If you use a few lines from a published song in the story you put into the class anthology and add a note at the end giving credit to the songwriter, this would be considered:

Question

If you use a few lines from a published song in the story you put into the class anthology and add a note at the end giving credit to the songwriter, this would be considered:

a. copyright infringement

b. plagiarism

c. neither of the above

d. both of the above

Answer 1

c. neither of the above

It's not plagiarism because you included a source; it's not copyright infringement because the song is published and presumably the lyrics are in the public domain, although, the performance of the song may not be.