hm ... so if it's really becomin' illegal to "sample" some "silence" ( of which length soever ;-) for a song , then ALL songs with an audible break ( i. e. "silence" ;-) become illegal too !!! *ROTFLMAO* ;-))) they'll ALL have to pay some royalties to mr. john cage's publishers then for incl. some "sampled silence" in their recordings !!! *LOL* ;-))) how ridiculous could this get , eh ??? *shakes_head_in_disbelief_&_continues_to_LOL* ;-))) however ... many greetinx again , oh jay ;-) ~*~ jvr network program - august 2002 : http://mitglied.lycos.de/cybernetx/program.html ( incl. live stream via internet ) studio webcam - live : http://stream.ok-bremen.de/studio.html radio show & playlist archive : http://friends.schallreflektor.com/ohjay/alien_disco for more info , send your request(s) to : oh_jay@kraftwerk.nu ;-) brand new website released @ http://www.jointventureradio.net & http://www.jointventureradio.org ;-) *~\^/~*