A living human being? – No
A deceased human being, such as a mummy or a skull? – No
An animal? – No
An artistic representation of a person or an animal? – Yes
A painting? – No
A statue, doll, mannequin or similar ? – No
When their child was (legally) taken from them, one parent told the other parent that they needed to make a new child. It is that child that became world famous.
Out of the blue here, but is it: Mickey Mouse who was created because Disney lost the rights to Oswald the Rabbit? The rights were later reacquired though I don’t know if it was 78 years later.
You have it backwards. The answer is Oswald the Lucky Rabbit.(Mr. Mouse is the brother).
Created in 1927 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks but they lost the Oswald the Lucky Rabbit rights to Universal in 1928. On the way back from that meeting, Disney telegraphed Iwerks to say they lost the rabbit and they needed to create a new character for their studios. The result was Mickey Mouse and the reference to Hirohito and time was about his prized possession - a Mickey Mouse watch.
78 years after Disney lost the rights to Oswald, Al Michaels wanted to leave ABC/ESPN (owned by Disney) for NBC (owned by Universal). The agreement Bob Iger made was to release Michaels from his contract in exchange for the rights to Oswald and all other Oswald-related IP that Universal held. The agreement was literally trading Oswald for Al Michaels.
I don’t really know. I was thinking of something that was a representation of an animal and probably had to be a drawing. I did remember the story that Disney had reacquired the rights to Oswald and it involved a strange “trade” for a sportscaster though I didn’t recall it was Al Michaels. It was late so I just guessed rather than looking things up.