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27 Feb 05 - 07:23 PM (#1422422) Subject: quoting lyrics From: GUEST How many song lyric words am I allowed to quote in an article or a book without seeking permission of the publishers or paying royalties? UK law sought. |
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27 Feb 05 - 07:32 PM (#1422425) Subject: RE: quoting lyrics From: Peace http://www.publishamerica.com/cgi-bin/pamessageboard/data/main/9689.htm Some people talking about something similar on that link. |
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27 Feb 05 - 07:42 PM (#1422429) Subject: RE: quoting lyrics From: GUEST interesting link! Surely (Apparently even the mention of an artist and the title of his/her work can be construed breach of copyright!) can't be right. I have many books that mention artists/titles, which is what I'm doing. Can I be sued for copyright by saying I bought "Rock Island Line" by Lonnie? |
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27 Feb 05 - 07:47 PM (#1422430) Subject: RE: quoting lyrics From: Malcolm Douglas The question concerns UK, not American, copyright law. "Fair use" allows small quotes for purposes of review and in academic papers, for example; I don't think there's a hard-and-fast rule. It depends on the circumstances. I don't know about works of fiction. Any substantial quote should in any case always be cleared with the copyright owner, as a matter of simple courtesy quite apart from anything else. Without precise details of what you want to do, nobody can give you anything but the most general advice, and most people will probably give you wrong or misleading information (see the very large number of previous threads on copyright issues). Consult your publisher, if you have one. |
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27 Feb 05 - 07:54 PM (#1422436) Subject: RE: quoting lyrics From: Azizi Brucie, thanks, that's helpful information. And FWIW, yesterday a woman associated with publishing shared with me that the laws regarding the use of material from Internet discussion forums such as this one are very murky..it's too new a phenomenon. However, she recommended that when quoting something off of the Internet the Citations/References should be presented as follows: Author's name [or author unknown in the case of Guests; probably with the full Guest name if he or she adds a name to 'Guest']; date [day month year] that the quote is retrived; title/subject; retrived at [add URL] |
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27 Feb 05 - 07:55 PM (#1422440) Subject: RE: quoting lyrics From: Peace http://copyrightservice.co.uk/copyright/p01_uk_copyright_law However, Malcolm has offered good advice. |
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27 Feb 05 - 07:57 PM (#1422441) Subject: RE: quoting lyrics From: Peace "Surely (Apparently even the mention of an artist and the title of his/her work can be construed breach of copyright!) can't be right. I have many books that mention artists/titles, which is what I'm doing. Can I be sued for copyright by saying I bought "Rock Island Line" by Lonnie?" In answer to that, no. However, if you intend to quote material from copyrighted work, you may have to pay fees. |
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27 Feb 05 - 07:59 PM (#1422443) Subject: RE: quoting lyrics From: Azizi I should also say that in the case of online communities such as Mudcat, posts from members shouldn't be used without getting prior written permissions. |
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28 Feb 05 - 04:07 PM (#1423200) Subject: RE: quoting lyrics From: George Seto - af221@chebucto.ns.ca In that case, anyone wishing to do so may use anything I write on Mudcat which isn't copyrighted by someone else. |