Zootopia, Disney lawsuit: in depth with "substantial similarity"

After many requests for a video on the Zootopia lawsuit, here you go. Gary Goldman is suing Disney for allegedly using his Zootopia project as the basis for their 2016 blockbuster. I go over the lawsuit and two precedential cases to help understand the definition of copyright 'substantial similarity'. Check out my podcast (episode 2 coming soon!) with @SkepticSarah at https://www.lawfulmasses.com/category/episodes/ Join our live chat Discord server at https://discord.gg/mnzSKwP Special thanks to the following Patreon supporters who have contributed $5+ AND have consented to be recognized. If you have pledged and are not on this list, please contact me and we'll fix it. $50 contributors: Joshua Meinzinger John Cripps $5+ contributors: Git2DaChoppa Idnex Keith Marrocco Aesthemic Aidan Mitchell Aaron Leslie Race Grooves Bytesback Charles Miller Daniel Nichols Jamie Sawyer Ph34rB33r Michael Morris Thyri Tymoteusz Paul CheeseDeluxe Richard Shotwell Lowezar Miles Spoor Nicholas Romano Daniel Y Ji Justin Myers Hannah Dernier Vixen Defea Paul Bible Veronica Pauli Peter Keros Matthew M. Sharon Chambers Paul Bishop Ryan Razon Isaac Renaud Steven Kinell Austin Barnes etherealblah Garrett McKellar Danny Baverstock Chris Butler Cameron MacFarland Sarah Gerweck Elliot DeMatteis Sam Bianchi Haris Bukic Bryan Joseph Anders Stensson Petri Simonen Erik van 't Wout Adam Cohen Scott R Weigle Matthew East Christopher Kimbrow Brandon Ivany Smithies Kelcie Hill Turinghacker Noah Emmett Buckley Lucas Kramer Pascal van den Berg Coltin Pyrlik David Silvester Michael Potter Clay Chipps DreadPirate_Duo Calum Gaffney Jeremiah Odette Matthew Mackarill Mark Whittington Jeff Morrison Kevin Toombs Scott Foster Dirk Ehrenschwender Martin Benonisen Matt Oliver Nick Ramos Casey Smyth Jonah Sokoloff Meto Sam Behrens moechine Pat Delaney Jamie Lawson Michael Howard