czetie: Dheiner: New group name: Men at Rest?

My headline had this joke plus the six feet down under line, still didn't get greened :-(

Well there's yer problem. You flew too close to the sun...

macadamnut: It doesn't mention whether the song's copyright owners WROTE THE SONG. I'm guessing not.

Come up and collect your prize. In fact, the copyright claim was not pursued until the woman who wrote the song died, and her back catalogue was purchased.
A back catalogue which included a song written for the Girl Guides (as part of a competition? If I remember correctly). But the girl guides did not pursue copyright so these copyright trolls assumed that it was fair game. Unfortunately, the courts agreed.

RIP Hamm's

/dammit, if everyone else is doing it, I can too...

LucklessWonder: Loaf's Tray: He can die if he wants to!

//Errbody look at your pants...

Men without Hats != Men At Work

!= Men At Work

Good one subs.

unyon: Jackpot777: RamboFrog: Will his body be lying in a den in Bombay?

I didn't read the entire article. Did he OD on Vitos-E?

Is it just a case of OVERKILL?!?

/ghosts appear and fade away.

My money is on 'choked on a vegemite sandwich'.

Run over by a fighter kombi.

RIP Spam

/bloody Vikings

He must have messed with another man's fries...

redsquid: The last three songs on Business as Usual is one of my favorite 15 minutes of music ever.


I'd have to agree. Catch A Star is one of my favorite pop tunes.

redsquid:
The band was sued by the granddaughters of the writer of original folk song....
fark these money grubbing coonts. Go write your own song.


Never came across stories of relations being the ones who brought up the original lawsuit.

Publishing company Larrikin Music claims Men At Work's Down Under rips off the popular children's song, Kookaburra

Larrikin, in court documents, claimed that in 1981 Hay and Strykert wrote Down Under using a "substantial part of Kookaburra".

It said the composers of Down Under had "misled" the Australian Performing Rights Association (APRA) over their rights to the song.

Larrikin said Kookaburra was written by Toorak college teacher Marion Sinclair in 1934 for a Girl Guide jamboree in Melbourne.

She signed over her copyright to the Libraries Board of South Australia in 1987, a year before her death. In 2000, Larrikin took over the copyright in an agreement backdated to 1990, it said.

"I am a big fan of Down Under, I love it," Mr Lurie said. "The message is a bit dark and droll, but I don't have any problem with that.

"But, in terms of doing the right thing - no, it saddens me, because Marion Sinclair was very gracious in allowing people to use the song.

"It really saddens me to think that, in the last years of her life, while Down Under was having huge commercial success, she was in a nursing home, not earning any money from it, and was probably entitled to."

I was always told there were guitar players and then there were guitarists. I suppose it's the same for people with flutes.

My first concert my dad ever took me to was Men at Work in Philly when I was like 10...

GungFu: redsquid:
The band was sued by the granddaughters of the writer of original folk song....
fark these money grubbing coonts. Go write your own song.


Never came across stories of relations being the ones who brought up the original lawsuit.

Publishing company Larrikin Music claims Men At Work's Down Under rips off the popular children's song, Kookaburra

Larrikin, in court documents, claimed that in 1981 Hay and Strykert wrote Down Under using a "substantial part of Kookaburra".

It said the composers of Down Under had "misled" the Australian Performing Rights Association (APRA) over their rights to the song.

Larrikin said Kookaburra was written by Toorak college teacher Marion Sinclair in 1934 for a Girl Guide jamboree in Melbourne.

She signed over her copyright to the Libraries Board of South Australia in 1987, a year before her death. In 2000, Larrikin took over the copyright in an agreement backdated to 1990, it said.

"I am a big fan of Down Under, I love it," Mr Lurie said. "The message is a bit dark and droll, but I don't have any problem with that.

"But, in terms of doing the right thing - no, it saddens me, because Marion Sinclair was very gracious in allowing people to use the song.

"It really saddens me to think that, in the last years of her life, while Down Under was having huge commercial success, she was in a nursing home, not earning any money from it, and was probably entitled to."

It's a shame you guys thought of this after she was dead as opposed to looking after her interests when she was less dead.

Men at Work was my first concert. 1983, Santa Barbara, CA. Concert was fantastic, loved the band.

Still trying to find a decent MP3 of "Mr. Entertainer," which as far as I know never appeared on one of their albums, live or otherwise. Best I've been able to find is YouTube videos.

Down by the Beach is my favorite MaW song....great sax! :D

Awwww, my favorite member.
/am saxophonist
//met Colin last year
///now my fav

jfarkinB

FOLK MUSIC DOES NOT WORK THAT WAY!

There's a fellow living in Maine (still, I hope) who once said, "If you know who wrote it, it's not a folk song."

// Extendable, transferable IP laws suck.

Fried out Kombi - a broken-down van
Head full of Zombie - Zombie was a particularly strong batch of marijuana

SEE I can Wiki too

Thudfark: GungFu: redsquid:
The band was sued by the granddaughters of the writer of original folk song....
fark these money grubbing coonts. Go write your own song.


Never came across stories of relations being the ones who brought up the original lawsuit.

Publishing company Larrikin Music claims Men At Work's Down Under rips off the popular children's song, Kookaburra

Larrikin, in court documents, claimed that in 1981 Hay and Strykert wrote Down Under using a "substantial part of Kookaburra".

It said the composers of Down Under had "misled" the Australian Performing Rights Association (APRA) over their rights to the song.

Larrikin said Kookaburra was written by Toorak college teacher Marion Sinclair in 1934 for a Girl Guide jamboree in Melbourne.

She signed over her copyright to the Libraries Board of South Australia in 1987, a year before her death. In 2000, Larrikin took over the copyright in an agreement backdated to 1990, it said.

"I am a big fan of Down Under, I love it," Mr Lurie said. "The message is a bit dark and droll, but I don't have any problem with that.

"But, in terms of doing the right thing - no, it saddens me, because Marion Sinclair was very gracious in allowing people to use the song.

"It really saddens me to think that, in the last years of her life, while Down Under was having huge commercial success, she was in a nursing home, not earning any money from it, and was probably entitled to."

It's a shame you guys thought of this after she was dead as opposed to looking after her interests when she was less dead.

You miss the point, when she was alive they didn't have the copyright. In fact, at that point no one did. She thought the girl guides owned the copyright and the girl guides (omg shock horror) are not copyright trolls and didn't realise they had a copyright to enforce. So, because they didn't care they lost it and we end up with this current clusterfark where a small recording label acquired the rights at auction and also DID NOTHING ABOUT IT. Then they were taken over by a larger record label who DID NOTHING ABOUT IT. They in turn were taken over by an American company (Warner) and it was warner who decided that the memory of a woman (who didn't believe she retained copyright for a campfire song she gave away) was being sullied.

Fark you American multinationals fark you Australian - US free trade agreement which involved us pickeing up your crap copyright model and fark the political hacks who suck at the teat of special interest groups instead of passing sane laws.

FTA: they knock on his Greg Ham's door, he did not answer "who can it be know'
so they think he is dead.

I like that band.

Well done subby.

An Australian band/artist succeeding in the US charts is very rare. Men At Work did it, and the same week that Greg Hams dies another Australian (well, Belgian-Australian) in Gotye has also done well.

Those who enjoyed Men at Work should also check out similar-era Aussie bands Hunters and Collectors, The Church, the Coral Snakes and also Ed Kuepper's solo stuff. I'm guessing everyone's heard of Midnight Oil, Crowded House and the Bad Seeds.

unyon: TFA Moneyshot: "I'm terribly disappointed that that's the way I'm going to be remembered - for copying something."

See kids? PIRACY ISN'T A VICTIMLESS CRIME!

It's a mistake.

Aussie_As: Well done subby.

An Australian band/artist succeeding in the US charts is very rare. Men At Work did it, and the same week that Greg Hams dies another Australian (well, Belgian-Australian) in Gotye has also done well.

Those who enjoyed Men at Work should also check out similar-era Aussie bands Hunters and Collectors, The Church, the Coral Snakes and also Ed Kuepper's solo stuff. I'm guessing everyone's heard of Midnight Oil, Crowded House and the Bad Seeds.

You forgot Icehouse and INXS*

*Early stuff.

Thudfark: You forgot Icehouse and INXS*

One of the first records I ever bought was a cut-to-shape Australia-shaped 7" single of Crazy by Icehouse. Must still have it somewhere (going back 25 years)......

Johnny Diesel and the Injectors at all?

Pert: Thudfark: You forgot Icehouse and INXS*

One of the first records I ever bought was a cut-to-shape Australia-shaped 7" single of Crazy by Icehouse. Must still have it somewhere (going back 25 years)......

Johnny Diesel and the Injectors at all?

Just rediscovered Icehouse about a year back. Lots of good stuff I'd forgotten about. The Oz sure did seem to produce a lot of interesting muzak way back when.

Thudfark: Pert: Thudfark: You forgot Icehouse and INXS*

One of the first records I ever bought was a cut-to-shape Australia-shaped 7" single of Crazy by Icehouse. Must still have it somewhere (going back 25 years)......

Johnny Diesel and the Injectors at all?

Just rediscovered Icehouse about a year back. Lots of good stuff I'd forgotten about. The Oz sure did seem to produce a lot of interesting muzak way back when.

And of course, Mental as Anything. Duh. Slow brain day.

Thudfark: Thudfark: Pert: Thudfark: You forgot Icehouse and INXS*

One of the first records I ever bought was a cut-to-shape Australia-shaped 7" single of Crazy by Icehouse. Must still have it somewhere (going back 25 years)......

Johnny Diesel and the Injectors at all?

Just rediscovered Icehouse about a year back. Lots of good stuff I'd forgotten about. The Oz sure did seem to produce a lot of interesting muzak way back when.

And of course, Mental as Anything. Duh. Slow brain day.

While you are thinking along those lines...
Who do gurus?

/we do gurus
//with credit to this overused joke going to Mal and Vic
///club veg

ADHD Librarian: Thudfark: Thudfark: Pert: Thudfark: You forgot Icehouse and INXS*

One of the first records I ever bought was a cut-to-shape Australia-shaped 7" single of Crazy by Icehouse. Must still have it somewhere (going back 25 years)......

Johnny Diesel and the Injectors at all?

Just rediscovered Icehouse about a year back. Lots of good stuff I'd forgotten about. The Oz sure did seem to produce a lot of interesting muzak way back when.

And of course, Mental as Anything. Duh. Slow brain day.

While you are thinking along those lines...
Who do gurus?

/we do gurus
//with credit to this overused joke going to Mal and Vic
///club veg

Them too.