Men At Work have to pay 5% Royalties

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The 1983 Number One hit Down Under has cost Men At Work 5% of the Royalties gained from the song since 2002 as well as from future earnings. The owners of the copyright to Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree were looking for 60% after successfully argueing that the flute solo was a copy of their song.

Colin Hay and Ron Strykert, the co-writers, said ‘any reference to Sinclair’s folk song was ‘inadvertent, naive, unconscious.’ Get your cheque book out boys.

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Posted by 80sHog on Jul 6 2010 Filed under 80's Buzz. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry