Copyright lawsuit and the death of Greg Ham In February 2010, Larrikin Music Publishing won a case against Hay and Strykert, their record label (Sony BMG Music Entertainment) and music publishing company (EMI Songs Australia), arising from the uncredited appropriation of "Kookaburra", originally written in 1932 by Marion Sinclair, and for which Larrikin owned the publishing rights, as the flute line in the Men at Work song "Down Under". In early 2009 the Australian music-themed TV quiz, Spicks and Specks, had posed a question which suggested that "Down Under" contained elements of "Kookaburra".
Copyright lawsuit and the death of Greg Ham In February 2010 Larrikin Music Publishing won a case against Hay and Strykert their record label (Sony BMG Music Entertainment) and music publishing company (EMI Songs Australia) arising from the uncredited appropriation of "Kookaburra" originally written in 1932 by Marion Sinclair and for which Larrikin owned the publishing rights as the flute line in the Men at Work song "Down Under" In early 2009 the Australian music-themed TV quiz Spicks and Specks had posed a question which suggested that "Down Under" contained elements of "Kookaburra"