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Thread #121812   Message #2940496
Posted By: GUEST,Gerry
06-Jul-10 - 01:10 AM
Thread Name: Kookaburra vs Down Under?
Subject: RE: Kookaburra vs Down Under?
A link to the Sydney Morning Herald item on the compensation decision: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/07/06/2945781.htm?section=justin

It says, among other things, "Men At Work have been ordered to pay 5 per cent of royalties for plagiarising part of their 1980s hit Down Under.

"Larrikin owns the rights to the song and had been seeking up to 60 per cent of Down Under's profits as compensation.

"Today Justice Peter Jacobsen described Larrikin's compensation request as "excessive, over-reaching and unrealistic".

"Justice Jacobsen ordered Men At Work frontman Colin Hay, fellow songwriter Ron Strykert and EMI to pay Larrikin 5 per cent of future profits, as well as royalties dating back to 2002."