Emi Songs Australia Pty Ltd v Larrikin Music Publishing Pty Ltd

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
Neutral Citation2011-0309 FCA A,2011-0331 FCA B
Date2010
Year2010
CourtFederal Court

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  • Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd v Palmer (No 2)
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    • Federal Court
    • 30 April 2021
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  • Boomerang Investments Pty Ltd v Padgett (Liability)
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    • Federal Court
    • 24 April 2020
    ...El-Ajou v Dollar Land Holdings Plc [1994] 2 All ER 685 EMI Songs Australia Pty Ltd v Larrikin Music Publishing Pty Ltd [2011] FCAFC 47; 191 FCR 444 Feltner v Columbia Pictures Television Inc 523 US 340 (1998) Francis Day & Hunter Ltd v Bron [1963] Ch 587 Franklins Pty Ltd v Metcash Trading ......
  • Eight Mile Style v New Zealand National Party
    • New Zealand
    • High Court
    • 25 October 2017
    ...summary can also be found in Emmett J’s decision in EMI Songs Australia Pty Ltd v Larrikin Music Publishing Pty Ltd [2011] FCAFC 47, (2011) 191 FCR 444 at [45]–[57]; and Francis Day & Hunter Ltd v Bron [1963] Ch 587 (CA) at 609–610. Many of the United States’ authorities are not included he......
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3 firm's commentaries
  • No copyright protection for telephone companies - Telstra v Phone Directories Company
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 18 February 2010
    ...Also on 4 February 2010, the Federal Court pronounced its judgment in Larrikin Music Publishing Pty Ltd v EMI Songs Australia Pty Limited [2010] FCA 29, where the Court held that pop group Men At Work's hit 'Down Under' infringed copyright in 'Kookaburra sits in the old 2 IceTV Pty Limited ......
  • Sound-alikes: How Close To The Sun Can You Fly Following The Kookaburra Case?
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 9 May 2010
    ...straightforward, the answer following the Federal Court's decision of Larrikin Music Publishing Pty Ltd v EMI Songs Publishing Pty Ltd [2010] FCA 29 ("Kookaburra Case") is not. Consider, for instance, the famous opening song of Star Wars. The first two bars are easily one of the most recogn......
  • Music copyright infringement: Twisted Sister says - We-re Not Gonna Take It
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 16 June 2021
    ...similar to the 1934 song Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree. (See Larrikin Music Publishing Pty Ltd v EMI Songs Australia Pty Limited [2010] FCA 29.) Severe consequences for music copyright There are hefty penalties for copyright infringement. They range from injunctions, damages and costs......
2 books & journal articles
  • Management and Enforcement
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Intellectual Property Law. Second Edition
    • 15 June 2011
    ..., above note 66; Larrikin Music Publishing Pty Ltd. v. EMI Songs Australia Pty Ltd. , [2009] FCA 799 at [153]–[55], later proceedings [2010] FCA 29 (Austl. Fed. Ct.) [ Larrikin ]; Van Ellinckhuijzen v. Botha , [2002] NASC 11 (Namibia S.C.) (claiming, unusually and unsuccessfully, that a sal......
  • The vanishing author in computer-generated works: a critical analysis of recent Australian case law.
    • Australia
    • Melbourne University Law Review Vol. 36 No. 3, December 2012
    • 1 December 2012
    ...musical works, artistic works and pt IV subject matter films, broadcasts and recordings. (167) Ibid 471 [25] (emphasis added). (168) (2011) 191 FCR 444, 457 [56] (Emmett (169) Australian Law Reform Commission, Copyright and the Digital Economy, Issues Paper No 42 (2012) 3. (170) One need on......