"the new york times" reported about disney's decision on may 5, 2004. disney stated that both moore's agent (ari emanuel) and miramax were advised in may 2003 that miramax would not be permitted to distribute the film. disney representatives said disney had the right to veto any miramax film if it appeared that its distribution would be counterproductive to the interests of the company; indeed, disney had blocked miramax from releasing two films before: "kids" and "dogma".