File:Down to the river to pray sheet music.gif
Summary
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| Description | Sample of sheet music intro to gospel song "Down In the River To Pray". |
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| Author or copyright owner |
Everynote.com |
| Source (WP:NFCC#4) | http://www.everynote.com/goods.pic/Trad_Ch_Down.gif |
| Use in article (WP:NFCC#7) | Down in the River to Pray |
| Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8) | Demonstrate the musical setting of the tune the article is based on |
| Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1) |
n.a. |
| Not replaceable with textual coverage because (WP:NFCC#1) |
The text is unable to communicate the nature of the melody of the piece. |
| Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3) | Only FU image for the article, small sample already freely displayed by owner as promotional, so not infringing on owners' larger commercial potential. |
| Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2) |
n.a. |
| Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Down in the River to Pray//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Down_to_the_river_to_pray_sheet_music.giftrue | |
Licensing
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This picture is an excerpt of sheet music from a copyrighted musical composition or arrangement. The original composition and/or arrangement may be owned by the credited writers of the song. If an album-only song, it could also be owned by a person or people credited as writer on an album of which the song is included, if not credited on a certain piece of the album. Copyrights can also be assigned to a music publishing company (can be specialized in song rights management or in releasing of sheet music).
Though the music may not be free, it is considered that the purpose of a limited number of sheet music excerpts
- for critical commentary on the composition of a song or other music in question, on a music theory topic demonstrated in the excerpt for which there is no free alternative to demonstrate the topic, or on an aspect of music performance demonstrated in the excerpt for which there is no free alternative,
- on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation,
qualifies as fair use under the copyright law of the United States. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content for more information.
