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Men at Work Accused of Ripping Off Children's Song

If you think you've heard the flute riff in Men At Work's 'Down Under' somewhere else, you may be on to something. A music publishing company, which owns the classic children's song 'Kookaburra,' claims that 'Down Under' rips off the kid's tune.

Larrikin, which owns 'Kookaburra,' says that the accompanying melody to the lyric "Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree" can be heard in 'Down Under.' Colin Hay and Ron Strykert, the 'Down Under' songwriters, will be meeting Larrakin in court to fight the dispute.

Lawyers on behalf of Hay, Strykert, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Sony DADC Australia, EMI Songs Australia and EMI Music Publishing intend to argue that "the 'Down Under' work does not incorporate the whole or any substantial part of the 'Kookaburra' work," and that the Girl Guides, an Australian scouting group, actually hold the copyright to 'Kookaburra.'

The songs are set to battle it out over the alleged breach of copyright within days.

Posted by Ashley Iasimone on Jun 25th 2009 12:40PM
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DJs Arrested for Buying Own Songs With Phony Credit Cards

Remember the good ol' days of simple payola, when labels paid for play on radio stations? Proving that music industry fraud is moving with the times too, nine U.K.-based DJs have been arrested for purchasing their own songs on iTunes with 1,500 U.S. and U.K. cloned credit cards.

According to Metro U.K., the nine very enterprising musicians supplied 19 songs, determined by police to be of "intederminate quality" (wow, everyone really is a critic) to American distributor Tunecore. Once the songs were uploaded on iTunes and Amazon, the group went to work, buying the albums with the stolen credit cards and sending the songs moving up the charts. As a result of their fraudulent sales, the nine made out with about $300,000 in royalties.

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Posted by Steve Baltin on Jun 15th 2009 12:00PM
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Pete Doherty Arrested After Alleged In-Flight Drug Bust

Embattled rocker Pete Doherty is the latest musician whose in-flight behavior resulted in an arrest. The former Libertines frontman was detained last Friday for allegedly shooting up on a British Airways flight.

According to a report in Britain's Sunday Mail, the 30-year-old musician was arrested after arriving in Geneva on the way to a performance. According to another passenger, Doherty went to the bathroom midway through the flight and wouldn't come out for over 25 minutes before the flight crew got the door open and allegedly found him with a hypodermic needle. He was escorted back to his seat, looking "completely out of it," while another crew member allegedly carried the needle out wrapped in a napkin. The pilot called law enforcement, who arrested Doherty when the plane landed.

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Evan Dando Sues General Motors

Lemonheads frontman Evan Dando is suing General Motors for allegedly copying one of his songs in an advertisement. The suit -- filed in federal court last Thursday -- claims that the automaker violated Dando's copyright by re-recording the band's 1992 hit 'It's a Shame About Ray.'

In addition to the currently troubled automaker -- which sought bankruptcy protection just days ago -- Dando also listed the advertising and licensing firms behind the 2008 television campaign for Cheverolet and Buick. Dando is seeking damages and a portion of profits derived from the use of his composition.

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Posted by John D. Luerssen on Jun 8th 2009 10:45AM
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Courtney Love Sued by American Express

After an seemingly endless stream of legal and financial troubles, Courtney Love finds herself on the receiving end of a new lawsuit by American Express. The card company claims the 44-year-old rocker owes them a staggering $350,000 in unpaid card charges.

Court documents filed in Los Angeles state that Love "failed and refused" to make payments on her AmEx. Her card has been suspended by the company, which seeks the unpaid balance plus legal fees.

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Posted by John D. Luerssen on May 28th 2009 3:00PM
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Eighties Rocker Henry Lee Summer Arrested on Drug Charges

Henry Lee Summer was arrested Tuesday night in Indianapolis on drug charges after a traffic stop turned into a short-lived car chase. The 53-year-old singer-guitarist is best known for the 1988 hit 'I Wish I Had a Girl (Who Walked Like That).'

The incident began when a police officer tried to pull Summer over after the rocker made a turn without signaling. The cop witnessed the Indiana native throwing a small object from his black Ford Explorer while refusing to pull over. When Summer finally did stop, he kept moving to avoid being cuffed and finally gave up after being hit with pepper spray. The police later found the tossed object, a small box containing about a tenth of a gram of crystal meth.

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Posted by Dan Reilly on May 8th 2009 11:00AM
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Jeff Tweedy Sued by Former Bandmate

Former Wilco multi-instrumentalist Jay Bennett filed suit on Monday against the band's frontman, Jeff Tweedy, for breach of contract. Bennett, whose less than amicable departure from the band was chronicled to tense effect in the documentary 'I Am Trying to Break Your Heart,' performed with Wilco from 1994 to 2001.

Bennett's suit, according to the Chicago Sun-Times, cites unpaid royalties and other monies owed during his seven-year tenure. Filed in Cook County Circuit Court, the documents reportedly reveal that the musician is seeking a minimum of $50,000 in damages.

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