DRM for 1'3" of Silence

jc42 writes "In the latest entry in the battle over Digital Rights Management, a fellow has blatantly ripped off a "tune" from the iTunes Store. "Tune" is 1 minute 3 seconds of silence. To compound his crime, he has posted the tune on his web site for anyone to download. I downloaded it to iTunes, and it played just fine (but now I suppose I'm a criminal, too). I wonder what John Cage and Mike Batt would have to say about this? Will lawyers for Apple or Ciccone Youth send a C&D letter? If I were to make my own MP3 silent tune of exactly the same length and put it online, would I be infringing their copyright?"

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[Dr.Zap]

Re:Precedent

[Pionar]

Ahh, but what if the song (as in this case) was part of a larger work of art (the album) then it's got a frame of creativity around it, no matter how Apple distributes it.

This kid is stupid and an attention-whore.

Re:Precedent

[Anonymous Cowpat]

the house analogy need some work
What if he broke into the empty house, and cleared everything that was in it back to his warehouse. Would be be guilty of theft? I mean, afterall, he stole all of the owners stuff.