File:WannabeSample.ogg

Summary

• Sound sample from the song "Wannabe"
• Song length: 2:52
• Reduced quality: Yes
• Source: "Wannabe"
• Songwriter(s): Spice Girls, Matt Rowe, Richard Stannard
• Performed by: Spice Girls
• Producer(s): Matt Rowe, Richard Stannard
• Copyright ©1996 Virgin Records

Fair Use Rationale

Fair use for Wannabe

Fair use for Spice Girls

This is a sound sample from a commercial recording. Its inclusion here is claimed as fair use for the following reasons:

• Its use is educational and it illustrates an article about an artist that specifically discusses the song from which this sample was taken.
• It is a sample of about 26 seconds from a much longer recording and has been reduced in quality, and therefore could not be used as a substitute for the original commercial recording.
• It is not replaceable with a free work of comparable educational value.
• The use of 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.
• It is a sample from an iconic and notable song that the group performed, and so its inclusion adds to the understanding of the topic by showing the genre and style of music of the group.

Fair use for Spice (album)

This is a sound sample from a commercial recording. Its inclusion here is claimed as fair use for the following reasons:

• It is a sample of about 26 seconds from a much longer recording and has been reduced in quality, and therefore could not be used as a substitute for the original commercial recording.
• As the entire album is copyrighted, it is not replaceable with a free work of comparable educational value.
• The use of 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.
• Its use serves an educational purpose and adds significantly to the understanding of the topic.
• It is a sample from an iconic and notable song from the album, and so it is necessary to show the genre and style of music on the album.

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:WannabeSample.ogg true