File:Tool - Lateralus - 09 - Lateralus sample.ogg

This is an audio sample of Tool's song "Lateralus".

It is believed that publishing part of the song in the article named above does fall under fair use since:

• it is used for informational purposes only, to illustrate the relation of the song lyrics to a certain arrangement of a part of a Fibonacci sequence, which is mentioned in the article, as part of the commentary on the band's work.
• it is of drastically reduced quality and length, rendering it useless for any commercial use.
• the lyrics have been made widely available to the public by the copyright owners themselves, on their website: http://www.toolband.com/album/lyrics/lateralus.html

I, User:Johnnyw, believe that publishing part of the song in the article named above does fall under fair use since:

• it is used for informational purposes only, to illustrate the relation of the song lyrics to a certain arrangement of a part of a Fibonacci sequence, which is mentioned in the article Lateralus, as part of the commentary on the band's work.
• it is of drastically reduced quality and length, rendering it useless for any commercial use.
• the lyrics have been made widely available to the public by the copyright owners themselves, on their website: http://www.toolband.com/album/lyrics/lateralus.html

Artist: Tool Song: "Lateralus" Original length: 9min 25s Format: Full quality .wav Album: Lateralus Year: 2001 Label: Volcano Records

Length: 47s

• cut and processed (fade-out) with Audacity

Bit-rate: avg 57 kbit/s

• converted to much inferior quality, avg. 57 kbit/s, using oggenc

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