Men at Work lose appeal over Kookaburra riff

Court rejects band's appeal against earlier ruling that the group had taken the flute melody of the hit Down Under from the songThe Australian band Men at Work have lost their final court bid to prove they did not steal the distinctive flute riff of their 1980s hit Down Under from a children's campfire song.The high court of Australia denied the band's bid to appeal a federal court judge's earlier ruling that the group had copied the signature flute melody of Down Under from the song Kookaburra ...

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