Comments on: Laugh, Kookaburra, Laugh!

By: Sue

Sue — Mon, 14 May 2012 05:39:52 +0000

Thank you for your comments, everyone – and I certainly agree that this court case is a particularly shameful piece of our music history in Australia. Greg’s life story was often an unhappy one, including a battle with addiction. But this court case proved especially devastating for an already troubled soul … quite apart from the financial distress it brought with it. As Colin Hay said “It was appalling in its opportunism and appalling in its greed”.

By: Craig Brown

Craig Brown — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 11:16:34 +0000

I really hate it when judges wade-in to the murky waters of the arts and profess to know something about them. I thought it was pretty bad when companies started copywriting words (the Optus ‘Yes’) and colours (Coca-Cola ‘Red’) but when you can copyright a sequence of notes and sue an artist even when the time signature or harmonics or texture or mood or concept are completely different then all it can be is a set-back to the arts and culture. Larrikin records are certainly cads and the judge is a complete enemy to humanity.

By: mark

mark — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 06:36:59 +0000

Hang your head in shame Larrikin Records, greed =death

By: Nick Petrelli

Nick Petrelli — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 04:01:57 +0000

I hope Larrikan and their legal team sleep well tonight following the death of Greg Ham who was forced to sell his house over the flute riff. Greg always claimed that it was not plagiarised and was certainly troubled by the inadvertant similiarity. Thanks Larrikan

By: Chilly

Chilly — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 23:40:23 +0000

Well we’ve now seen the results of this. RIP Greg Ham. While it looks like he was a somewhat troubled soul (as with a lot of talented musicians) my opinion is that the pondscum that launched this totally opportunistic lawsuit bear a significant amount of responsibility.