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Posted By: <b>Steve f</b><p>This is so great!.. Congrats Hal<br /><br />

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Posted By: <b>Hal Lewis</b><p>I mention Pink Floyd and The Tubes in this book (along with a few dozen other song references)...so I'll have to put Oingo Boingo in my next one! <br /><br /><img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14><br /><br /><br />I found out that song LYRICS are copyright protected, but song TITLES are not.<br /><br />You can mention as many song titles as you like.<br /><br />You can mention song lyrics too, but only in a roundabout way, such as:<br /><br />Little Johnny whistled a familiar tune by The Who in his head, trying to figure out what there was to squeeze on momma's chest that kept daddy from getting any rest. <br /><br />As for movie quotes, a few short words in a row are allowable. Quoting fifteen straight lines, however, would not be.<br /><br />So you can say:<br /><br />"Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?" Jim asked his friends.<br /><br />But you probably cannot cite the entire Kevin Costner quote in Bull Durham about the small of a woman's back, the hanging curve ball, the designated hitter and long deep wet passionate kisses that last for days.<br /><br /><br /><br /><i></i> You CAN use the exact song lyrics and long movie excerpts...but getting PERMISSION to do so is a Herculean task. It also cost too much.<br /><br /><br />

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Posted By: <b>Hal Lewis</b><p>Hooray!<br /><br />Just hit the 25 mark. <br /><br />Thanks guys and gals!<br /><br />PS - It has to be you folks, unless my crazy mom bought 10. <br /><br />Then again, she probably did.

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Posted By: <b>Rob Dewolf</b><p>Gonna buy a dozen copies, then wait for the next 10-cent listing day on eBay.<br /><br />Easy. Money.

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Posted By: <b>Hal Lewis</b><p>Great!<br /><br />Maybe that's my role in life: SUPPLIER to the guys who get rich quick!<br /><br /><img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14>

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Posted By: <b>barry arnold</b><p>Congratulations, Hal.<br />i suspect your royalties will far surpass mine!<br /><br />all the best,<br /><br />barry<br />

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Posted By: <b>WP</b><p>Awesome idea. good luck.

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Posted By: <b>Hal Lewis</b><p>Here is the press release from this morning:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2007/7/emw537205.htm" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2007/7/emw537205.htm</a>

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Posted By: <b>Dan Bretta</b><p>This is your second novel??? What is the name of the first novel Hal?

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Posted By: <b>Jeff Lichtman</b><p>Hal, is that how you PI guys do it -- you write and publish your own press releases? And then have yourselves listed as the media contact? So, if someone wanted to do a radio interview with you they would contact your PR rep (you) to request an interview with the writer (you)? How do you pay your PR rep?

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Posted By: <b>Hal Lewis</b><p>I pay him "in kind."<br /><br /><img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14>

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Posted By: <b>peter chao</b><p>Hal,<br /><br />Does this signal a change in careers...or does it mean a serious hobby has become an obsession. <img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14><br /><br />Peter

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Posted By: <b>Hal Lewis</b><p>Already working on Book #3...<br /><br />which involves a crime at a huge baseball card convention!!!<br /><br />I'll try to work some of you in!<br /><br /><img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14><br /><br /><br />(Book #1 was a non-published work several years ago that was non-baseball related. I'll think about publishing it down the road. I need to stick with baseball card themes for the time being, since they excite me and give me the fuel.