[LAU] Re: That must suck. For me it's about beauty --musicisjustone path

[Joe Hartley]

On Thu, 5 Apr 2007 16:53:23 -0400
"Ivica Ico Bukvic" <ico at vt.edu> wrote:
> Again, depends upon the context. John Cage wrote a famous piece 4'33" which
> is four minutes and 33 seconds of silence in three movements. How about
> buying a CD of that one? 
>     . . .
> That being said, no one is preventing you from making such a CD and claiming
> it is a work of art.

That's not true, the holders of the publishing rights expect their cut:
  http://www.cbc.ca/arts/story/2002/07/02/silencea020702.html

Headline:
  Music publisher claims copyright on silence

And I always thought that ten percent of nothing was nothing.

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