File:Smooth Criminal by Michael Jackson.ogg
Smooth_Criminal_by_Michael_Jackson.ogg (Ogg Vorbis sound file, length 28 s, 70 kbps, file size: 238 KB)
- This media file has an associated English-language subtitle file TimedText:Smooth Criminal by Michael Jackson.ogg.en.srt
| Description |
"Smooth Criminal" excerpt from the Bad album by Michael Jackson |
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| Source | |
| Article | |
| Portion used |
28 second excerpt |
| Low resolution? |
66kbit/s (significantly less than CD quality). The sample was created using Audacity, and has a Vorbis quality settings of 0. See Wikipedia:Music samples for more information. |
| Purpose of use |
Used in Smooth Criminal article as sole example of, among other elements critical to the understanding of such a performer, Jackson’s vocal and musical style – elements which cannot be reasonably expected to be conveyed adequately by prose. Song has additional relevance as a work central to Jackson’s success and as piece for which Jackson has received significant recognition. It illustrates an educational article that specifically discusses the song from which this sample was taken. It is not replaceable with an uncopyrighted or freely copyrighted sample of comparable educational value. Used in Smooth Criminal as example of style of the song. Critical commentary included in article. |
| Replaceable? |
No |
| Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Smooth Criminal//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Smooth_Criminal_by_Michael_Jackson.oggtrue | |
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:
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. |  |
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| Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
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| current | 03:19, 14 April 2007 | 28 s (238 KB) | Peregrine Fisher (talk | contribs) | "Smooth Criminal", Michael Jackson, 1987. The sample was created using Audacity, and has a Vorbis quality settings of 0. See Wikipedia:Music samples for more information. This sample is 28 seconds long. Slightly more than 10% of 4:17 ( |
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Transcode status
Update transcode status| Format | Bitrate | Download | Status | Encode time |
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| MP3 | 187 kbps | Completed 05:55, 25 December 2017 | 2.0 s |