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Hello,
I'm in a bit of pickle regarding this. The main character of the book that I'm working on has this habit of quoting famous writers, poets and singers - both old and new. Most of the writers I've quoted are from 19th/20th century. So I've been using little bits from my own book collection, not entire paragraphs, just one liners that go with the situation. So its always Einstein wrote this, Voltaire said that and so on and so forth. For example:
“Lying is done with words and also with silence!” She said heatedly. “Adrienne Rich wrote that! So, yes, you damn well lied!"
Basically, she uses quotes from the things she has read and also uses a lot of television sci-fi/book series swear words - famous insults from Star Wars/Firefly/Shakespeare/Wheel of Time/Harry Potter etc.
I just need to know if I'm allowed to do this? Or will this create a copyright issue? I'm a little confused regarding the Public Domain and Fair Use policy.
Regards,
Ayesha C
I'm in a bit of pickle regarding this. The main character of the book that I'm working on has this habit of quoting famous writers, poets and singers - both old and new. Most of the writers I've quoted are from 19th/20th century. So I've been using little bits from my own book collection, not entire paragraphs, just one liners that go with the situation. So its always Einstein wrote this, Voltaire said that and so on and so forth. For example:
“Lying is done with words and also with silence!” She said heatedly. “Adrienne Rich wrote that! So, yes, you damn well lied!"
Basically, she uses quotes from the things she has read and also uses a lot of television sci-fi/book series swear words - famous insults from Star Wars/Firefly/Shakespeare/Wheel of Time/Harry Potter etc.
I just need to know if I'm allowed to do this? Or will this create a copyright issue? I'm a little confused regarding the Public Domain and Fair Use policy.
Regards,
Ayesha C
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