File:U2nloth.ogg

Summary edit

25 second sample of the song "No Line on the Horizon" by U2.
Source : Used my copy of the album No Line on the Horizon (compressed clip to low quality OGG vorbis file, used Audacity 1.2.6 in the process)
Songwriters : U2, Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois
Producers : Eno, Lanois, Steve Lillywhite
Copyright : 2009, Interscope.

Fair use rationale edit

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

1. It illustrates an educational article that specifically discusses the song from which this sample was taken, as well as the band that performs it.
2. 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.
3. It is of a lower quality than the original recording.
4. It is not replaceable with an uncopyrighted or freely copyrighted sample of comparable educational value.
5. 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.

Specific rationale for No Line on the Horizon edit

1. The song's lyrics were inspired after Bono saw the image by photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto, and they later struck a deal to use it. Readers will relate to having an audio accompaniment positioned in the Cover art section, which describes in depth how the artwork inspired the lyrics.
2. Interviews with the band described the album's change of direction following All That You Can't Leave Behind and How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb as being similar to the shift between The Joshua Tree and Achtung Baby, though later interviews just prior to release noted that the sonic shift was not on the scale that had been first reported. The sample of "No Line on the Horizon" is indicative of the change in sound the band made for the album following How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb.
3. The song is 4:12 long, and according to the "10% or 30 sec, whichever is lower" rule, the clip has been specifically cut down to 25 seconds. (10% of 4:12 is 0:25:02).

Specific rationale for "No Line on the Horizon (song)" edit

1. The song's lyrics were inspired after Bono saw the image by photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto, and they later struck a deal to use it. Readers will relate to having an audio accompaniment alongside the description of how the lyrics were inspired.
2. Various reviews of the song likened it to the U2 tracks "Vertigo", "Zoo Station", and "The Fly". Readers will be able to relate to those comparisons more with the accompaniment of an audio clip providing the similar elements/
3. The song is 4:12 long, and according to the "10% or 30 sec, whichever is lower" rule, the clip has been specifically cut down to 25 seconds. (10% of 4:12 is 0:25:02).

Licensing edit

	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:U2nloth.ogg true