File:Walking on the Moon by The Police.ogg

Walking_on_the_Moon_by_The_Police.ogg ‎(Ogg Vorbis sound file, length 30 s, 62 kbps, file size: 223 KB)

This media file has an associated English-language subtitle file TimedText:Walking on the Moon by The Police.ogg.en.srt

"Walking on the Moon", The Police, 1979.

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This sample is 19 seconds long, less than 10% of 4:22 (26 sec).

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This audio sample is important because it is The Police's version of Walking on the Moon, the most famous version.

Rationale of fair use for Walking on the Moon[edit]

It illustrates an educational article that specifically discusses the song from which this sample was taken
It is a sample from a much longer recording, and could not be used as a substitute for the original commercial recording
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

I believe that this use of the excerpt is in good faith, and that its inclusion does not reduce the commercial value of the recording from which it was drawn. Peregrine Fisher 04:04, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

File history

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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	19:39, 20 April 2010		30 s (223 KB)	Dawnseeker2000 (talk \| contribs)	Faded intro and exit

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File usage

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Walking on the Moon

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Format	Bitrate	Download	Status	Encode time
MP3	201 kbps		Completed 06:29, 25 December 2017	2.0 s

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Software used	Xiph.Org libVorbis I 20040629