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AU Band Men At Work Owes Royalties On 'Kookaburra'

Posted by kdawson on from the that's-our-culture-they're-locking-up dept.

neonsignal writes "Iconic Australian band Men at Work have been ordered to pay royalties for an instrumental riff in their song 'Down Under.' The notes were sampled from a well-known children's song 'Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree,' written in 1934 for a Girl Guide's Jamboree. The Justice found the claims of the copyright owner Larrikin to be excessive, but ordered the payment of royalties and a percentage of future profits. Let's hope the primary schools are up to date with their ARIA license fees!"

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  1. Re:1934 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  2. Re:Perversion of the law's intent by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Copyright law was originally intended to contribute to the arts by incentivizing creation with a temporary monopoly for the creator. Hands up whoever thinks Ms Sinclair wouldn't have written this song if she knew some company 75 years later weren't able to get a cut of something they had absolutely no part in creating.

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