Aaaarrrrgggh.

[raefinlay]

Remind me to never quote song lyrics in my fiction, EVER AGAIN. This whole being-a-good-citizen-and-getting-permission thing is a pain in the booty.

Comments

[stillsostrange.livejournal.com]

Two lines fair usage. You just have to find the perfect two lines. :P

[thesaucernews.livejournal.com]

I went through the same thing last year... wrote a story, included song lyrics, asked the ml about it, and, well, just decided to drop the lyrics. Because unless you're Stephen King you probably can't get away with that.

[raecarson.livejournal.com]

Alas, copying only two lines from this song constitutes about 25% of the whole. This may or may not come up against the "substantiality" factor. I could quote only one line if I had to; the story won't fall apart without the rest.

If I can't get permission, I'll make a decision then.

Weird. Authors wanting to maintain rights to their own stuff. Go figure.

[jmeadows.livejournal.com]

Dude. *sigh* yeah, I can see how that would be a pain.

(and DUDE. I haven't seen you in DAYS. *sobs*)

[everyonesakitty.livejournal.com]

*also sobs*

[geniusofevil.livejournal.com]

What did you quote?

[cricketshay.livejournal.com]

*hugs*

[pnew8.livejournal.com]

You're right, it's a big old pain.

And, it's writerly limiting. [pout]