[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.

[a fool in paradise]

Time was songs written in 1932 would be public domain by now.

I loathe the corrupt entertainment industry which has bought the lawmakers.