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Theme Songs

The copyright holder of the theme song of a popular 1980s Hungarian television show sufficiently pleaded that it is “strikingly similar” to the X-Men theme song, a federal court in New York ruled, finding some of his claims survive various defendants’ motions to dismiss.

NEW YORK — The copyright holder of the theme song of a popular 1980s Hungarian television show sufficiently pleaded that it is “strikingly similar” to the X-Men theme song, a federal court in New York ruled, finding some of his claims survive various defendants’ motions to dismiss.

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