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Q&A When does inspiration across artforms become plagiarism

Spoilers for Green Book in the E.g. section I listen to a lot of music and when I come up with stories I often use songs as a source of inspiration. However what I was wondering is are songs and...

2 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by P.Lord‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T11:08:24Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/42957
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar P.Lord‭ · 2019-12-08T11:08:24Z (almost 5 years ago)
_Spoilers for Green Book in the E.g. section_

I listen to a lot of music and when I come up with stories I often use songs as a source of inspiration.

However what I was wondering is are songs and other artforms protected the same as writing and movies.

E.g. If I write a book about a racist white bloke driving around a black musician in the deep south and having a rethink about life that would probably get me sued. (Green Book for anyone who hasnt watched it)

However what would happen if I wrote a story about a woman who's child was stood about to jump from a building and when they jumped they actually flew away. (Save the Life of My Child - Simon and Garfunkel)

TL;DR : Do Songs and Paintings have the same rules and protections as Books and Film for copying (into written form).

(Feel free to edit the post to streamline it or make it easier to read)

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2019-03-04T13:04:26Z (over 5 years ago)
Original score: 8