[Dixielandjazz] slightly off topic - silly copyright conflict

[Rob McCallum]

Just when you think you've heard it all!!!  I'm sure that some copyright
lawyer will make a handsome fee from this case.

Rob McCallum


----- Original Message -----
From: David Richoux <tubaman@wombat.net>
To: dixie <dixielandjazz@ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2002 12:46 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] slightly off topic - silly copyright conflict


> true or not, this is a silly story
>
> Dave Richoux
> ---------------------------------------
> http://www.independent.co.uk/story.jsp?story=307449
>
> Big noises at odds over the sound
> of silence
>
> By David Lister Media and Culture Editor
>
> 21 June 2002
>
> 'The Sound of Silence' may have prompted engaging harmonies
> from Simon and Garfunkel  but a more literal appreciation of the
> absence of noise has prompted one of the more curious copyright
> disputes of modern times.
>
> Mike Batt, the man behind the Wombles and Vanessa Mae, has
> put a silent 60-second track on the album of his latest classical
> chart-topping protigis, the Planets. This has enraged
> representatives of the avant-garde, experimentalist composer
> John Cage, who died in 1992. The silence on his group's album
> clearly sounds uncannily like 4'33", the silence composed by
> Cage in his prime.
>
> Batt said last night: "I've received a letter on behalf of John Cage's
> music publishers. I was in hysterics when I read their letter.
>
> "As my mother said when I told her, 'which part of the silence are
> they claiming you nicked?'. They say they are claiming copyright on
> a piece of mine called 'One Minute's Silence' on the Planets'
> album, which I credit Batt/Cage just for a laugh. But my silence is
> original silence, not a quotation from his silence."
>
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