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"Mama"_by_the_Spice_Girls_(sample).ogg (Ogg Vorbis sound file, length 30 s, 64 kbps, file size: 233 KB)

Fair use in "Mama"

Non-free media information and use rationale true for Mama (Spice Girls song)
Description

A sound sample of "Mama" recorded by the Spice Girls for their 1996 album Spice.

Source

Intellectually owned by Virgin Records.

Article

Mama (Spice Girls song)

Portion used

A 30-second sample taken from the 5:03 track.

Low resolution?

Low quality but enough to suffice understanding.

Purpose of use

To help to identify the main theme of the song as well as the choir arrangement; both discussed in the section "Composition" of the article Say You'll Be There.

Replaceable?

Single is protected by copyright; therefore a free use alternative would not exist.

Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Mama (Spice Girls song)//en.wikipedia.org/File:%22Mama%22_by_the_Spice_Girls_(sample).oggtrue

Fair use rationale for use in the article Spice Girls

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

  • it illustrates an educational article about an artist that specifically discusses the song from which this sample was taken
  • it is a sample of about 18 seconds from a much longer recording, and could not be used as a substitute for the original commercial recording; and
  • 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.

Fair use rationale for use in the article Spice

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

  • it illustrates an educational article about an artist that specifically discusses the song from which this sample was taken
  • it is a sample of about 18 seconds from a much longer recording, and could not be used as a substitute for the original commercial recording; and
  • 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.

Licensing

CopyrightedThis 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 Misplaced Pages, hosted on servers in the U.S. by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation, where:
  1. the sample is being used for commentary on the recording in question;
  2. 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;
  3. the sample is short in relation to the duration of the recorded track, and is of inferior quality to the original recording;
  4. no other samples from the same track are currently used in Misplaced Pages;
  5. 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 Misplaced Pages 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 Misplaced Pages: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/File:%22Mama%22_by_the_Spice_Girls_(sample).ogg

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File history

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Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current06:48, 7 August 201030 s (233 KB)Frcm1988 (talk | contribs)Changed part of the song, to match article info.

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File usage

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Transcode status

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Format Bitrate Download Status Encode time
MP3 186 kbps Completed 17:27, 15 September 2021 2.0 s

Metadata

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Software usedXiph.Org libVorbis I 20040629
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