They're really very shy

Interesting intellectual property case:

British composer Mike Batt found himself the subject of a plagiarism action for including the song, "A One Minute Silence," on an album for his classical rock band The Planets. He was accused of copying it from a work by the late American composer John Cage, whose 1952 composition "4'33"" was totally silent.

On Monday, Batt settled the matter out of court by paying an undisclosed six-figure sum to the John Cage Trust.

More at CNN.

In other news, a representative of Iceland Air is firing back at a perceived slur in last week's Sopranos' season opener, which depicted (not much of) a sex-and-drug orgy with Tony Soprano's crew and "the girls from Icelandic Airlines." Informed of this attack on America's Favorite Show, a friend countered, "They should be fucking grateful for the publicity."