From the article:
The Australian band Men at Work are facing a big legal bill after a court ruled it had plagiarised a Girl Guides’ song in its 1983 hit, Down Under.
Larrikin Music had claimed the flute riff from was stolen from Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree, written by Marion Sinclair in 1934
I love it. Could they have stolen a melody from a more Australian song for their own Australian song? It’s like writing a song called “I Love London, You Guys!” and then stealing the melody from that “London Bridge” song. And then getting sued for it.
