John Cage's lawyers sue over "derivative" silent track
The latest tidings from the brave new era of neo-Galambosian intellectual-property
absolutism: John Cage's music publishers are claiming to
own the rights to the concept of silence as music.
A British music producer has received a legal nastygram from the publishers
over a 60-second
silent track on a CD he put together. Cage's publishers are claiming
that the track is a derivative work of Cage's 4'33".
(via bOING bOING)
There are 3 comments on "John Cage's lawyers sue over "derivative" silent track":
Huh? OK then, I claim copyright for the artistic act of not putting out a CD at all, so I will now sue all of you posers and imitators who are copying me by not putting out a CD!
Hmm. Oh well, there goes the moment's silence on Remembrance Day.