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onsdagen den 30 november 2011 13.47.21 skrev  Julien Claassen:

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> Hello everyone!

>    I'd like to cite from a relatively recent work (1970), which of course is

> still copyrighted. So can I do it per se? I'd just like to cite a main

> phrase for a bit (2-4 bars) I suspect. any hints on that would be very much

> appreciated.

Hard to answer, and it depends of the context. If just one beat from that

phrase is significant for the melody, then you might run into trouble. On the

other hand, you can (if I understands everything right) often cite several

seconds of a song without paying royalties when for example showing or

reviewing song.
Here is links to some (hopefully blind friendly) documents that might help

you:
  http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/music-royalties.htm/printable

  http://www.alankorn.com/articles/sampling.html

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use
Hope that helps

Jostein
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