Nobody asked me for permission! Book on Amazon:
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And a Google search brings the results below (there were more, but you get the idea) - Nobody ever asked me. Also, short words and phrases cannot be copyrighted. If that were the case, someone would own "Merry Christmas" and "Happy Birthday." It must be the length of, say, a sonnet with 9 or 10 lines. It doesn't mean it wouldn't be a good idea to ask the person, as @i wood37919666uvcs suggested. Even though nobody in these examples asked me for permission, I never went after them or anything. I'm happy to be quoted. But some people might not be, you never know, and I don't know the legalities of it, and even if it's okay, you'll incur lawyer fees if someone tries to object, and you'll have a lawyer bill even if you did nothing wrong.
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