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Originally Posted by strandinthewind
Annabell Lee (sp.?) is plagiarization IMO because it is not her story it is his  |
"Annabel Lee" would only be considered plagiarism if it appeared on an album with the notation "written by Stevie Nicks," because it is a word-for-word copy of someone else's work.
"Lyrics by Edgar Allan Poe, Music by Stevie Nicks," would be the appropriate credit.
But to borrow someone else's line or phrase as a starting point, and then reinterpret it, isn't considered plagiarism.
If what Stevie does (and not even all that frequently, I might add)
was considered plagiarism, she would have been slapped with lawsuits by the estates of Wilde and Poe years ago.
And if Phil Spector couldn't sue Eddie Money for the use of the line "be my little baby," AND having Ronnie Spector sing it, then Poe's estate couldn't sue for "skies on fire," etc.
Once again, it's all just a mountain made out of a mole-hill.
