Kookaburra
Song
Australia's Men at Work accused of plagiarism...Larrikin did not notice until 2007. Federal Court judge Peter Jacobson ruled in July that Larrikin did in fact own the rights to the "Kookaburra" score, which was penned by teacher Marion Sinclair for a Girl Guides Jamboree in 1934,... In this article: Men at Work, Sandwich, Kookaburra, Down Under, Australia, Americas Cup, and Sony BMG |
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Metro | July 30, 2009
Aussie anthem 'Down Under' was ' stolen from the Girl Guides'
...to the rights. But today Federal Court Judge Peter Jacobson ruled that Larrikin did indeed own the copyright to "Kookaburra," accepting the publisher's claim that it bought the rights after Sinclair's death. Larrikin is suing Sony...
In this article: Down Under, Men at Work, Grammy Award, Sony, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, and EMI
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The Australian | October 27, 2009
Kookaburra flute reference not funny
...process for Down Under, which has come to be known as an unofficial anthem. A company that owns the copyright for the folk song Kookaburra, composed by Toorak schoolteacher Marion Sinclair for a Girl Guides competition in 1934, is suing Men...
In this article: Down Under, Greg Ham, Men at Work, ABC Learning, Michael Milken, and Sony BMG
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Telegraph.co.uk - International news | July 30, 2009
Men at Work sued over 'stolen' riff in Down Under
...to the Girl Guides movement. They also claimed that Men at Work's Colin Hay and Ron Strykert did not plagiarise the distinctive flute riff in "Kookaburra", and accused Larrikin of deceptive conduct. But Mr Jacobson said Larrikin had...
In this article: Men at Work, Down Under, Sandwich, Americas Cup, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Malaria, and Sony BMG Music Entertainment
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Fox News Entertainment | June 24, 2009
Could 80's Rock Hit Be Rip-Off of Classic Children's Song?
...Entertainment, Sony DADC Australia, EMI Songs Australia and EMI Music Publishing, claiming Larrikin doesn't actually have copyright to "Kookaburra" - the Girl Guides, an Australian scouting group, do. The part of the "Down Under" song that...
In this article: Down Under, Daily Telegraph, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Colin Hay, Men at Work, and Ron Strykert
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Kookaburra (song) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other uses, see Kookaburra (disambiguation) ... record label and publishing company (Sony BMG Music Entertainment and EMI Songs ...
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Men at Work sued over Down Under | Herald Sun
Sony's statement said the owners of the Kookaburra copyright should have known ... Sony BMG said in a statement yesterday: "This is properly a dispute between two ...
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www.billboard.biz
Copyright Battle Over Eighties Hit 'Down Under'
A Sony BMG spokesman says the company's view "is, and remains, that this is ... The answer, according to the program, was "Kookaburra. ...
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Men At Work Accused Of Plagiarizing Kids' Song
... for the band's recording companies -- Sony BMG Music Entertainment and EMI Songs ... The song about the kookaburra, a kingfisher native to Australia, was ...
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Description from Wikipedia:
"Kookaburra" (also known by its first line: "Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree") is a popular Australian nursery rhyme and round about the kookaburra (an Australian bird), written by Marion Sinclair.
Sinclair was a music teacher at Toorak College, a girls' school in Melbourne which she had attended as a boarder. In 1920, she began working with the school's Girl Guides company.
"Kookaburra" was written in 1934 as an entry in a competition run by the Girl Guides Association of Victoria, with the rights of the winning song to be sold to raise money for the purchase of a camping ground. The song was performed for the first time in 1934, at the annual Jamboree in Frankston, Victoria at which the Baden-Powells, founders of the Scouting and Guiding movements were present.
Despite its particular "Australian-ness", the song is well-known and performed around the world, particularly in the United States and United Kingdom, where the Girl Guide movements in those countries have adopted it as a traditional song.
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