Wednesday 7 July 2010

Men at Work Lose Royalty Case

Australian band Men at Work have been ordered to pay 5% of their royalties (from 2002 onwards) to the song "Down Under" after a judge ruled that they had plagiarised from a children's song! Larrikin Music, owners of the rights to "Kookaburra Sits in an Old Gum Tree" had sought 60% of the royalties, but the judge ruled that to be excessive. Having heard the children's song (here) I think the judge got it about right!

Your Wednesday questions are:-
  1. Which future US President married Rosalynn Smith today in 1946?

  2. Drummer Ringo Starr (right) was born today in 1940 and narrated the first two series of which children's animated TV show?

  3. In which country was artist Marc Chagall born today in 1887?
Yesterday's Answers: 1. George W Bush; 2. Tibet (now China) ; 3. Janet Leigh

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