Crikey readers weigh in on the Men at Work vs. Kookaburra copyright case. What kind of culture do we live in where a few notes can land you in a courtroom? asks one reader. Plus, safety issues for coal miners.
Men at Work
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Laughing at the Men at Work vs. Kookaburra case
Music copyrights and wrongs: money hits the right note, doesn’t it?
Would Colin Hay, or Men at Work, accept “unconscious referencing” as an excuse if someone had indeed used part of one of his songs and claimed it as their own?
Riffing on the Down Under decision
Colin Hay may be a great musician, but his claim that it took almost two decades for anyone to notice that Land Down Under sounds a little bit like Kookaburra is absurd, says Tim Dunlop.
Business As Usual: What’s Mandarin for boom?
China’s passenger car sales rose 84% last month, why Australia’s rising unemployment is chicken feed in global terms, The Australian carries on like a kookaburra, EMI is skint and more.
Pecking holes in the Men At Work vs. Kookaburra case
Have you ever actually listened to Land Down Under and thought: “Ah yes, the flute part is the kookaburra song”? asks Leaping Larry L. In fact, have you ever even noticed there was a flute before?
Guy Rundle: IP, a whiter shade of property
Intellectual property is a fiction, and the way in which it is conceived changes over time, writes Guy Rundle. Just ask Men at Work.
