File:John Sebastian-Welcome-1976.ogg

John_Sebastian-Welcome-1976.ogg ‎(Ogg Vorbis sound file, length 17 s, 63 kbps, file size: 131 KB)

Welcome Back by John Sebastian from his album Welcome Back, Reprise Records 1976. Sample from The Best of John Sebastian, Rhino Entertainment/WEA Corp., 1989, 1990

Source: "The Best of John Sebastian" via iTunes

Rationale for fair use: No free alternative could be found. Song is an important example of one period of the artist's work. Sound quality has been reduced.

Non-free media information and use rationale true for Welcome Back, Kotter
Description	Theme song of Welcome Back, Kotter.
Source	Derived from a digital capture of the song. Copyright held by the publisher or the artist. Claimed as fair use regardless.
Article	Welcome Back, Kotter
Portion used	Seventeen seconds only, a small portion of the commercial product.
Low resolution?	Yes, sound quality is reduced.
Purpose of use	The sample serves as the primary means of aural identification of the television show. It illustrates educational articles about the show from which the theme song was taken.
Replaceable?	There is no free equivalent, so the sample cannot be replaced by a free sound.
Other information	The use of the sample will not affect the value of the original work or limit the copyright holder's rights or ability to distribute the original. In particular, copies could not be used to make illegal copies of the song.
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Welcome Back, Kotter//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:John_Sebastian-Welcome-1976.oggtrue

Non-free media information and use rationale true for John Sebastian
Description	Theme song of Welcome Back, Kotter.
Source	Derived from a digital capture of the song. Copyright held by the publisher or the artist. Claimed as fair use regardless.
Article	John Sebastian
Portion used	Seventeen seconds only, a small portion of the commercial product.
Low resolution?	Yes, sound quality is reduced.
Purpose of use	The sample serves as the primary means of aural identification of a television show. It illustrates educational articles about the artist.
Replaceable?	There is no free equivalent, so the sample cannot be replaced by a free sound.
Other information	The use of the sample will not affect the value of the original work or limit the copyright holder's rights or ability to distribute the original. In particular, copies could not be used to make illegal copies of the song.
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of John Sebastian//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:John_Sebastian-Welcome-1976.oggtrue

Licensing[edit]

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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.

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File history

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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	01:06, 4 September 2007		17 s (131 KB)	SusanLesch (talk \| contribs)	''Welcome Back'' by John Sebastian from his album Welcome Back, (Reprise, 1976), (Rhino Records, 2007). Copyright © John Sebastian Source: "The Best of John Sebastian" via iTunes Rationale for fair use: No free alternative could be found.

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Format	Bitrate	Download	Status	Encode time
MP3	202 kbps		Completed 04:33, 25 December 2017	2.0 s

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Software used	Xiph.Org libVorbis I 20040629