Batt had included a track called A Minute's Silence on an album, with the piece listed as by Batt /Cage, and the point at issue was whether Batt 's silence was a direct copy of Cage's silence and thus involved an infringement of Cage's copyright.
COPD from Asbestos. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease is a double dose of misery that develops in the lungs and does not ever go away. It is primarily associated with smoking; COPD is a term for chronic bronchitis combined with emphysema.
Asbestos is known to cause asbestosis and various forms of cancer. Asbestosis is a chronic disease of the lungs which makes breathing progressively more difficult, and can lead to death. Cancer can result from breathing asbestos fibers and lung cancer is the most frequent.