Dumb (Nirvana song)
Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's AddictionDumb (Nirvana song) is credited to Kurt Cobain for both its words and music. The book’s publication notice documents the song’s 1993 copyright and its permissions, but supplies no lyrics or account of its musical or thematic content.
Credit and Copyright
The notice dates the copyright to 1993 and names EMI Virgin Songs, Inc. and The End of Music. It states that all rights are controlled and administered by EMI Virgin Songs, Inc., and that all rights are reserved, with international copyright secured.
Permission and Publication
The book records that the excerpt is used by permission and gives special thanks to Peter Asher for permission to use Nirvana’s lyrics. This establishes the song’s place among the book’s licensed lyrical excerpts; the available notice does not identify which words from the song appear.
