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Old 11-20-2007, 04:15 PM   #1
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Previously published lines.

I'm currently preparing a piece for publication. I posted it here for critique a couple of months ago. My question is this:

Is the reference to the poem by Margaret Wise Brown infringing on copyright? I'd like to know before I begin to send it out only to receive stock rejection letters.

Any advice would be helpful.

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Is the reference to the poem by Margaret Wise Brown infringing on copyright?
If you refer to it, no problem. If you quote it, get ready for the rejections.
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Reference sounds fine, quoting is dubious, quoting without reference is suicide.
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