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Posted by John Pytlak (Member # 331) on 09-24-2002, 03:19 PM:
This link was just posted on the Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA) Listserve:
The Price of Silence Silence is golden! 
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Posted by Leo Enticknap (Member # 534) on 09-24-2002, 03:57 PM:
See also here. On the programme this evening Lebrecht expressed the view that this case really should have gone to a court hearing, since the idea that you can copyright silence has still not been legally tested.This could cause some interesting issues with the Berne convention as and when it is...
Posted by Peter Berrett (Member # 672) on 09-25-2002, 06:36 AM:
No you have got it all wrong.In fact this guy is a plagiarist, not an inventor. He stole the idea from Marcel Marceau! 
cheers Peter
Posted by Joe Beres (Member # 678) on 09-25-2002, 08:45 AM:
Someone else on the AMIA list mentioned that the artist credited John Cage as a co-writer on the CD. If that is the case, then that's how he dug his own grave.
Posted by Peter Kerchinsky (Member # 1098) on 09-26-2002, 04:18 AM:
Hey is this the same Mike Batt who composed the score for a big dud years ago titled CARAVANS.
I love that score.