The Walt Disney Company is renowned for zealously guarding its image as a wholesome purveyor of fun and entertainment, as well as aggressively pursuing corporate profits. The result is lawsuits aplenty — both by and against Disney — and some novel forms of revenge.

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Harlan Ellison was fired from Disney Studios for joking about an animated porn film. Disney forced three day care centers to remove cartoon characters painted on their walls. Disneyland has been sued because children saw headless Disney characters. An artist painted a Nazi soldier into the background of a Disney hotel mural. Walt had to agree to construct a building that could be converted to a hospital in order to obtain financing for his Burbank studio. Disney is offering $5,000 or a free trip to Disney World to those who help test a Microsoft "e-mail tracking program."* Walt Disney prepared a film to be viewed by Disney executives after his death, in which he gave them all instructions about how to run their areas of the company. Disney is suing the U.S. Air Force over the design of a new space badge. * Entries marked with an asterisk will open in a separate browser window.

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