Elton John released Captain Fantastic and the brown dirt cowboy on Rocket records some two years AFTER an Australian family created the character.He also further violated copyright,etc with the Bally pin ball machine.
legal actions against those who have abused the copyright and intellectual property of the Captain…

Captain Fantastic is an intellectual property owned exclusively by an Australian based family since 1974. No permission has ever been accorded to anyone to use the name.
Therefore anyone using that name since the 70's automatic IP and Copyright protection is liable to be sued for damages. An established character name…