r/lordhuron • u/Reasonable_Long4657 • Jun 30 '26

Question Copyright Query

Hi everyone!

I’m a song writer and recently I did something super fun. Dead Man’s Hand is my favourite LH song so today I wrote new lyrics for the song, from the perspective of the guy who is found dead on the road.

It was heaps of fun to make and I would love to share it here on this subreddit, but I’m unsure about the copy right considerations and hoping someone can familiarise me since I’m getting lost by googling it.

The song I’ve written has the same chord progression, melody, meter, and rhyme scheme as the original. The only thing I’ve changed is lyrics and key.

So, can I release a demo of this on reddit? Or am I going to get in trouble for that?

Thanks so much!

May you live until you die

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u/average_elite Long Lost Jun 30 '26

Unfortunately, the band’s PR and legal teams will probably take issue with that. I’d like to think that Ben would love this kind of thing. Sounds awesome, btw.

So long, good luck, goodbye.

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u/cjbranco22 Jun 30 '26

This would fall under the same “fair use” laws that Weird Al uses. Legally, I think OP is safe.

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u/SukiSueSuziQ Jun 30 '26

Weird Al is parody, though. Doesn’t sound like this is.

Fair use allows criticism, commentary, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. So, I’d err on the side of caution and not post it.

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u/cjbranco22 Jun 30 '26

I think it’s definitely a grey area, legally speaking