I simply cannot believe that. Especially as the video clip has the flautist sitting in a gum tree as he plays it (”Kookaburra sits in an old gum tree.”)
I do think there’s a real question as to whether or not the presence of the riff in the song is significant enough to comprise plagiarism - it’s not a major feature of the song at all - but it’s very easy to hear at that point.
“I do think there’s a real question as to whether or not the presence of the riff in the song is significant enough to comprise plagiarism...”
We just live in a litigious society... 5 secs of “stolen” material...and they want how much?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Av7tOiq-aw8&feature=related