File:Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet.ogg

Summary
This clip of Porcupine Tree's Fear of a Blank Planet is used for the purposes of criticism and comment on the song.

According to section 107 of the United States Copyright Act of 1976:

The fair use of a copyrighted work...for purposes such as criticism, comment,...scholarship...is not an infringement of copyright. 

The clip is used for non-profit purposes and represents only a fraction of the actual work. These two factors are noted as relevant by the Act.

© Roadrunner Records © Atlantic Records

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


 * It illustrates an educational article that specifically discusses the song from which this sample was taken.
 * It is a sample of about 30 seconds from a much longer recording, and could not be used as a substitute for the original commercial recording; and
 * The same fragment of the song can be found at the album's medley distributed by the band for free through the internet.
 * It is not replaceable with an uncopyrighted or freely copyrighted sample of comparable educational value.
 * It is believed that 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.

I believe that this use of the excerpt is in good faith, and that its inclusion enhances rather than reduces the commercial value of the recording from which it was drawn.