Summary

• Title — God Only Knows
• Performer — The Beach Boys
• Album — Pet Sounds
• Year — 1966
• Source — CD of the album. Extracted from the CD, cropped and converted into .ogg by Wikipedian Betty Kerner.

Licensing

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Rationale for fair use in article God Only Knows

• This low-quality 30 second clip of The Beach Boys' song " God Only Knows" is used for the purposes of criticism and comment on the song's recording and sound.
• The audio file cannot be illegally distributed due to the fact that it is only a fraction of the original work and of the inferior quality.
• No free equivalent of any Beach Boys work exists.
• It is believed that this audio file will not devalue the ability of the copyright holder to profit from the original work. In fact, it may encourage sales. As such, the file does not in any way limit the ability of the copyright owners to market or sell their product.
• According to section 107 of the United States Copyright Act of 1976: The fair use of a copyrighted work...for purposes such as criticism, comment,...scholarship...is not an infringement of copyright.   [1] The clip is used for non-profit purposes and represents only a fraction of the actual work — these two factors are noted as relevant by the Act.
• See Wikipedia:NFCC

Rationale for fair use in article Pet Sounds

• This low-quality 30 second clip of The Beach Boys' song " God Only Knows" is used for the purposes of criticism and comment on the artist The Beach Boys as a part of an album Pet Sounds. It is intended, in the context of scholarship, to inform the reader of the sound of The Beach Boys' work while not displacing the original product.
• The audio file cannot be illegally distributed due to the fact that it is only a fraction of the original work and of the inferior quality.
• No free equivalent of any Beach Boys work exists.
• It is believed that this audio file will not devalue the ability of the copyright holder to profit from the original work. In fact, it may encourage sales. As such, the file does not in any way limit the ability of the copyright owners to market or sell their product.
• According to section 107 of the United States Copyright Act of 1976: The fair use of a copyrighted work...for purposes such as criticism, comment,...scholarship...is not an infringement of copyright.   [2] The clip is used for non-profit purposes and represents only a fraction of the actual work — these two factors are noted as relevant by the Act.
• See Wikipedia:NFCC

Rationale for fair use in article Beach Boys

• This low-quality 30 second clip of The Beach Boys' song "God Only Knows" is used for the purposes of criticism and comment on the artist The Beach Boys as it is one of the most famous and important works of the band. It is intended, in the context of scholarship, to inform the reader of the sound of The Beach Boys' work while not displacing the original product.
• The audio file cannot be illegally distributed due to the fact that it is only a fraction of the original work and of the inferior quality.
• It is believed that this audio file will not devalue the ability of the copyright holder to profit from the original work. In fact, it may encourage sales. As such, the file does not in any way limit the ability of the copyright owners to market or sell their product.
• According to section 107 of the United States Copyright Act of 1976: The fair use of a copyrighted work...for purposes such as criticism, comment,...scholarship...is not an infringement of copyright.   [3] The clip is used for non-profit purposes and represents only a fraction of the actual work — these two factors are noted as relevant by the Act.

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