File:Closing Time.ogg

Summary

A reduced quality sound sample from the song "Closing Time" performed by Semisonic. Duration of the sample is no more than 24 seconds.

Source: Feeling Strangely Fine
Artist: Semisonic
Songwriters: Dan Wilson

Rationale of fair use for Closing Time (Semisonic song)

This is a sound sample from a commercial recording. Its inclusion here is claimed as fair use because:

It illustrates an educational article that discusses the song from which this sample was taken. The article describes aspects of the recording that are demonstrated by the sample.
It is a sample of no more than 30 seconds of the original recording, and could not be used as a substitute for the original commercial recording or to recreate the original recording.
It is of a lower quality than the commercially available digital versions of the original recording.
It is not replaceable with an uncopyrighted or freely copyrighted sample of comparable educational value.
This sample will not affect the value of the original work or limit the copyright holder's rights or ability to distribute the original recording.

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.

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