File:Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen original 1984.mp3

Hallelujah_by_Leonard_Cohen_original_1984.mp3 (MP3 audio file, length 26 s, 40 kbps overall, file size: 124 KB)

Summary

Media data and Non-free use rationale
Description	Audio sample of "Hallelujah" by Leonard Cohen
Author or copyright owner	Columbia Records / Sony Music Entertainment
Source (WP:NFCC#4)	Spotify
Date of publication	1984
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7)	Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen song)
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8)	Placed in the "Musical composition and lyrical interpretation" section to illustrate the composition and lyrical content, subject to discussion. Also used to present readers the sample associated with the work in question. Any other use outside the article may not comply with the criterion.
Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1)	the sound recording is copyrighted. Any derivative would infringe copyright of the original material and would not be accurate for readers.
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3)	The audio quality was downgraded and should be inferior to the original version of the recording. Ten percent of the recording, i.e. no more than 26~27 seconds, is used per MOS:SAMPLE and WP:NFC#Acceptable use. A sample of another version of the song is also used especially to compare with this sample. Samples of other versions of the song were deleted per discussion at WP:FFD.
Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2)	No more than 27 seconds of the recording is used. The whole song is not used, so risk of infringement may be very low. (Other) music websites may contain various samples of the recording. However, the use of the sample is intentionally educational and neither does nor shall replace the recording's commercial opportunities.
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen song)//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hallelujah_by_Leonard_Cohen_original_1984.mp3true

Licensing

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

To the uploader:

Please add a detailed non-free use rationale for each article the image is used in, which must also declare compliance with the other parts of the non-free content criteria, as well as the source of the work and copyright information.
For example non-free use rationales, see Wikipedia:Use rationale examples.
Template:Non-free use rationale audio sample may be helpful for stating the rationale.

To patrollers and administrators: If this image has an appropriate rationale please append |image has rationale=yes as a parameter to the license template.

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	01:59, 29 November 2021		26 s (124 KB)	George Ho (talk \| contribs)	(re-)downgraded sample rate to 22 kHz, bit rate to 39-40 kbps, and audio channel to monaural; increased fade out to three seconds
	12:41, 30 September 2021	No thumbnail	26 s (177 KB)	George Ho (talk \| contribs)	hmm... hopefully, changing bit rate would be more effective than the sample rate
	12:37, 30 September 2021	No thumbnail	26 s (170 KB)	George Ho (talk \| contribs)	inc. to 32 kHz for clearer noise
	12:27, 30 September 2021	No thumbnail	26 s (169 KB)	George Ho (talk \| contribs)	hopefully louder than the previous version, esp for mobile devices
	12:44, 29 September 2021	No thumbnail	26 s (173 KB)	George Ho (talk \| contribs)	reduced bit rate, sample rate, and size quality esp. for older adults... I hope
	22:17, 31 December 2020	No thumbnail	24 s (444 KB)	George Ho (talk \| contribs)	Uploading an excerpt from a non-free work using File Upload Wizard

You cannot overwrite this file.

File usage

The following page uses this file:

Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen song)

Transcode status

Update transcode status

Format	Bitrate	Download	Status	Encode time
Ogg Vorbis	66 kbps		Completed 02:01, 7 December 2021	2.0 s