A story we first reported on in 2004 has reached a resolution at last. The descendants of Zulu musician Solomom Linda had filed a lawsuit against Disney in South Africa claiming they were owed royalties for the popular song The Lion Sleeps Tonight that the company used in their Lion King feature and stage musical. Disney, at the time, released a statement that suggested the family take the matter up with the song’s publishers. Now CNN reports that the case has ended favorably for the family, saying that the “three impoverished South African women, whose father wrote The Lion Sleeps Tonight, have won a six-year battle for royalties in a landmark case that could affect musicians worldwide”. No settlement figures have been released, but the family were looking for $1.6 million in lost funds. The copyright in the song, originally called Mbube (the Zulu word for lion) reverts under British law to the composer’s heirs 25 years after their death. Disney were not implicated in the court case, but the doors are now open for the family to claim 25% of past and future earnings from the composition.