Question: Putting pop song lyrics in stories

[litfan10]

No. The Internet is just famous for stealing and reposting without regard to ownership issues. It's being done here on Literotica too--copyrighted material is being left up left and right. Very few of the avatars being used (including Laurels, I'd bet) are legal. And just because a site charges for use doesn't meaning it's paying anything to those it's stealing from. They get away from it because it's a whack-a-mole project to control it. Owners generally just go after who is making money off it that they should be making and even then they have trouble finding who's behind a Web site.

All of this makes me a bit less outraged for authors here who are outraged that their material is being stolen and posted elsewhere. Dollars to donuts they're doing it themselves in one form or other. Where did you get your avatar, for instance? (I own mine--I use my book covers. The images have been paid for to include this use.)

I had a wonderful friend create my AV. My covers have always been created by whatever publisher.

I too roll my eyes whenever these threads pop up here. There is a huge disjoint between what happens and what is really legal; and a HUGE level of misunderstanding.

I'm just glad people think to ask. I will always gladly answer, but usually what for you pilot as you have always answered it very well and clearly for such a convoluted mess.

 

[yukonnights]

No. The Internet is just famous for stealing and reposting without regard to ownership issues. It's being done here on Literotica too--copyrighted material is being left up left and right. Very few of the avatars being used (including Laurels, I'd bet) are legal. And just because a site charges for use doesn't meaning it's paying anything to those it's stealing from. They get away from it because it's a whack-a-mole project to control it. Owners generally just go after who is making money off it that they should be making and even then they have trouble finding who's behind a Web site.

All of this makes me a bit less outraged for authors here who are outraged that their material is being stolen and posted elsewhere. Dollars to donuts they're doing it themselves in one form or other. Where did you get your avatar, for instance? (I own mine--I use my book covers. The images have been paid for to include this use.)

Nope, I'm innocent. Among my collection of hobbies, one is photography I chose this one because it makes it easy for me to see if, or where, I've commented on a thread. Pretty sure it's the only one I've ever used.

It's still seems plausible that many of the song sites do comply with copyright & royalty fees given the large number of organizations in the music industry that are organized for that purpose. (plus, it's quite easy to just do a search for "lyrics & chords" to get a big listing of the sites offering those. So it's not like they can hide.) The artist doesn't have to do it on their own. I looked it up and there are quite a lot of specific organizations — things like County Music Songwriters Assoc. and such. Oh well, I doubt my musical skills will ever develop into me needing to worry about it

If they do, I'll hire a lawyer!

 

[KeithD]

Nope, I'm innocent. Among my collection of hobbies, one is photography I chose this one because it makes it easy for me to see if, or where, I've commented on a thread. Pretty sure it's the only one I've ever used.

It's still seems plausible that many of the song sites do comply with copyright & royalty fees given the large number of organizations in the music industry that are organized for that purpose. (plus, it's quite easy to just do a search for "lyrics & chords" to get a big listing of the sites offering those. So it's not like they can hide.) The artist doesn't have to do it on their own. I looked it up and there are quite a lot of specific organizations — things like County Music Songwriters Assoc. and such. Oh well, I doubt my musical skills will ever develop into me needing to worry about it

If they do, I'll hire a lawyer!

Great that you are using an avatar you own. I remember a few years back seeing a poster go ape shit over another Web site stealing one of his Literotica stories and reposting it. His avatar was a head shot of Peter O'Toole from a Lawrence of Arabia studio photo.

 

[flytime]

I once quoted The Mood Blues, in APA, in a paper when I was in college.

 

[RoperTrace]

I read the rules, and thought it said not more than 25% of the lines in a song. So I used 10 lines of Bryan Adams' Summer of 69, which i thought had 40 lines. But it was rejected, so I made a reference to his song and the title, and it was approved.