Pierrot the Clownfish
{{Short description|French children's book}}
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| name = Pierrot the Clownfish
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| author = Franck Le Calvez
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| title_orig = Pierrot le poisson clown
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| illustrator = Robin Delpuech
Thierry Jagodzinski
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| country = France
| language = French
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| genre = Children's literature
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| publisher = Éditions Flaven Scène
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| pub_date = November 2002
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| isbn = 2-9519138-1-8
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Pierrot the Clownfish is a French children's book by author Franck Le Calvez.{{cite web |title=Pierrot, le poisson clown ; le nuage noir |url=https://www.chapitre.com/BOOK/le-calvez-franck-delpuech-robin/pierrot-le-poisson-clown-le-nuage-noir,26589742.aspx |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190307173920/https://www.chapitre.com/BOOK/le-calvez-franck-delpuech-robin/pierrot-le-poisson-clown-le-nuage-noir,26589742.aspx |archive-date=7 March 2019 |access-date=7 March 2002|website=Chapitre.com |language=fr}}
Disney lawsuit
In 2003, Le Calvez filed suit against Pixar and its distribution company Walt Disney Pictures, claiming that the story and the characters from this book were plagiarized in the film Finding Nemo. The author and his lawyer, Pascal Kamina, demanded from Disney a share of the profits from merchandising articles sold in France. Le Calvez and Kamina lost the lawsuit on 12 March 2004 and intended to file an appeal on 5 October 2004;{{Cite news |last=Lagorce |first=Aude |date=3 December 2004 |title=French Court Denies Disney Ban |work=Forbes |url=https://www.forbes.com/2004/03/12/cx_al_0312nemo.html |url-status=live |access-date=25 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151127161228/http://www.forbes.com/2004/03/12/cx_al_0312nemo.html |archive-date=27 November 2015}} however, to date there has been no further action taken against Pixar on the matter.
References
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External links
- {{Cite news |date=29 January 2004 |title=Finding Nemo case delayed |work=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3435969.stm |url-status=live |access-date=7 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212130030/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3435969.stm |archive-date=12 February 2019}}
- {{Cite news |last=Willsher |first=Kim |date=28 December 2003 |title=Disney 'copied my idea for Nemo' claims French author |work=Telegraph.co.uk |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/1450411/Disney-copied-my-idea-for-Nemo-claims-French-author.html |url-status=live |access-date=7 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190308002949/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/1450411/Disney-copied-my-idea-for-Nemo-claims-French-author.html |archive-date=8 March 2019}}
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