Legality of Using Quotes From Books in Songs

[JoeMeek12397]

I've heard a lot of bands quote short lines, names or places from famous books in their songs or even as their song titles. Legally, where does this stand?

 

[nezvers]

I know that Blind Guardian are using A lot "Lord of the Ring" motives.
But dunno about copyright stuff there.

 

[RedDog]

From what I gather, as long as it's credited in liner notes, cd cases, etc. as a quote with the author's name, it's not considered plagiarism or copyright.

 

[C_F_H_13]

to be totally blunt, even if you blatantly plagiarize, no one with give a shit unless you sell 100s of thousands of copies if not millions.

The days of getting sued for things like that are pretty much over cause there's just too many people out there doing it.

 

[Brent Holder]

I don't know for sure, but I do know Mastodon had the 'Leviathan' packed full of Moby Dick references and I never heard about any lawsuits or anything.

 

[DullElysium]

If i remember correctly you can use quotes from books etc. If you just remember to give credit. I mean even book reviews can contain quotes from the book as long as it's not a quote from the first page to the last. Why would lyrics have different laws?

 

[jackbraglia]

to be totally blunt, even if you blatantly plagiarize, no one with give a shit unless you sell 100s of thousands of copies if not millions.

The days of getting sued for things like that are pretty much over cause there's just too many people out there doing it.

what he said. words are words. use them freely! no one will take the time to sue you for it.

 

[JoeMeek12397]

From what I gather, as long as it's credited in liner notes, cd cases, etc. as a quote with the author's name, it's not considered plagiarism or copyright.

If i remember correctly you can use quotes from books etc. If you just remember to give credit. I mean even book reviews can contain quotes from the book as long as it's not a quote from the first page to the last. Why would lyrics have different laws?

Do you mean something along the lines of "... contains elements of ..."?

 

[JoeMeek12397]

to be totally blunt, even if you blatantly plagiarize, no one with give a shit unless you sell 100s of thousands of copies if not millions.

The days of getting sued for things like that are pretty much over cause there's just too many people out there doing it.

Yeah, I just hope to sell some. I just didn't want to shoot myself in the foot in case something did happen.

I know that Blind Guardian are using A lot "Lord of the Ring" motives.
But dunno about copyright stuff there.

I wasn't aware of that, but it does seem like that one wouldn't have slipped by if it was a problem.

what he said. words are words. use them freely! no one will take the time to sue you for it.

Yeah, I knew words weren't copy written, but I wasn't sure where the line was drawn.

I don't know for sure, but I do know Mastodon had the 'Leviathan' packed full of Moby Dick references and I never heard about any lawsuits or anything.

I fucking love Mastodon!