File:Album Intro (Nas song, from 'It Was Written' - sample).ogg

Summary

"Album Intro", from Nas's It Was Written. 30sec, 85kbit/s OGG.

Source: It Was Written
Songwriters : Nasir Jones
Producer: Nasir Jones, Trackmasters
Copyright: (P)(C) 1996 Sony Music Entertainment Inc. Manufactured by Columbia Records

Licensing

	This is a sound sample from a song, movie, sound effect, or other audio recording that is currently copyrighted. The copyright for it may be owned by the company who made it or the author. For a song, it may also be owned by the person(s) who performed it. It is believed that the use of this work qualifies as fair use under United States copyright law when used on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the U.S. by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation, where: the sample is being used for commentary on the recording in question; the sample contributes significantly to the encyclopedia articles in which it is used (listed under the heading "File usage" below) in a way that cannot be duplicated by other forms of media; the sample is short in relation to the duration of the recorded track, and is of inferior quality to the original recording; no other samples from the same track are currently used in Wikipedia; there is no adequate free alternative available. A more detailed fair use rationale should be provided by the user who uploaded this sample. Any other uses of this sample, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. If you are the copyright holder of this sample and you feel that its use here does not fall under "fair use", please see Wikipedia:Copyright problems for information on how to proceed. To the uploader: If this is a free, non-copyrighted audio recording, please post it to Wikimedia Commons instead. Fair use //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Album_Intro_(Nas_song,_from_%27It_Was_Written%27_-_sample).ogg true

Fair use

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Fair use rationale for It Was Written

• No free equivalent is available or could be created that would adequately give the same information.
• The sample does not replace the original market role of the song.
• The sample is 30 seconds of a much longer song and is of reduced quality.
• The song has previously been published.
• The sample meets general Wikipedia content requirements.
• The sample contributes significantly to the article by illustrating a song specifically discussed in the article.