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Use of song lyrics

bigdavecox90

bigdavecox90 Posts: 215 Forumite

24 January 2019 at 9:02PM in I wanna buy it or do it

So I want to start creating some prints to sell using song lyrics and also stating the artists name on the print.

Are there any laws surrounding this? Do I need permission as such from the artist to do this if I plan to sell?

Thank you

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dlusman Posts: 2,711 Forumite

24 January 2019 at 9:49PM

This is American , but assume UK is generally the same
https://www.thelaw.com/law/are-song-titles-lyrics-protected-by-copyright-or-trademark-law.317/

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LadyDee Posts: 4,293 Forumite

25 January 2019 at 9:36AM

https://www.gov.uk/copyright

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Dox Posts: 3,116 Forumite

25 January 2019 at 11:17AM

Yes and yes.

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