From another list-serv - a bit of a giggle for you.... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Intellectual Property Run Amok http://www.motherjones.com/news/exhibit/2006/03/intellectual_property.html "FOR INCLUDING a 60-second piece of silence on their album, the Planets were threatened with a lawsuit by the estate of composer John Cage, which said they'd ripped off his silent work 4'33". The Planets countered that the estate failed to specify which 60 of the 273 seconds in Cage's piece had been pilfered." ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jill L Schneider USGS-Alaska Technical Data Unit 4200 University Drive Anchorage AK 99508 907-786-7457 [log in to unmask] minerals.usgs.gov/west/alaska.shtml "Honor the Past, Enrich the Present, Protect the Future" A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List sponsored by the Society of American Archivists, www.archivists.org. For the terms of participation, please refer to http://www.archivists.org/listservs/arch_listserv_terms.asp. To subscribe or unsubscribe, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] In body of message: SUB ARCHIVES firstname lastname *or*: UNSUB ARCHIVES To post a message, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] Or to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the web interface at http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html Problems? Send e-mail to Robert F Schmidt <[log in to unmask]>