Hmmm. Couldn't Batt argue that this was a paraphrase rather than a collaboration?
Richard Walker Composer and Brilliant Legal Mind Yokohama, Japan on 02.6.30 5:04 AM, Michael Good at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > A few things relevant to some recent topics: > > 1) We had a discussion a few days ago on the difference between > composing a new piece on existing chord changes, but credited to > yourself, vs. crediting an existing piece or composer. If you want an > exteme example of this effect, check out the story of Mike Batt. He put > a 1-minute silence on a CD, co-credited it to John Cage, and now is > surprised that he is being billed for royalties by Cage's publisher: > > http://www.andante.com/magazine/article.cfm?id=17428 > > As the publisher said, "If Mr. Batt wants to produce a minute of silence > under his own name, we would obviously have no right to the royalties." _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
