The Isolated Blurt Thread ∞: Who Gives a Fuck?

What the heck. I haven't thought of this guy since, well, Land Down Under one-hundred years ago. He showed up earlier today on my Facebook feed and now this.

In 2009, Hay's former group, Men at Work, was named in a lawsuit alleging copyright infringement by Larrikin Music, which owns the rights to the "Kookaburra" song. Larrikin Music claimed that part of a flute riff from the band's 1981 single "Down Under" was copied from "Kookaburra" originally written by a music teacher, Marion Sinclair, who died in 1988. In February 2010, a court ruled in favour of Larrikin Music. Although the petition from Larrikin Music requested 40% to 60% of royalties dating back to 1981 and future royalties, in July 2010 a judge awarded the plaintiff only 5% of royalties dating back to 2002 and the same amount of future royalties - Wikipedia

Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree...:)
 
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