<P> Although Linda was listed as a performer on the record itself, the Weavers thought he had recorded a traditional Zulu song . Their managers, publisher, and their attorneys knew otherwise because they had been contacted by--and had reached an agreement with--Eric Gallo of Gallo Records in South Africa . The Americans maintained, however, that South African copyrights were not valid because South Africa was not a signatory to U.S. copyright law . In the 1950s, after Linda's authorship was made clear, Seeger sent Linda $1000 . Seeger also instructed TRO / Folkways to henceforth pay his share of authors' earnings to Linda . The folksinger apparently trusted his publisher's word of honor and either saw no need, or was unable to make sure these instructions were carried out . </P> <P> In 2000, South African journalist Rian Malan wrote a feature article for Rolling Stone magazine in which he recounted Linda's story and estimated that the song had earned $15 million for its use in the Disney movie The Lion King alone . The piece prompted filmmaker François Verster to create the Emmy - winning documentary A Lion's Trail, that told Linda's story while incidentally exposing the workings of the multi-million dollar corporate music publishing industry . </P> <P> In July 2004, as a result of the publicity generated by Malan's article and the subsequent documentary, the song became the subject of a lawsuit between Linda's estate and Disney, claiming that Disney owed $1.6 million in royalties for the use of "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" in the film and musical stage productions of The Lion King . At the same time, the Richmond Organization began to pay $3,000 annually into Linda's estate . In February 2006, Linda's descendants reached a legal settlement with Abilene Music Publishers, who held the worldwide rights and had licensed the song to Disney, to place the earnings of the song in a trust . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This section may contain indiscriminate, excessive, or irrelevant examples . Please improve the article by adding more descriptive text and removing less pertinent examples . See Wikipedia's guide to writing better articles for further suggestions . (July 2017) </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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