From the NME ->
http://www.nme.com/news/102221.htm
SILENCE IS NOT GOLDEN!
Classical chart-toppers THE PLANETS have been accused of ripping off the
avant-garde, experimentalist JOHN CAGE because their new album contains
a silent 60-second track.
Cage, who died in 1992, famously composed the silence piece 4'33'' in
his prime.
Mike Batt, the man behind 'The Wombles' and Vanessa Mae who put the
silent track on The Planets' album, has now received a letter from
enraged representatives of Cage, The Guardian reports.
Batt said: "I've received a letter on behalf of John Cage's music
publishers. I was in hysterics when I read their letter.
"As my mother said when I told her, 'Which part of the silence are they
claiming you nicked?'. They say they are claiming copyright on a piece
of mine called 'One Minute's Silence' on The Planets' album, which I
credit Batt/Cage just for a laugh. But my silence is original silence,
not a quotation from his silence."
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