Closer (Nine Inch Nails song - sample).ogg

Summary

A sample of "Closer" from Nine Inch Nails' The Downward Spiral. This sample is believed to be fair use of the source material in the context of the article Nine Inch Nails:

It is used to demonstrate musical characteristics of the band, where no scholarly print source could be found on the topic.
It is used here for purely encyclopedic and informational purposes.
It does not harm the copyright owner commercially.
The same sample was used in the promotional DVD Collected, which the copyright holder distributed free of charge.

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

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