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  • Writer's Guild: Can I legally use my own song lyrics based on music I heard?

    12/24/2025 10:34:00 PM PST · by Windcatcher · 32 replies
    Self | 12-25-2025 | Windcatcher
    I'm 75% of the way through writing my fantasy trilogy and I heard a piece of music on Youtube that to me screamed for lyrics. If I write my own lyrics based on it and have my characters listen to someone singing it, can I legally use it in my book or is it problematic from a copyright standpoint? Do I have to get permission from the music composer? Am I better off just dropping the idea?
  • Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange arrested

    04/11/2019 2:41:38 AM PDT · by Cementjungle · 159 replies
    BBC ^ | 4/11/2019
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  • Lori Loughlin’s Daughter Olivia Jade Was Aware of College Admissions Scam

    04/09/2019 6:11:41 PM PDT · by CaliforniaCraftBeer · 18 replies
    Breitbart News ^ | April 9, 2019 | Tom Ciccotta
    In one email conversation that was obtained by New York Magazine, [Rick] Singer [college admissions scandal ringleader] instructs an employee to submit Olivia’s application to the University of Southern California. Olivia was later cc’d on emails with her parents and CW-1 in which her mother asked for help with applications to other colleges — “I don’t want to call any attention to [Olivia] with our little friend [guidance counselor].” CW-1 “responded by directing an employee to submit the application on behalf of [Olivia Jade.]” So did she understand what was going on? She certainly would have known, at the very least, that...