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IceCreamEmpress · Nov 30, 2008

Nandi said:
In yesterday's Author!Author! blog, Anne Mini advised against using epigraphs in manuscript submissions, and she said that any quotation longer than 50 words and not in the public domain will require copyright permission.

That's not true at all. Anne Mini should not spread misinformation like that.

There is no kind of "bright line" wordcount for what is and isn't fair use. Full stop.

And just so you don't have to take my word over Anne Mini's, I give you the US Copyright Office:

There is no specific number of words, lines, or notes that may safely be taken without permission.

maxmordon · Nov 30, 2008

IceCreamEmpress said:
That's not true at all. Anne Mini should not spread misinformation like that.

There is no kind of "bright line" wordcount for what is and isn't fair use. Full stop.

And just so you don't have to take my word over Anne Mini's, I give you the US Copyright Office:

There is no specific number of words, lines, or notes that may safely be taken without permission.

Thank you, Empress.

ZeroFlowne · Dec 1, 2008

There's something about the italic text of quotes and its placement outside the body of the work that makes it very skippable. I almost never read them.

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