Dear Mr. Smith,
That's very generous of you, but it doesn't begin to deal with the billable hours we've all spent reading these emails! Yours truly, Christopher Stetson. >>> Sean Smith <[email protected]> 8/16/2010 4:20 PM >>> Dear Dr Nightingale, I like your attitude, sir, and will resist billing you for any editing and reconstruction of your extensive catalogue. sincerely yours, Sean Smith On Aug 16, 2010, at 12:56 PM, Peter Nightingale wrote: > Thanks to all of you --Chris, Dana, Ron, Ed, David-- who responded > to my > BMI question. > > This is what I have learned: > > 1. I composed all this music -- I have already contacted the > Recovered > Memory Project. > > 2. BMI bears the burden of proof to the contrary; meanwhile, we'll > protest in no uncertain terms. > > 3. To stop the harassment, we'll lawyer up and send BMI a cease > and desist letter. > > 4. Even before I wrote all this beautiful music about 300+ years > ago, I > placed it in the public domain. > > 5. Perhaps superfluously, I herewith grant permission to all of you > to do with my music as you see fit. > > 6. If any of you be harassed by BMI, please feel free to refer them > to > me. > > Thanks again, > Peter. > > the next auto-quote is: > So the end result of the long campaign against government is that > we've > taken a disastrously wrong turn. America is now on the unlit, unpaved > road to nowhere. > (Paul Krugman) > /\/\ > Peter Nightingale Telephone (401) 874-5882 > Department of Physics, East Hall Fax (401) 874-2380 > University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI 02881 > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > [1]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- References 1. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute
