What fun just to contemplate the copyright issues that arise here!
>> http://www.nasa.gov/topics/universe/features/across_universe.html >> NASA Beams Beatles' 'Across the Universe' Into Space >> 01.31.08 >> >> For the first time ever, NASA beamed a song -- The Beatles' "Across >> the Universe" -- directly into deep space at 7 p.m. EST on Feb. 4. >> >> The transmission over NASA's Deep Space Network commemorated the 40th >> anniversary of the day The Beatles recorded the song, as well as the >> 50th anniversary of NASA's founding and the group's beginnings. Two >> other anniversaries also are being honored: The launch 50 years ago >> this week of Explorer 1, the first U.S. satellite, and the founding >> 45 years ago of the Deep Space Network, an international network of >> antennas that supports missions to explore the universe. >> [....] And, for those of us old enough to make the connection: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080205/ap_on_re_eu/obit_maharishi_mahesh_yogi Amalyah Keshet Head of Image Resources & Copyright Management The Israel Museum, Jerusalem akeshet at imj.org.il Chair, MCN IP SIG www.mcn.edu Blog www.musematic.net
