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Author:  Amnesia10 [ Thu Feb 04, 2010 7:31 am ]
Post subject:  Men At Work lose plagiarism case in Australia
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8497433.stm

"That amount has yet to be determined but Larrikin's lawyer said it could reach 60% of income from the song." That is going to hurt. I doubt that the band have sufficient funds from past royalties to pay this. :shock:
Author:  pcernie [ Thu Feb 04, 2010 12:56 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Men At Work lose plagiarism case in Australia
Quote:
'I wouldn't call it plagiarism. I would call it just playing, being funny, just a little touch.' - Down Under co-writer Ron Strykert


No wonder they lost with that defence :lol:
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Thu Feb 04, 2010 6:46 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Men At Work lose plagiarism case in Australia
What I find incredible is considering how short the riff is that could lose 60% of the royalties.
Author:  Linux_User [ Thu Feb 04, 2010 6:49 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Men At Work lose plagiarism case in Australia
Amnesia10 wrote:
What I find incredible is considering how short the riff is that could lose 60% of the royalties.


Well I assume that's all future royalties, rather than backdated (which would make sense - how many copies has it sold already compared to likely sales in the future)?
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Thu Feb 04, 2010 7:29 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Men At Work lose plagiarism case in Australia
I can accept the future royalties argument but if it covers past royalties then that is crazy.
Author:  Linux_User [ Thu Feb 04, 2010 7:37 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Men At Work lose plagiarism case in Australia
Amnesia10 wrote:
I can accept the future royalties argument but if it covers past royalties then that is crazy.

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