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Q&A Are music lyrics copyrighted?

Yes you require permission from the copyright holder of the lyrics in question to reproduce them in a book. It is not treated as referenced materials. Whether you intend to profit from the book or...

posted 12y ago by spiceyokooko‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T02:37:02Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/6802
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision by user avatar spiceyokooko‭ · 2019-12-08T02:37:02Z (almost 5 years ago)
Yes you require permission from the copyright holder of the lyrics in question to reproduce them in a book. It is not treated as referenced materials.

Whether you intend to profit from the book or wherever you intend to reproduce the lyrics is entirely irrelevant.

The copyright holder holds the rights to those lyrics and he/she/they can stop you from reproducing them without his/her/their permission.

If the lyrics are demonstrably in the _public domain_ you can reproduce them without permission, but not copyrighted ones.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2012-12-14T18:52:24Z (almost 12 years ago)
Original score: 2