File:Theme from Shaft.ogg

Licensing

A 28-second clip of Isaac Hayes' "Theme from Shaft". Copyright to Enterprise Records, 1971.

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Fair use

This is a sound sample from a commercial recording. Its inclusion in the article Theme from Shaft is claimed as fair use because:

• it illustrates an educational article that includes a historical and critical examination of the excerpt;
• it is a sample of under 30 seconds from a much longer recording (4:34), and could not be used as a substitute for the original commercial recording;
• it has been reduced in quality from the original CD recording due to compression; and
• it is not replaceable with an uncopyrighted or freely copyrighted sample of comparable educational value.

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.