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'Way back in the Year of Long Ago, OSC (or one of his trusty representatives) asked that we not post long snippets of lyrics, as this made the site vulnerable to plagiarism charges.
No worries, mate, if this applies to you: we all know you weren't trying to get away with something. But as it was a special request from a good friend, perhaps it's worth cutting it down to a verse or two.
[BTW, should anyone be interested, I think this was discussed in the "Can You Think of a Lyric?" thread.]
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Thanks, this is news to me! Is there any kind of guideline wherein we can properly credit the writer? Or turn it into a parody through putting rhyming bodily functions in place of key words? Anything to improve the cultural milieau of Hatrack Posts: 11017 | Registered: Apr 2003
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It was discussed from a different perspective in this thread, where Stormie makes reference to the Cards' request. I don't think strict guidelines have ever been established here, just overall request to keep it to a short roar, so to speak.
quote:The only reason why I haven't posted the whole lyrics to songs is because I like this board and don't want to be booted off of it by the Cards. I know Kristine has said that she believes posting all of the lyrics are wrong, I think. So, I have to respect that.
Nevertheless, I would like to see what people think about this issue. -Storm Saxon
And later, from the inimitable Chris Bridges:
quote:Copyright law includes the idea of Fair Use, which allows the reprinting of a small portion of a work for review or reference purposes. This isn't a fixed amount, since it would vary wildly with the work in question - a fair portion of a haiku would be different than a fair portion of "Gunga Din."
My neice was trying out for a musical, so I bought her a "Phantom of the Opera" karaoke CD so she could practice a few of the songs.
We're driving back from the store, listening to the Demo version (with a singer actually singing), and we noticed that the words were significantly changed.
Like in "Music of the Night" after the "Suddenly the Senses abandon their defenses" line where there us usually, (I think) a line of just music, the singer sang some weird line that rhymed with "defenses" but which seemed, well, amateur.
All of the other songs had strange additions and changes to lyrics, too.
Anyone know why that might be?
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There is at least one song, "I've got a little list" from Gilbert & Sullivan's The Mikado where you are supposed to change the words. I heard a recording where they sang the exact text and that seemed really amateur. Of course, they don't have to worry about folks not knowing who Margaret Thatcher is, either.
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