A judge on Tuesday ordered Australian band Men at Work to hand over a portion of the royalties from their 1980s hit "Down Under," after previously ruling its distinctive flute riff was copied from a children's campfire song. The penalty -- 5 percent of the song's royalties -- was far less than the 60 percent sought by publishing company Larrikin Music, which holds the copyright for "Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree," a song written more than 70 years ago about a native Australian bird.
July 07, 2010 at 12:00 AM
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A judge ordered Australian band Men at Work on Tuesday to hand over a portion of the royalties from their 1980s hit “Down Under,” after previously ruling its distinctive flute riff was copied from a children’s campfire song.
But the penalty — 5 percent of the song’s royalties — was far less than the 60 percent sought by publishing company Larrikin Music, which holds the copyright for the song “Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree.”
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