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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!"

3 of 371 comments (clear)

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  2. Iconic artist? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    What the fuck? Iconic artist? I never heard of this dumbass aussie shit. Get the fuck out of my internets, bitch, this is completely irrelevant and useless to everyone.

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