Aw poop on a stick,
I think this may torpedo a story I've been working on for a while. The premise involves the music loving protagonist attempting to get his life together & throughout are relevant lines from multiple songs from different artists.
I thought about the intellectual property side of it & thought of citing the artist name within the body of text itself or give credit at the end so as not to interrupt the flow.
Does it matter that I'm not making any money off their creations? YouTubers add 2 bits of info consistently they didn't create it & they're not making any money from it. Perhaps that takes curse off.
Thoughts?
That which did not kill me didn't try hard enough
Lush can get prickly about song lyrics. Recently in one of my stories they stripped out a single line from The Doors song "Soul Kitchen." It wasn't even spoken or sung by a character; the implication was that the narrator merely thought about it. But it was the complete line, and when the story was published, the line was gone.
Much earlier I had someone sing four lines (I think) of Paul Simon's "Duncan." Then were a couple of lines of dialogue where she spoke to someone else about the meaning of the song. It must have been too much to simply remove, so the moderator sent it back and told me to rewrite it.
I once wrote a story about Buddy Holly - he missed the plane but lost his memory. After 20 years he remembered - went to a local music store and convinced people who he was by playing ''That'll be the day. The day that I die. '' I so wanted the story to be true.
I have used songs in stories but just referred to the titles and themes, not the actual lyrics. OTOH, if you included some lyrics as lines of dialogue, no one would probably notice.
"I will always love you," she said.
"I want to rock and roll all night and party every day!" he roared as he entered the club.
And so on.
Chatterbox Blonde- Rumps Mystical Bartender
Now I might be the biggest goose, but if lyrics were used sparingly in a submission, can you alter a story while it's pending review or do you need to wait for it to be rejected for using lyrics and THEN edit it?
Whatever was posted is always meant in love and respect never to offend.
I'm also highly likely to have posted this from a phone so there may be typos or odd word changes, auto correct can be a pain.
I've been listening to my kinky pencil here's my current work
My current Competition entry is here
A Cure For Stagefright
I put a little banner in here, it might change. I'm still messing about with it.
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Chatterbox Blonde- Rumps Mystical Bartender
Now I just need to find where that is on the mobile version and hope it works.
Whatever was posted is always meant in love and respect never to offend.
I'm also highly likely to have posted this from a phone so there may be typos or odd word changes, auto correct can be a pain.
I've been listening to my kinky pencil here's my current work
My current Competition entry is here
A Cure For Stagefright
I put a little banner in here, it might change. I'm still messing about with it.
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The intro of a story I'm editing currently makes reference to the main character singing along to a song of which I only mention the title and the artist. I also state that a knocking on the door overshadowed the vocals and I mention the singer's name. I'm currently wondering if that will cause any issues.