File:R.E.M. - Losing My Religion.ogg

Summary
℗ & © 1991 R.E.M./Athens L.L.C. under exclusive license to Concord Music Group, Inc. (until 2015 Warner Bros. Records Inc.)
 * Description: Sample from Losing My Religion
 * Author: R.E.M.
 * Format: Ogg Vorbis, quality 0 (64 kbit/s)
 * Length: 26 seconds (10% of original 4:28)
 * Permission: Fair use in Losing My Religion as reduced-quality music sample (see Music samples).

Written by Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe. Published by Night Garden Music/Universal Tunes (SESAC), until 2017 Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI).

Rationale of fair use on R.E.M.
This sample is used to as an example of R.E.M.'s work, as well as to illustrate their style during this period.


 * 1) It illustrates an educational article that specifically discusses the song from which this sample was taken
 * 2) It is a short sample taken from a much longer recording, and could not be used as a substitute for the original commercial recording
 * 3) It is not replaceable with an uncopyrighted or freely copyrighted sample of comparable educational value
 * 4) 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 does not reduce the commercial value of the recording from which it was drawn. WesleyDodds (talk) 10:30, 9 December 2007 (UTC)