Originally Posted By TiggerLilly1 Hello all! When they changed DCA to Disney California Adventure, I didn't think much about it, but recently, I realized that on practically every Disney DVD the cover reads "Disney" Tangled or "Disney" The Lion King. Even the classics read "Walt Disney" Bambi or "Walt Disney" Pinnochio, completly eliminating the possesive form Disney's for several years it seems. Why don't they seem to want to own their own product? Is it a copyright/legal thing or a rebranding? Has anyone else noticed this? Thanks in advance for any help.
Originally Posted By DlandDug It's very arcane and semantic, but I think the idea is that we are to understand the these things are named for Disney, but they do not "belong" to Disney. There are a couple of precedents: Tom Sawyer Island, and King Arthur Carousel. The island doesn't belong to Tom. It is named for him. And so on.