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drcongo

Is 4'33" out of copyright now?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4′33″

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Why would I pay $0.99 for less than half of the nothing?

You should get the heavy metal cover.

I'm not even kidding, it exists.

Do you mean Cage Against The Machine, the cover version that included Imogen Heap and Orbital in the band?

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/dec/06/cage-against-m...

I was alluding to the legend that John Cage once sued for copyright infringement another artist who released a silent track. Nobody told you to buy it.

Parent is making a joke.

An important that detail is that they released and acknowledged it was a derivation of Cage's piece. IIRC that was the basic for the lawsuit.

I don't believe it is...I wonder if we'll see another lawsuit from the John Cage estate.

I bought a copy of 4'33" on iTunes when I got my iPhone 3GS in 2010 to deal with this auto-play issue in my car. It worked well, and I suspect if more people were familiar with that composition before the release of this new track, 4'33" would have received more sales.

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