August 27, 2008

Can I Publish Song Lyrics? No, But, Here's What You Can Do...

Hello Angela!

Thank you for your time and consideration,
D


You can publish the name of a song, but not lyrics without permission. And, authors may be charged quite a bit of money for permission to publish song lyrics. So, just naming the song is a better idea. Publishing the name of a song is often enough to get readers to start humming it anyway.

For example, you could say this:

She opened her eyes, which were wet with tears, and sang weakly about summer and September ending...

Writes Digest ran a recent article on this topic HERE.