In which Sky might be inspired again. Who knows~

[cerulean_sky]

Is there some sort of a protocol for writing a story based on a song? Is it a copyright violation in any way? Or is it not if you don't use specfic lines from the song in the story? I do this a lot--music is such a heavy influence in my writing--so I figured I might as well ask.

Comments

[kihou.livejournal.com]

Probably, but if you're close enough to the song that it's very blatant, and you're not adding much yourself, you could theoretically be infringing, but basing a story on a song is probably OK.

[lskull86.livejournal.com]

could be counted as an unauthorized derivative work in theory... in practice, most songs dont exactly have original enough plots to claim exclusive use of the IP, and even then fair use would be an acceptable defense for most types of work AFAIK

(IANAL of course)

[kihou.livejournal.com]

For songs that tell a clear narrative that's pretty unique, there's a bit more risk, but most songs don't really do that.