TO ME, MY LITIGATORS: Eyebrows raised recently when a Florida man sued Marvel, Fox, Saban Entertainment, and many other production companies saying that the generation-defining theme song of the '90s X-Men animated show actually plagiarized a strikingly similar theme of a popular Hungarian tv show from the 1980s. Nerd Law man, Andrew, and X-Men fanatic, D. Bethel, put their heads together to see if this case has any legs to stand on. (A big thanks to friend-of-the-show, André La Roche for his consultation on this topic.)
DISNEY PEMDAS: Last week, Disney made waves as it began an irresponsibly long Twitter thread announcing every title that would be available on its upcoming Disney+ service. D. Bethel and Andrew sort through the announcement, talking about how much this will shift the paradigm of entertainment consumption.
RELEVANT LINKS:
Alexander, Leigh. "Report: Konami Didn't Use Metal Gear Solid Theme In MGS4 Due to Plagiarism Accusations." Gamasutra. Informa, 12 December 20018. Leight, Elias. "Vinyl Is Poised to Outsell CDs For the First Time Since 1986." Rolling Stone. Penske Business Media, 06 September 2019. Lovett, Jamie. "Marvel Sued For Allegedly Stealing X-Men: The Animated Series Theme Song." Comic Book. CBS Interactive, 09 October 2019. Zoltan Krisko's complaint against Marvel, et al. "This 80's Song Inspired Mario's Music." YouTube, uploaded by Thomas Game Docs, 20 May 2019.
RELEVANT EPISODES:
Shortcast 03 - Interview with André La Roche (31 December 2014): the episode that featured our nerd legal consultant for this episode. New Dangers (20 September 2019): Our most recent episode talking about Disney and its strange machinations.
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