A Royalty Fight Over Germany’s Most Popular Beer-Hall Yodel

“The money-spinning power of ‘horlla-rü-di-ri, di-ri, di-ri’, the famous chorus of the Kufsteinlied, which is capable of making even the hardiest of lederhosen-clad Germans go weak at the knees, has been keenly felt this week in a Munich courtroom battle over who owns the copyright.”