Prob only for us oldies, but seeing that most of us probably heard about the legal case against Men at Work from the Kookaburra song artist (not that I followed the case, but from what I read it was pretty dodgy). Colin Hay has just re-released it with a 'slight' change to the flute riff. Timed it to align with the Olympic Games opening ceremony.http://blogs.abc.net.au/sa/2012/07/colin-hay-and-down-under-2012.html
My 2 cents, still enjoy the song but miss those few high notes. Although it's only a slight change, it might take a while to get used to. I understand & I'm glad they re-recorded it though.
If thats all they had to change the whole case is boolcrap imo.
Men at Work are not the only ones to have done it, in fact there is a very recent one from an Australian artist who I will not name that uses another nursery rhyme at the start of his song and its much more clear than that one.
And wasnt it only found out after the question had been raised on Specs and Specks? If that question wasnt asked on the TV show would the court case still have gone ahead? I wouldnt think so.
I think Men at Work were unfairly drilled on that!
The girl who wrote the Kokaburra tune has actually passed away... Not sure on full details, but it was part of a Girl Guide competition I think... And today, the royalties rest with a company... not with the girl, or her family... Pretty certain the company is not part of the family, and not part of the Scout Association / Guide Association either.
So "The Greedy Company" somehow owns the rights to the Kookaburra song. The Company and it representatives are another case of greedy farkers gone wrong!
Ended up costing the life of a good bloke who enjoyed living in Carlton Victoria, enjoyed teaching people music...
"The Greedy Company" just wanted more money...
The guy who was running Larrikin Music Publishing "retired" after the court case.
He must be happy with the outcome and prob. made enough money out of it?
I know I couldn't sleep at night..
It's ok when it's the same label though...?
The Axis of Awesome was unreal
That is almost like hearing your life music all in 10 minutes
Loved it..
