In September of 2007, Australian quiz show Spicks and Specks asked contestants to guess the hidden children’s song in Men at Work’s popular “Down Under”, unknowingly igniting a copyright battle between Men at Work and “Kookaburra (Sits in the Old Gum Tree)” copyright holder, Larrikin Music Publishing. Larrikin Music Publishing had claimed a flute riff [...]
Posts Tagged ‘royalties’Men at Work Pay Up for Kookaburra RiffSunday, July 25th, 2010The Royalties You Never Knew You HadFriday, May 15th, 2009If you, or your band, are the primary artist on a recording that has been played on satellite radio, digital cable music channels, or internet radio, Sound Exchange may have money waiting for you. Likewise, if you sang, performed, or otherwise worked on a record that was in the Soundscan top 100 (or maybe even [...] |