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Originally Posted by RandonActs
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So, if I am understanding this correctly, I can get banned/thrown in jail/sued if I sing someone else's song. But if a popular musician does a cover of someone else's work it is ok?
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We could look forward to the Aussie example (Australia has a blacklist type legislation enacted) of Men at Work being retroactively sued by the
new copyright owners of Kookaberra (Larrikin Music), who actually won 5% of royalties for the song for a
three-second flute riff.
On 4 February 2010, Justice Jacobson ruled that Larrikin's copyright had been infringed because "Down Under" reproduced "a substantial part of Kookaburra.
If a 3-second flute riff - which was incidental btw - is substantial...
Also, this after 28 years of time that the previous copyright owners had no issue.
Crazy BS...plain and simple.