My point is, plain and simple...... The vast majority of items you see are sold illegally. They do not give many approvals.
Here is your basic response from Disney when inquiring about a license:
As you may well appreciate, we receive innumerable requests to use the Disney characters. It is most difficult to reply to an email such as yours because we are in the unhappy position of having to deny permission to reproduce the Disney copyrighted character in the manner you suggested. The Disney characters are protected by copyright, and the nature of the United States Copyright Act is such that unless we
exercise a high degree of control over every use of the characters, we endanger that valuable property. This would personal review and quality control over every single item.
Please know that any companies or individuals wishing to reproduce our characters and other copyrighted images must submit an application to Disney Consumer Products to become an authorized licensee.
Most of these requests are denied as we cannot review every item created for our approval before it hits a target audience.
Please be assured that our refusal to grant the permission you have requested is not capricious, but is based on experience and on the necessity of complying with the copyright laws.
Please know we have a legal team dedicated to the protection of our copyrighted properties. Our Guests area always welcome to report observations of suspected copyright infringement.
To report a suspected infringement you can either use our enforcement hot line, 818-560-3300, or the email account we have set up for this purpose:
Tips@disneyantipiracy.com. Please be assured that we regard our investigations as confidential and we do not reveal our sources.
We hope you will understand our position.
Sincerely,
Legal Requests
Walt Disney World Resort