British composer Mike Batt recently released a CD with a track containing one minute of silence. In an allusion to John Cage's 4'33" (four minutes and 33 seconds of silence), Batt listed his piece as composed by "Batt/Cage". But he soon received a letter from Cage's publisher demanding royalties. Quoting Batt: "My silence is original silence, not a quotation from his silence." (Thanks to Eric Schnell on the CNI_Copyright list.)
Posted by
Peter Suber at 7/02/2002 08:32:00 AM.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
