Lion takes on Mouse in copyright row
by Rory Carroll in Johannesburg
Saturday July 3, 2004
The Guardian

Lawyers for the family of Solomon Linda, a migrant Zulu worker whose 1939 composition formed the basis for Wimoweh and The Lion Sleeps Tonight, announced the first of what are promised to be many lawsuits against the entertainment industry.

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