"So having read a news article about this now, this has almost nothing to do with Disney, as they simply licensed the song from Abilene Music. It's Abilene that settled and agreed to pay the family of the writer back and future royalties."
A U.S. company has settled a long-running legal dispute with a South African family over the copyright to "The Lion Sleeps Tonight," one of Africa's most famous tunes, lawyers said Friday.