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It’s over: High Court will not hear Kookaburra v Down Under copyright appeal
- Davies Collison Cave
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- Australia
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- November 30 2011
The coda of the ‘Kookaburra’ v ‘Down Under’ saga has finally been played
Full Court decides on appeal that a substantial part of “Kookaburra” was copied in Men at Work’s “Down Under”
- Davies Collison Cave
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- Australia
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- June 21 2011
The battle between two iconic Australian musical works continued in the appeal proceedings before the full Court of the federal Court of Australia comprising Justices Emmett, Jagot and Nicholas
EMI unsuccessful in "Kookaburra" copyright infringement appeal Down Under
- Davies Collison Cave
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- Australia
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- April 7 2011
EMI has lost an appeal to the full bench of the Federal Court against an earlier ruling that Men at Work's famous pop anthem "Down Under" infringed the copyright in an iconic Australian nursery rhyme
Larrikin awarded 5 of Down Under royalties for Kookaburra contribution
- Davies Collison Cave
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- Australia
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- July 15 2010
In a judgment handed down on 6 July 2010 (Larrikin Music Publishing Pty Ltd v EMI Songs Australia Pty Ltd (No 2) 2010 FCA 698), Jacobson J of the Federal Court ruled on Larrikin's entitlement to a share of the income collected by Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) and Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS
Larrikin Music Publishing Pty Ltd v EMI Songs Australia Pty Ltd
- Davies Collison Cave
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- Australia
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- February 4 2010
In June 2009 the Federal Court of Australia considered the preliminary question of whether Larrikin (a music publisher) is the owner of the copyright in the classic Australian children's song "Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree" ("Kookaburra"), written and composed in 1934 by Marion Sinclair and the winning entry of a Victorian Girl Guides singing round competition
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