# Your favorite descriptions of a character in a song

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 21, 2012, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-descriptions-of-a-character-in-a-song/625883 "2012-06-21T20:09:55Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 22, 2012, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-descriptions-of-a-character-in-a-song/625883/60 "2012-06-22T18:43:52Z")

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> [@An\_Arky](#):
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> Cite for copyright law specifying one verse/5 lines?

This is SDMB policy, not copyright law.

> [@\*\*\*\* Forum Rules: PLEASE READ! \*\*\*\*](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forum-rules-please-read/329913/2):
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> Our sponsor, the Chicago READER, has a strict policy on respecting copyrights and copyrighted material. They don’t want their stuff used by others without permission, and so we don’t use stuff created by others without permission. Basically, The policy is : don’t do it.
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> It is okay to post a small snippet of song lyrics or poems or whatever, and include a link to another site which contains the complete text. But posting any material completely and verbatim is a violation of our rules and a potential violation of copyright laws.

With regard to song lyrics under copyright we’ve said for a long time that the limit is a verse or five lines.

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