User talk:McJeff
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Again, welcome! John Vandenberg 21:49, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for boldly resolving the dispute on w:Whiskey in the Jar by moving it here :-) I have major copyright concerns about hosting Metallica lyrics here, because they are probably unique enough to warrant a fresh copyright. Also the other set of lyrics provided here is of poor provenance. Ideally, we want evidence that these lyrics accurately match an edition that was printed or sung somewhere/sometime in the past:- we want to know when, where and by whom. John Vandenberg 22:22, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
- Actually the lyrics were written by Thin Lizzy, and then covered near-exactly by Metallica. I don't know much of anything about how copyrights work when music covers are involved, though. Anyway thanks for dropping by my page and leaving some advice - I'll be sure to work on getting some names and dates. McJeff 23:12, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
- And the Thin Lizzy version is dated 1973, which means their edition is still copyright unless it can be demonstrated that their lyrics borrow extensively from the public domain. John Vandenberg 23:31, 3 January 2008 (UTC)