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‘Down Under’ Was Ripped-Off

Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 4:01 pm
by scotty

Re: ‘Down Under’ Was Ripped-Off

Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 4:16 pm
by kiramdear
Nope, I don't see it either.

Re: ‘Down Under’ Was Ripped-Off

Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 4:31 pm
by kennyhowes
kiramdear wrote:Nope, I don't see it either.
It's a stretch. I bet it gets thrown out.

Re: ‘Down Under’ Was Ripped-Off

Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 4:41 pm
by longhouse
My sweet Lord. I don't mind seeing Sony hit with a big bill if there's just cause ...but I don't hear the similarity here. I hope George Harrison's spirit visits the plaintiffs and scares some sense into them. Looks like a case of money-grubbing to me.


Re: ‘Down Under’ Was Ripped-Off

Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 4:44 pm
by winston
Just an attempt at a money grab IMO. The only real similarities are that they are both musical in content and both iconic Australian tunes............ :wink:

Re: ‘Down Under’ Was Ripped-Off

Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 4:58 pm
by Scastles
Wow!! 50% of the earnings?? Talk about 'Down Under'.

Re: ‘Down Under’ Was Ripped-Off

Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 5:10 pm
by scotty
Thats gonna take the sausage out of the Vegemite Sandwich...

Re: ‘Down Under’ Was Ripped-Off

Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 5:15 pm
by jamfanman
from the video i wouldn't call ‘Kookaburra Sits In The Old Gum Tree' iconic, possibly chronic?

Re: ‘Down Under’ Was Ripped-Off

Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 5:53 pm
by scotty
Kookaburra Sits In The Old Gum Tree?
Doesnt that sum up Aitch? :lol: :lol: :lol:










Ducks for cover...........

Re: ‘Down Under’ Was Ripped-Off

Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 5:57 pm
by godber
I come from a land down under
Where beer does flow and men chunder
There may be carrots in your vomit, but it doesn't make it a casserole.

Re: ‘Down Under’ Was Ripped-Off

Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 5:58 pm
by scotty
godber wrote:
I come from a land down under
Where beer does flow and men chunder
There may be carrots in you vomit, but it doesn't make it a casserole.
Maybe a Beef bourguignon? :lol: :?

Re: ‘Down Under’ Was Ripped-Off

Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 5:59 pm
by godber
..or an Ernest Borgnine

Re: ‘Down Under’ Was Ripped-Off

Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 6:00 pm
by scotty
you win :lol:

Re: ‘Down Under’ Was Ripped-Off

Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 7:46 pm
by antipodean
The judgement infuriates me... it's going to get to the stage where some clown can claim royalties to "Twist and Shout" (and many other classics) based on the fact they bought the rights to an earlier song with the I-IV-V chord pattern.... The only way to make your song truly original is to do away with the entire concept of scales... edit: and hope nobody else has even thought about doing the same thing...

Re: ‘Down Under’ Was Ripped-Off

Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 8:03 pm
by winston
I could not agree more Evan. What were they thinking :roll: