Kookaburra laughs at Men at Work

The Federal Court has ruled Australian-band Men at Work copied part of the song Kookaburra Sits In The Old Gum Tree and must pay royalties to the copyright owner.

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[stevespielberg]

The woman who made the song died. Now it's just greedy pricks trying to get free money.

[ar4216]

This is total bullshit. Men at Work just got royally fucked.

[willowbel]

this just shows how petty people are, that after all these years it took them this long to do something about it, all for money greedy bastards!

[kaylasdaddy55]

Since when did Megyn Kelly have an Australian accent?

[PowerViolenceDave]

@loknich Sadly Happy Birthday is also copyrighted. That why restaurants make up their own birthday songs for their customers, or else they'd owe Warner about $20,000 every time they sing it. This is the problem with copyright law.

[s0n152]

@stevespielberg I believe you. I think so too.

[metal66683]

Spicks and specks DARN you go back to playschool dude so men at work could live but they split up :( :( :(

[WilliamAztech]

there are millions of songs that sound alike, if you go to that amount of stretch when comparing song parts.

fuck this shit.

[BigCrookster]

Adam Simpson, [Larrikin Lawyers] is a smarmy faced prick and should hang his head in shame for getting involved in this case! I could punch his face in, CUNT!!

[83uoykcuf]

@thejetshowlive I'm pretty sure the lady who wrote the Kookaburra song was never bothered by it. Now that she's dead it's just a bunch of suits running around trying to grab money... Every job has it's ups and downs, and the downs of being a musician is that it's not a real job. I'm in a band but there's no way I'd expect to make a living out of it... I'd rather have a more steady job where I'm guaranteed a certain income. It's just the way life is. Want guaranteed money? Get a job, sorry.

[thejetshowlive]

@83uoykcuf - Wanker? Whats with the name calling? Sure music is a "hobby"…that is always said by anyone not making money at it. But watch what happens to all your happiness if that other band takes a portion of your song and makes huge money from it and goes #1. I'm sure you will "feel so good" when they reap all the benefits from your brain child. My life isnt all about money but there is sense of Right and Wrong. Walk a mile in a successful artists shoes and then see how you feel.

[MortOscarstein]

airsupplyband is sooooooooooo wrong.