Feb
04
2010

Down Under Lawsuit

(Add / View Comments) (0)Thursday, February 4, 2010 - 01:53:16 pm
(Posted Under: Music Music, Rants)
Fill this under "Un-Bloddy Australian"...

We just caught wind of this - probably because we'd left Australia at the time the lawsuit first came up.

This sort of thing particular disgusts me, and is so un-Australian. I can't begin to count the number of times I've heard Down Under my life, and not on of them has it even dawned on me that the flute riff sounds anything like Kookaburra Sits In The Gum Tree. Nor anyone else in the world for 29 years! All of a sudden trying to sue and collect royalties for something that went completely unnoticed until someone on Spicks & Specks brought it up is detestable. And how firstly Kookaburra isn't just public domain, and second how the judge didn't just throw it out is ridiculous.

What next? Is Kraft going to sue because Men At Work used the word "Vegemite" in the song?

I hope Colin and Co appeal and the lawsuit gets over turned.
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