I wrote a fictional, humorous story in which two characters write a spoof song inspired by a real song. The fake song has a different title from the real life song as well as completely original lyrics. Do I need permission from the real song's singer to have such a thing published? Also, I did mention clearly in the story that the characters are spoofing the real song.
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This is a grey area for which you definitely need face to face counsel with an intellectual property attorney, in order to receive an answer you can rely on. The bottom line is, even if you may have a right to do that, it could be the copyright owner will threaten to sue you. Then it's very often simply a question of wills and money.
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