This is so insane! I really love Cage and his music, cry when I think he's dead. A really good reason for composers without heirs to put their music in the public domain to keep this sort of idiocy from happening. This should have been transformative or fair use. Now people will be suing Weird Al next! Or me for performing "Tacet" (the real name of the piece, for which I bought the score from the music publisher) for myself, without other audience. I think what the Trust should have done was to contact Batt and say, "Well, now that was funny, but how about making a small contribution to the Trust for royalties? Here's what the Trust does that you will agree is valuable ...." Arel Lucas "Have Gloves Will Travel" --------------- On 3/29/06, [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > very strange indeed... > > > Strange, but true: > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/2276621.stm > > http://archives.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/Music/09/23/uk.silence/ > > > > Thanks, > > Ed Sharpe, Archivist for SMECC > > See the Museum's Web Site at www.smecc.org > > 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]> > > > > 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]>