On Tue, 21 Mar 2000, Howard Lurie <lurie[_at_]law.villanova.edu> wrote:
>
> I am wondering if there is a word to describe the process or end result
> of writing words to be sung to the tune of another song. It isn't
> really a parody. I think Alan Sherman did some of this, although some
> of his stuff was probably true parody. Do we have a word for it in
> English?
it's called a derivative work (and it requires permission from the
copyright owner of the underlying musical work).
derric
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Received on Wed Mar 22 2000 - 22:47:10 GMT