{"id":202545,"date":"2019-10-09T03:12:46","date_gmt":"2019-10-09T08:12:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/marvel-sued-for-ripping-off-old-x-men-theme-song-from-hungarian-show"},"modified":"2019-10-09T03:12:58","modified_gmt":"2019-10-09T08:12:58","slug":"marvel-sued-for-ripping-off-old-x-men-theme-song-from-hungarian-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/marvel-sued-for-ripping-off-old-x-men-theme-song-from-hungarian-show","title":{"rendered":"Marvel Sued for Ripping Off Old &#039;X-Men&#039; Theme Song from Hungarian Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-120527\">\n<header class=\"entry-header\">    \t\t<!-- .entry-meta --><br \/>\n    \t<\/header>\n<p><!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" readability=\"28.8251038302\">\n\t\t<!-- adman_adcode_beginning --><\/p>\n<div readability=\"71.5\">\n<section id=\"cb-93f4d55bdf352cc0d174e1759188adfe\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n       <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"amazon\" alt=\"amazon\" class=\"img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Marvel-Sued-for-Ripping-Off-Old-039X-Men039-Theme-Song-from-Hungarian-Show.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Exclusive<\/p>\n<p>                 <span class=\"media-credit image-block__media-credit\">Alamy<\/span>\n         <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-0c5053565f9eff447472238399e55e86\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"33\">\n<p>You know Marvel\u2019s \u201cX-Men\u201d as defenders of justice, but a TV show \u2014 in Hungary of all places \u2014 claims Wolverine and co. are guilty of stealing the theme song to their hit cartoon.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-6d73732f160006101850d391477d9418\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"41\">\n<p>A guy named <strong>Zoltan Krisko<\/strong> is suing every media giant you can imagine \u2014 Marvel, Disney, FOX, Apple, Amazon and more \u2014 claiming the TV execs behind the animated series from the \u201990s jacked the intro music from an even older show \u2026 called \u201cLinda.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-79f7e0609a382972e5331a788dd1c7a6\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-youtube-video-block canvas-youtube-video-block-permalink \"\/>\n<section id=\"cb-b59ec067d4cb7e4e1d87e91cfae5ed77\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"35\">\n<p>Bear with us \u2026 \u201cLinda\u201d aired in Hungary from 1984 to 1991, and according to a lawsuit filed by Krisko it was a hit cop comedy\/thriller. Hey, genres are different over there.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-34791f9177746366e27076a95ee9d809\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"37\">\n<p>Anyway, Krisko says he manages the estate of a Hungarian composer named <strong>Gyorgy Vukan<\/strong>, who created and copyrighted the \u201cLinda\u201d theme song in 1983. Krisko says it sounds exactly like the tune the \u201cX-Men\u201d cartoon used years later.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-c9c3a75fcd1e00a3cd2247184e5989b0\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"36\">\n<p>As for how the composer would have been exposed to the \u201cLinda\u201d theme \u2014 in the suit, Krisko claims the \u201cX-Men\u201d maestro and TV execs rubbed elbows with Hungarian film professionals in the \u201980s. He suggests they definitely would have known about \u201cLinda\u201d because it was such a massive hit at the time.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-b90a4718d0eb14e89120cde2374ef80a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-youtube-video-block canvas-youtube-video-block-permalink \"\/>\n<section id=\"cb-df4f515dcbce8576787caa677f384e32\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"39\">\n<p>Krisko says he didn\u2019t learn of the \u201cX-Men\u201d series and its theme until 2017 \u2014 little behind the times \u2014 but he alleges in docs, all the success the franchise achieved for Marvel and many other companies is a result of that iconic and, as he claims, stolen theme song.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-386eff8d91efe019ca32007f8d129fb3\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"33\">\n<p>Now, he\u2019s saying it\u2019s time to pay up in a major way \u2014 meaning he wants Vukan\u2019s estate to get a big chunk of the profits \u201cX-Men\u201d has made since the \u201990s.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-2cef73a192917b6ac2d00d1174f1c209\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-block-is-last \" readability=\"29\">\n<p>Listen to both songs \u2026 even Professor X might have a hard time hearing a difference.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2019\/10\/09\/marvel-sued-x-men-theme-song-linda-police-woman-hungarian\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- adman_adcode_after --><\/p>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\">Sharing is caring!<\/p>\n<p class=\"gasd_author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/about-me\" rel=\"author\" title=\"Profile for Dalelorenzo Johnson\">Profile for Dalelorenzo Johnson<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<footer class=\"entry-footer\"><span class=\"cat-links\">Posted in <a href=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/category\/categorized\/news\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a><\/span>\t<\/footer>\n<p><!-- .entry-footer --><\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/marvel-sued-for-ripping-off-old-x-men-theme-song-from-hungarian-show\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exclusive Alamy You know Marvel\u2019s \u201cX-Men\u201d as defenders of justice, but a TV show \u2014 in Hungary of all places \u2014 claims Wolverine and co. 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