Current Events > X-Men Cartoon Theme Song Sparks Lawsuit Against Marvel, Disney, Amazon, Apple

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https://deadline.com/2019/10/x-men-theme-song-lawsuit-marvel-disney-amazon-apple-linda-1202756336/
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Are they gonna sue Whitney Houston as well?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xm8LQEVdvjc" data-time="

Whats the issue

Idk if that show is worth even watching without the intro

Whenever I watch an episode of house the royalty free theme song puts me in a bad mood

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It does sound similar, but to attribute ALL of X-Men's success to one goddamn theme song that isn't even that good is ridiculous.

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jumi posted...

It does sound similar, but to attribute ALL of X-Men's success to one goddamn theme song that isn't even that good is ridiculous.

They should just play a 10 second clip hosted by the songs writer

"You like the xmen song? Go fuck yourself"

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Damn it they do sound suspiciously similar. Which makes me feel bad because I actually watched a nice video with the guy who wrote the X-Men song explaining how he came up with it. I hope he didn't actually copy it and that it is all a coincidence. But I suppose I would never really know.
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It does have a very similar melody
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Go with the Japanese openings.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rSw4Xl5qfs" data-time="
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Mistere Man posted...

Go with the Japanese openings.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rSw4Xl5qfs" data-time="

Still like the original
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Its been more than a quarter-century since the X-Men animated series invaded small screens and 22 years since it ended but a new copyright-infringement suit appears to suggest that the entire X-Men universe that has exploded into the zeitgeist wouldnt have happened if not for that series theme song.

A Florida man is suing Marvel, Disneys Buena Vista Television, Amazon, Apple, Haim Saban and others, claiming that the X-Men toons theme song was ripped off from a 1980s Hungarian TV series. Zoltan Krisko says he represents Gyorgy Vukan, the late composer of the theme song from Linda, a comedy thriller that aired from 1984-91 in the former Soviet Union satellite. According to the suit filed today in the Southern District of New York (read it here), a household name in Hungary and an entire country could identify the series through its iconic soundtrack.

Listen to the two theme songs below, and judge for yourself.

The suit says the soundtrack of X-Men is widely regarded as the most iconic soundtrack of any animation series in the 1990s. It claims that the X-Men theme song is substantially similar to the theme song of Linda. It was the result of unauthorized copying of Vukans copyrighted work, with some minor alterations. The subject, the tempo (pace), the harmonization and the sounding (instrumentation) is identical.

Heres the suits kicker: The soundtrack of X-Men contributed in a substantial manner to the business success of the X-Men. That, of course, includes the multibillion-dollar film franchise.

The series streams on Amazon Prime Video and is available at Apples iTunes Store, which is why those trillion-dollar companies are named as defendants. Warner Chappell Music, UMG Recordings and then-Saban Entertainment execs Ron Wasserman and Shuki Levy also are named in the suit, which demands a jury trial and seeks unspecified damages and further reproducing or distributing the infringing work.

Krisko, of Fort Lauderdale, is representing himself in the legal action. Here are the X-Men and Linda theme songs:

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A Florida man is suing Marvel, Disneys Buena Vista Television, Amazon, Apple, Haim Saban and others, claiming that the X-Men toons theme song was ripped off from a 1980s Hungarian TV series.

Florida man strikes again
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Parts of it sound similar, but not all of it and the tone is vastly different.
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I thought this was going to have something to do with the Whitney Houston song...

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Mistere Man posted...

Go with the Japanese openings.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rSw4Xl5qfs" data-time="

Getting Fist of The North Star vibes

Wolverine jumps off a mountain.
That kung-fu chick jumps off a mountain.


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If Led Zeppelin can get away with stealing Spirit's Taurus (and pretty much everything Willie Dixon ever did), Disney will have no trouble whatsoever here.

Wouldn't the "owner" actually be the former Hungarian People's Republic anyway?

I'm still partial to the Pryde of the X-Men intro.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVNre1BbnDQ" data-time="
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I'm on "Nah" for this one. Similar, yes, but they are distinct. They just have a similar seven-note riff.
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I'm gonna have to listen to it later.
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Is it really some random Florida man? What relation does he have to the original composer or current song owners?

Nahh naaahhhh ne nahh

Nahh nahhhhh ne nahhhhhh

Nahhhhh nee nahhhhhhhhhhh

X-men

sounds similar but doesn't really sound like a copy, honestly
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Guerrilla Soldier posted...

sounds similar but doesn't really sound like a copy, honestly

That's my thoughts, although my brother said that if Robin Thicke could lose his case with the Blurred Lines song...
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Raikuro posted...

Is it really some random Florida man? What relation does he have to the original composer or current song owners?

Zoltan Krisko says he represents Gyorgy Vukan, the late composer of the theme song from Linda, a comedy thriller that aired from 1984-91 in the former Soviet Union satellite.
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So when are we going to go after Bob Marley for ripping off the Banana Splits?

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Kitt posted...

So when are we going to go after Bob Marley for ripping off the Banana Splits?

Remember that time John Fogerty was sued for plagiarizing himself?
http://mentalfloss.com/article/27501/time-john-fogerty-was-sued-ripping-john-fogerty

Kind of weird that this is just happening now. The show is ancient, surely someone related to the rights of the original song must have been aware of it?

Anyways, if its proven that the song was legit plagiarized (and damn I wasnt expecting them to be that close) then they deserve full compensation. But lol at framing the show as the linchpin of the franchises modern popularity. Most people buying X-Men tickets today probably werent even alive the last time the show was in syndication >_>
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Just give em a million so they shut up. If they refuse say well spend millions in court not paying you a dime.
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AlisLandale posted...

Kind of weird that this is just happening now.

Disney has fucktons of money. That's why.

Vol2tex posted...

Zoltan Krisko says he represents Gyorgy Vukan, the late composer of the theme song from Linda, a comedy thriller that aired from 1984-91 in the former Soviet Union satellite.

That doesn't answer my question at all

Raikuro posted...

Vol2tex posted...

Zoltan Krisko says he represents Gyorgy Vukan, the late composer of the theme song from Linda, a comedy thriller that aired from 1984-91 in the former Soviet Union satellite.

That doesn't answer my question at all

It says he represents the composer, that's the info that is available at this time.
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They do sound familiar though lol.

No opinion on the actual case, but im leaning on nothing gets done or the big companies will handle it off the books.
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Stupid shit like this is why we lost the Metal Gear Solid theme.
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trying to claim the entire current franchise's success rests signifiacntly on that theme song seems a little absurd to me but this is pretty obviously copied
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Prestoff posted...

They do sound familiar though lol.

No opinion on the actual case, but im leaning on nothing gets done or the big companies will handle it off the books.

I hope we get to hear the theme in future X-Men projects
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It's crazy close, but I also imagine it's just a huge coincidence.

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They're similar but not exact.
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Disney Plus should replace the opening theme with this instead:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZDSkkQNrNc" data-time="

The legality of determining copyright from a nation that at the time was under Soviet control, during the Cold War, is going to cast doubt on the legitimacy of this lawsuit.
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