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Is it a copyright violation to quote another book in my book?
I think you can but change some of the words, and if you have a dedication page dedicate the author or book who you are borrowing the quote from and acknowledge that some of the quotes are from that ...
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A Novel Based Off A Song...How Close Can It Get?
Questions about citing song titles or song lyrics have been asked before (use the site search to find them). The consensus is that you should not cite song lyrics without written consent of the ...
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Seeking advice on safeguarding my manuscript
No respectable publisher or agent will steal your story or ideas, because if this came out no one would ever want to work with them again and they would be out of business.
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Can I publish a collection of poetry that alludes to other authors such as Shakespeare and Wordsworth without violating copyright?
Shakespeare's works will be in the public domain. For other authors, you'll probably need to research each one. @user482877's comment gives you a good link for understanding how it works.
You'll want ...
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Can I use more specific monsters and creatures legally?
Pathfinder 2E remaster is going away from the chromatic/metallic dragon scheme that the system inherited from D&D, and the reason I usually hear given for it is copyright.
While many other OGL-...
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Recreating public domain children's stories and using the original illustration?
As far as I understand it:
You may use a public domain illustration (e.g. a painting in a museum).
You may not use a photo or reproduction of that illustration (in a catalogue, on a postcard, on the ...
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Can I use more specific monsters and creatures legally?
The answer is NO.
I don't want to be sued for my character saying did you see the evil looking black dragon in the swamp?"
Then don't have your character say that.
You cannot use some other ...
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Can I use more specific monsters and creatures legally?
As I see it, "metallic dragon" is just a description like "stone dragon" or "green dragon". I don't see how that description can be copyrighted.
But "mind[f]layer&...
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