So I’ve been thinking about getting back on the lit-zine horse again…
Day: April 9, 2006
Got a few extra grand lying around? Why not buy Stan Lee’s car?
From Mother Jones, Intellectual Property Run Amok:
FOR INCLUDING a 60-second piece of silence on their album, the Planets were threatened with a lawsuit by the estate of composer John Cage, which said they’d ripped off his silent work 4’33â€. The Planets countered that the estate failed to specify which 60 of the 273 seconds in Cage’s piece had been pilfered.
It’s tough to tell if these all qualify as “amok,” without knowing the details of each case, but some are amusing and/or disturbing.