Lemonade Posted July 7, 2010 Report Share Posted July 7, 2010 And you know what, no matter how many times I listen to "Down Under" I can't hear even a hint of this song in it anywhere.Anyone?BBC News - Men At Work ordered to pay song royalties Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted July 7, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2010 Actually yeah I can kind of hear it now, right at the very beginning of "Down Under" but still it's one line, 3 notes, played on a flute. And the rest of the flute part doesn't sound anything like the kids song. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Owl PhD Posted July 7, 2010 Report Share Posted July 7, 2010 I think the amount of royalties they have to pay (5%) has been reduced quite a bit though. It was something like 60%, which is a bit ridiculous.BBC News - Men At Work's Colin Hay hits out over plagiarism ruling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FatHand Posted July 7, 2010 Report Share Posted July 7, 2010 It's hardly an empirical part of the song. A 3 second bit of flute solo hardly constitutes 60% of all the money made from the song. Definitely money grabbing. The quote at the end of the article is pretty peeving... "It's earned a hell of a lot of money for us since we've bought it,'' Mr Lurie told The Age. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fast Caz Posted July 9, 2010 Report Share Posted July 9, 2010 Ridiculous! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teabags Posted July 9, 2010 Report Share Posted July 9, 2010 What a heap of shit. What's next? Is some cunt going to sue Status Quo cos he wrote a song with only 3 chords before they did? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigsby Posted July 9, 2010 Report Share Posted July 9, 2010 The Verve had to pay 100% of the royalties to Bittersweet Symphony because the strings bit was sampled from an old "muzak" version of a Rolling Stones song.Crazy lawsuit but at least they are only going to have to pay 5% of earning since 2002 now.Really Men at Work should be on trial for crimes against music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Owl PhD Posted July 9, 2010 Report Share Posted July 9, 2010 The Verve had to pay 100% of the royalties to Bittersweet Symphony because the strings bit was sampled from an old "muzak" version of a Rolling Stones song.Although to be fair the strings were the only good bit in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hog Posted July 9, 2010 Report Share Posted July 9, 2010 The Verve had to pay 100% of the royalties to Bittersweet Symphony because the strings bit was sampled from an old "muzak" version of a Rolling Stones song..I'm sure that The Rolling Stones needed the money:popcorn: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hog Posted July 9, 2010 Report Share Posted July 9, 2010 A quality Oz song.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDkwUlaJhs0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Nice Andrew Posted July 10, 2010 Report Share Posted July 10, 2010 Maybe it's because iv eaten crap all day, it's late and there's some horrible film on tv called mysterious skin, but that youtube video made me feel sick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monster Zero Posted July 10, 2010 Report Share Posted July 10, 2010 I'm sure that The Rolling Stones needed the money:popcorn:I seem to recall they knew nowt about it, it was their old manager that initiated it all. I seem to remember seeing an interview with Keith Richards when he was asked about it, his reply was along the lines of 'Yeah, um, I don't know much about that, um, fuck em, y'know?' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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