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A judge in Sydney has ordered the Australian band Men at Work to hand over a portion of the royalties from their 1980s hit Down Under, after previously ruling its distinctive flute riff was copied from a children's campfire song. But the penalty he imposed of 5% of the song's royalties was far less than the 60% sought by publishing company Larrikin Music, which holds the copyright for the song Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree. Kookaburra was written more than 70 years ago by Australian teacher Marion Sinclair for a Guides competition, and the song about the native Australian bird

Is that a new one? Brewed in Niseko (or Oz?)

I'm hoping to be seeing out some snow in 10 days

Looks ok on my pc

I'm hoping for about 7 or 8 weekends and whatever else I can manage in between.

It usually takes 4 days or so for me to get back to normal when I go back home, but that is more than likely because its my body just exhausted and not used to the concept of resting so it goes all strange.

Did anyone on here experience the Kobe quake?

Lets have some pics of these lovely ladies

Quote: You know the type - like your grandma used to have Good heavy stuff, right? Know it. They don't make it like that these days do they?

Bizarre. Those 2 monkeys have human faces too!! (Sorry can't read it to make much sense)

I was brought up in a religious family, and was also dragged to church every Sunday up until I was a teen, so I supposed I just accepted it. I've nothing against it now, but will never be in another Sunday church servive I can tell ya.

I think you're definitely better off high up in Yuzawa than you are over there in Fukushima.

All this fuss going on in the US now about same sex marriage. Wondering what people on here think?

Brent himself. Classic character. Animals is good - worth a watch.

Worth a read. I want to do a cowboy experience, it must be fun.

I'm not a Trekkie as such, but I like DS9.

And winter returns.....

I had a day up there a while back, it was good. Snow up top was fantastic. Smaller than I imagined as a whole.

I've been in Nagano for about 3 weeks. Exhausted, but had a top time. Need a few days to recover now.

Been quite a few times this season, timing is everything, best to avoid the ice rink.

Interviewed when the World Cup was on. I got on national tv for 10 seconds.

Good on you, dude. Good feeling, hey?

That'll do me. Fat people must go business class or above.

Isn't chilling out just like basically -- relaxing.

Looks like its not true...