[jacquesm]

That same jury would have a very hard time processing the fact that all music is based upon the music that came before. Before you know it the JS Bach estate (if there is such a thing) ends up owning all of the music made after the 16th century and we should all be very lucky that Hildegard von Bingen was a nun from a very early age.

[j-bos]

Ah but that would be perfect because then all music would be freely available via public domain, recordings exempted of course.