EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

>>> Does anyone know if it's legal to use other people's quotes as lyrics in a
>>> song? E.g. all vocoded up but still intelligible. Do you have to attribute
>>> the quote to the person in the song, or could you just give them credit in
>>> the liner notes? Would you have to get their permission, or the permission
>>> of the publisher of their book, to use the quote? I happen to live in the
>>> USA if it matters.

I'd like to add... if you're referring to sentences or paragraphs then
forget it! My last post only applies to phrases that, on there own, are not
likely to hold water as a copyrighted work. For example, there are numerous
songs that contain the words, "I love you." -- a phrase that, in and of
itself, is not a copyrightable work, but the recording of the phrase is
definitely protected. It is the recording that I am responding to. I am not
drawing any conclusions about how many words or joined phrases warrants a
copyright. You'll have to use prudent judgement in that case.. Jer