Song lyrics copyright

[Arpangel]

Just take a picture of some sand and draw some straight lines across it.

Yes, that would reflect the budget for the whole album.



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[amanise]

Just take a picture of some sand and draw some straight lines across it.

Yes, that would reflect the budget for the whole album.



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Yes, for mine too. It's good advice though. Your own images (photos or otherwise derived if you're lucky enough to be visually gifted as well (like my Sister the crabby old bag) - are by far the safest. Unless you don't give a sh1t, like me. Ho Ho. What's that letter that just fell on the mat?

[Arpangel]

Just take a picture of some sand and draw some straight lines across it.

Yes, that would reflect the budget for the whole album.



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Yes, for mine too. It's good advice though. Your own images (photos or otherwise derived if you're lucky enough to be visually gifted as well (like my Sister the crabby old bag) - are by far the safest. Unless you don't give a sh1t, like me. Ho Ho. What's that letter that just fell on the mat?

I've just taken a couple of pictures myself, all done.

[Arpangel]

I've just been trying to work out exactly how much this album has cost me, it's virtually nothing, just the electricity.
My time? but I wouldn’t be doing anything else.
The Gear? I already have it.
I'm very low maintenance.
I could do with an engineer though, you all know I hate it.
And a keyboard tech.
And someone to give me deadlines.

[Drew Stephenson]

I'll need it done by Monday please.

[MarkOne]

I'll need it done by Monday please.

by lunchtime

[ManFromGlass]

and we like to eat early

[Drew Stephenson]

Central European Time too...

[Arpangel]

This album is killing me, yet more set-backs. The investment involved here isn’t in any way in proportion to the returns.

[MarkOne]

There must be a number of words, below which it’s not possible to claim copyright.

I mean how many songs contain he words (and the title) The Power of Love, or Learn/Learning to Fly

[Chet Leeway]

There must be a number of words, below which it’s not possible to claim copyright.

I mean how many songs contain he words (and the title) The Power of Love, or Learn/Learning to Fly

Pro tip: "Fly" rhymes with "so high" and "touch the sky".

[Drew Stephenson]

I think it's pretty established that titles aren't copyrightable, it's just the body of the lyrics that are protected, and even then most jurisdictions recognise clichés and common turns of phrase to be unprotectable.

[Drew Stephenson]

This album is killing me, yet more set-backs. The investment involved here isn’t in any way in proportion to the returns.

I have to seriously ask if that has ever really been the case?
If so then you're definitely doing better than most.

[MarkOne]

There must be a number of words, below which it’s not possible to claim copyright.

I mean how many songs contain he words (and the title) The Power of Love, or Learn/Learning to Fly

Pro tip: "Fly" rhymes with "so high" and "touch the sky".

Oh, trust me, I know

[Arpangel]

This album is killing me, yet more set-backs. The investment involved here isn’t in any way in proportion to the returns.

I have to seriously ask if that has ever really been the case?
If so then you're definitely doing better than most.

The question should be, do I take my music seriously? That is a very difficult question to answer.

[Arpangel]

One last question, if I take a couple of minutes from a well known artists song, reverse it, slow it down, and process it beyond recognition, am I still in breach of copyright?
I think I am, but if I'm not, how far does obliterating the original work have to go before I'm not?

[Folderol]

One last question, if I take a couple of minutes from a well known artists song, reverse it, slow it down, and process it beyond recognition, am I still in breach of copyright?
I think I am, but if I'm not, how far does obliterating the original work have to go before I'm not?

{obligatory}
One is amazed, not that it can be done,
but that anyone would want to do it.

[Arpangel]

One last question, if I take a couple of minutes from a well known artists song, reverse it, slow it down, and process it beyond recognition, am I still in breach of copyright?
I think I am, but if I'm not, how far does obliterating the original work have to go before I'm not?

{obligatory}
One is amazed, not that it can be done,
but that anyone would want to do it.

Don’t worry, I’m taking my medication in a minute.

[Drew Stephenson]

One last question, if I take a couple of minutes from a well known artists song, reverse it, slow it down, and process it beyond recognition, am I still in breach of copyright?
I think I am, but if I'm not, how far does obliterating the original work have to go before I'm not?

This is one of those things that can't be answered in general. Different courts have had different takes on it. Some have ruled that if it's unidentifiable then it is sufficiently transformative, others have said any sample, no matter how small or mangled, requires a licence.