Comments for sursumcorda.salemsattic.com/post/i-ll-take-boston-cream-please

Comment #2331

2011-03-15T11:56:51Z

Here's a site where you can (at least for the moment) hear both versions and see for yourself.

Comment #2330

2011-03-15T01:28:32Z

Hmmm. I just heard some of Lars Erickson's version and am glad I'm not a copyright lawyer to have to figure these things out. The two works don't seem the same to me at all, and as for copyrighting the idea of basing a piece of music on the digits of pi, well, as one commenter said (language cleaned up a bit), "Forget pi. I'm just going to copyright the C major scale and call it a day...."

Comment #2329

2011-03-15T01:15:33Z

My apologies to those of you who are late coming to this post, as if you try to play the video now you will get this message: "This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Lars Erickson." The situation appears to be more complicated than a case of someone posting a pirated video on YouTube. The CBS article (which also no longer plays the piece) attributes the music to Michael John Blake.

Whatever. If you missed it, it's a pity. It was cool. Maybe they'll sort it all out eventually and bring it back.