Someone with a future interest in Disney stock is trying to steal the song "Der Zauberlehrling" aka "The Sorcerer's Apprentice"
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The song is public domain, composed in the late 19th century based on a poem by Goethe.

How are they 'stealing' it? They have flooded YouTube with fake piano video playings of a different song titled "Der Zauberlehrling".

Ultimately, they would seek royalties whenever the actual song is played sometime in the future when Fantasia is rereleased.

This is easily a $15 million USD steal. Quite a nice retirement package for only having to pay 20 people to play the wrong song and erase it from history.
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This is the random smashing of piano keys they're trying to pass off as the song:

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And here is the actual song:

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Why it matters:
The playing of the song is a German tradition. Each year, typically on the night before Halloween, mom or dad starts playing the piano as the kids are falling asleep on the couch. It starts out sounding like a suspicious lullaby, then frantically loudness and quickens, causing the kids to jolt awake. The other parent then instructs the children to get ready for bed, brush their teeth, wash the dishes, etc while mom or dad is playing the rest of the song.