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Copyright Battle Over Nothing

Posted by chrisd on from the sound-of-one-hand-clapping dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes: "In this story reported at The Independent is "one of the more curious copyright disputes of modern times." It appears that the key question is "which part of the silence was stolen." If only this was April First. This is a lawsuit suing over the sound of nothing, no sound, silence, nada, zilch, bupkiss.

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  1. Re:How.. by Buck2 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Our waffle maker broke. It doesn't get warm anymore. Can we borrow yours? We ordered another one, but it has yet to show up.

    Maybe you can just give us some waffles.

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    As my father lik@(munch munch)... ....
  2. Re:I wonder... by praxim · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    This is offtopic as all hell, but the Sister Machine Gun album "Burn" has the coolest hidden track in the history of the world. Instead of being after the last track, it's before the first track. Yep. Start the CD, seek to about -4:00, and there's "Strange Days" waiting for you.

  3. Re:Devil's Advocate by Tony-A · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    then, as nothing was copied, a sane judge would have to find the copyright isn't applicable.
    NOTHING was copied, regardless of the source.