Cinderella - the story was first published by Charles Perrault in Histoires ou contes du temps passé in 1697
Sleeping Beauty - first published by Charles Perrault in Histoires ou contes du temps passé in 1697
Snow White - is a fairy tale known from many countries in Europe, the best known version being the German one collected by the Brothers Grimm in 1812
The Little Mermaid - written by by the Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen in 1837
The Princess and the Frog - Grimms Fairy Tales
Pocahontas - Captain John Smith 1706.
Rapunzel/Tangled - The Grimm Brothers' story is an adaptation of the fairy tale Persinette by Charlotte-Rose de Caumont de La Force originally published in 1698.
Then Disney claimed copyright over them and extended copyright so no one else can build on what they have done. Isn't it funny how it's legal for corporations to steal from the public domain yet when they feel it's their work being stolen they need to have laws changed to prevent it happening even if it means walking all over our
civil liberties.