Mozart did a Napster

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From: Dave Winer (dave@userland.com)
Date: Tue Jul 11 2000 - 21:24:12 PDT


"Mozart once heard a piece of music so piercingly beautiful that he was
moved to write it down from memory after hearing it performed in a church.
He had no choice. The church believed it 'owned' the music, and forbade
anyone to copy it. So, Mozart pulled a Napster. The piece has been in the
public domain ever since, for all to enjoy."

http://doc.weblogs.com/stories/storyReader$214

Dave


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