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I may still use it one day to replace the back-ends of some of my old websites, but I doubt it.

At the time the courts had ruled that Men At Work did infringe copyright in their use of a piece of the Kookaburra song, but damages were still to be decided.

I said at the time: 4th Feb 2010:

• Larrikin did not write Kookaburra.
• Larrikin claim to have bought the copyright to the song in 1990, well after Down Under was released.
• It took almost 20 years to notice their copyright had been infringed, despite Down Under being a very well known song worldwide.
• When Marion Sinclair wrote the song in the 1930s she donated it to the Girl Guides who continue to use the song worldwide. It was never intended to be used by anyone other than the Girl Guides.
• Although a substantial part of Kookaburra was infringed, the melody to Kookaburra would be less than 10 seconds long (repeated).

The damages judgement has been made, and it is surprisingly fair:

Justice Jacobson in the Federal Court today handed down his judgment that the publisher and writers of Down Under will be required to pay Larrikin Music five percent of their APRA/AMCOS income earned since 2002.

Apparently Australian copyright law puts a backdate limit of six years on such claims.

The judge determined that 5 percent was fair because although Kookaburra is used in the song, it isn't a significant part of the song.

Ignoring the fair I think Larrikin's ownership of the Kookaburra song is questionable, I think the ruling is fair.

Larrikin had initially asked for 50 to 60 percent of all royalties from when the song was originally released.

Update: More detail at heraldsun.com.au.