns the rights.
Disney holds the rights to the stories and characters it has created. For example, it holds all the rights to Mickey Mouse. Any company that wants to produce items with the Mickey Mouse name or likeness must acquire licensing rights for Disney. If you look online, you'll see that lots of different companies have purchased these rights, and produce clothing, jewelry, books and the like. To find the costumes you need, simply do an Internet search for the particular character. You'll get a long list of sites that offer related costumes.
Disney did not remake the Nickelodeon movie. The Harriet the Spy character & property is not owned by Nickelodeon. Harriet the Spy is a children's book first published in 1964. Disney simply acquired the rights to make their own movie based on the Harriet the Spy character.
Sora is owned by Square Enix, whose character designer was Tetsuya Nomura. Disney may own some rights on Sora, but Square Enix is his primary owner.
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If you are referring to the Rogers & Hammerstein version, their estate owns the rights.
At the end of 2009 Disney gained all rights to Marvel.
The Walt Disney company owns the image rights (and other rights such as movie rights) for Baby Pooh, along with image rights for many other Disney Characters.
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