Thread:Hey1234/@comment-27838199-20190204021051

Hi,

I would like to know your reasoning behind your recent edits to the Yen Sid page, specifically the removal of the entry regarding Deems Taylor using Yen Sid for the sorcerer in the 1940 Fantasia screenplay. That is a critical part of the history of the character, and to be honest, you make it sound like it was common knowledge that the sorcerer has always been called Yen Sid. As the trademark holder and copyright owner of the word "Yensid", I can tell you that the character "Yen Sid" or "Yensid" did not exist prior to June 22nd 1999. Here is an archive.org snapshot of yensid.com from 2002 clearly showing "Copyright 2000". Deems called the sorcerer Yen Sid, but he also called the apprentice "Michael" not Mickey. This is probably why that part of the monologue was never included in any film versions.

https://web.archive.org/web/20010124100000/http://exdol.yensid.com:80/

I was the senior webmaster for Disney.com at the time, and Disney legal was fully aware that I owned the domain. Disney applied for a trademark for the word Yensid in Decmenber 2006, right after KHII was released in the US, and right before they announced the live action Sorcerer's Apprentice starring Nic Cage. I was once again a Disney employee, and they were going to use trademark law to force me to surrender my domain and my copyright of the word. Here is one of the 3 trademarks they applied for. They abandoned the trademarks about 30 days after I resigned in April 2010.

https://trademark.trademarkia.com/yensid-77068792.html

I have plenty of other evidence including a transcript of a depostion where Disney accused me of trying to steal their trademark. Funny stuff. So far the FBI and IPRCC have ignored my copyright infringement complaint, so I am exploring my options at this point. I would like you to reconsider your edits, and if possible enlist some help to help me solve the rest of this mystery. At a minimum, people at Disney are guilty of trademark fraud, but I suspect they are fully aware that they are ripping me off.

If you have any questions, you can contact me via gmail or here on the board.

Steve Pirk pirkster@gmail.com 