[Hugin]

I wonder what kind of royalities they still receive for that song? I suspect the money is long gone and it will take many, many years to get 5% of the total of what it has made.

[Gondring]

The 5% is not since it was first made, because of the statute of limitations. It's just for the six years prior to them filing this claim.

Also note that this publisher didn't buy the rights until after the songwriter had died, nearly a decade after the original release of "Down Under." That's probably a factor in why the judgment was so low and not the 40%-60% the publisher requested.

Of course, I am just speculating as a layman...I know nothing of Australian law except what I read in news reports.