copyrighting tunings?!?!?!

Glen wrote:

Well, if you cut a Fritz Novak fanned fretboard, (a 12tet system where the
bass strings are longer than the trebble ones) you have to pay him $75. I
saw him, and a bunch of Luthiers who paid it at a convention a few months
ago in California. That's what patents are all about. I believe that
Catler and Lucy have similar arrangements.

Dante hereby proclaims:

I, Dante Rosati, do hereby claim copyright of the interval known as 5/4.
Anyone who uses this interval on an instrument or in a piece of music, must
pay me $3.86 each time the interval is used, either melodicaly or
harmonically. Any infringement on this copyright will be met with swift and
terrible punishment in the form of the perpe"traitor" having to use and
listen to equal tempered thirds for the rest of your natural life, as well
as my shyster lawyers sueing your ass. I will consider leasing the interval
to suitable sub-contractors under the name "Dantetuning", and thereby
collect royalties as befitting my exalted status as owner of the 5/4. And
another thing, I don't want to catch anyone using the letters "D" or "d" in
any email, writing or even published novel, unless the express purpose of
said writing is to laud and exault myself and my wonderous dantetuning 5/4.
US pat. pending # 1.61828.

Now that is funny.
and i think Lamonte Young owns the 7/4
I will settle for the 1/1 hah :-)
--i never liked that stinky 5/4 anyhoo I'm a 9/7 fella
i guess Mr Lucy is peevin some folks off eh....

> Dante hereby proclaims:
>
> I, Dante Rosati, do hereby claim copyright of the interval known as 5/4.
> "Dantetuning",
> collect royalties as befitting my exalted status as owner of the 5/4. And
> another thing, I don't want to catch anyone using the letters "D" or "d" in
> any email, writing or even published novel, unless the express purpose of

Certainly it would be silly to copyright a single ratio
(although at one point I hear La Monte wanted to
do that with 7/4) there's nothing outrageous about
getting a copyright or a patent on fretboard design
and expecting to get paid for your intellectual property.

BTW: Glen does outstanding work, I'm totally impressed
with the fret job he did on my guitar. The Catler tuning
is complex (65 frets/62 ratios) but I'm up for the challenge.

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In a message dated 10/9/99 10:47:50 AM,
>From: patrick pagano <ppagano@bellsouth.net>
>
>Now that is funny.
>and i think Lamonte Young owns the 7/4
>I will settle for the 1/1 hah :-)
>--i never liked that stinky 5/4 anyhoo I'm a 9/7 fella
>i guess Mr Lucy is peevin some folks off eh....
>
>> Dante hereby proclaims:
>>
>> I, Dante Rosati, do hereby claim copyright of the interval known as 5/4.
>> "Dantetuning",
>> collect royalties as befitting my exalted status as owner of the 5/4. And
>> another thing, I don't want to catch anyone using the letters "D" or "d" in
>> any email, writing or even published novel, unless the express purpose
of...

13th partial, 13:8, a tone found in much Tibetan musics, audio tantric sex
(hehe)
I claim (hey I am Chinese... we Chinese like "taking over" Tibet & Tibetan
territory *musical mad scientist gigglefit* [just joking... too hard passing
up
this chance to crack this joke])

zHANg