Buck Woodall’s five-year battle with Disney over who really created Moana looks to have come to an end, with a Los Angeles ...

Animator Buck Woodall continues to pursue a copyright trial over the sequel to the 2016 hit, though the jury's decision in ...

A jury quickly rejected a man’s claim that Disney’s “Moana” was stolen from his story of a young surfer in Hawaii.

A jury on Monday cleared Disney of a copyright infringement claim involving 'Moana,' which was brought by the author of ...

The jury deliberated for only about 2 ½ hours before deciding that the creators of “Moana” never had access to Buck Woodall’s ...

The jury took less than three hours to decide that Buck Woodall had failed to support his claim that the makers of ...

A jury sided with Disney, rejecting claims that "Moana" was based on Buck Woodall’s story. Here's what we know.

A California federal jury said on Monday that Disney's hit film "Moana" did not infringe an artist's copyrights related to his planned animated movie about a teenage hero in ancient Polynesia.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jury finds Disney did not copy ‘Moana’ from a man who wrote a story about a surfing boy. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published ...