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Men At Work Stole Down Under Riff

Band faces hefty payments for borrowing kid song

By Mary Papenfuss,  Newser Staff

Posted Feb 4, 2010 3:24 AM CST

(Newser) – The Australian rock band Men at Work is facing major royalty penalties now that a court has ruled they stole "substantial parts" of popular kids' song Kookaburra in their '80s hit Down Under. Music publishing company Larrikan, which owns the rights to the song,... More »

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schmidtkoff
Feb 4, 2010 10:19 AM CST
OMG - i used to sing that song in the 5th grade. who knew. i liked "down under". and never ever would connected the dots. yet even if it was pirated, and their excuses were transparent – so what? after all these years – men at work song in the 80’s – sinclair’s work from the year (approx.) ’35 – it’s now 2010. um, why now? and why bother? the kids of today are not thinking of Kookaburra sitting on some gum tree.
surfsup
Feb 4, 2010 10:10 AM CST
Man that is not even close.
prowlerzee
Feb 4, 2010 9:54 AM CST
Nope. I can't hear it at all. Weird.

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