File:RickRoll.png

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Media data and Non-free use rationale
Description	A screenshot of the music video for the song Never Gonna Give You Up, by Rick Astley, as it was on its YouTube page on 28 January 2009.
Author or copyright owner	Rick Astley, Sony Music Entertainment
Source (WP:NFCC#4)	The music video for Never Gonna Give You Up on YouTube.
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7)	Rickrolling
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8)	To illustrate the internet meme which is the subject of the article.
Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1)	The song, the recording, and the music video are under copyright, and as such, no free replacements can be found. As a British work, screenshots of the video can only be uploaded to Wikimedia Commons when the copyrights expire in both the UK and the US, where this site is hosted.
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3)	It will only be used once.
Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2)	The use of a screenshot of the music video will not hinder commercial opportunities for the artist, the composers, the record label or the music publisher that may arise.
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Rickrolling//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:RickRoll.pngtrue

Media data and Non-free use rationale
Description	A screenshot of the music video for the song Never Gonna Give You Up, by Rick Astley, as it was on its YouTube page on 28 January 2009.
Author or copyright owner	Rick Astley, Sony Music Entertainment
Source (WP:NFCC#4)	The music video for Never Gonna Give You Up on YouTube.
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7)	Never Gonna Give You Up
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8)	To illustrate the song's music video.
Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1)	The song, the recording, and the music video are under copyright, and as such, no free replacements can be found. As a British work, screenshots of the video can only be uploaded to Wikimedia Commons when the copyrights expire in both the UK and the US, where this site is hosted.
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3)	It will only be used once.
Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2)	The use of a screenshot of the music video will not hinder commercial opportunities for the artist, the composers, the record label or the music publisher that may arise.
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Never Gonna Give You Up//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:RickRoll.pngtrue

Licensing:

This image is a screenshot from a copyrighted music video or promotional video for a music artist, and the copyright for it is most likely held by the producers of the video and possibly also by the music artist. It is believed that the use of a limited number of low-resolution screenshots

for identification and critical commentary on the music video in question
where no free equivalent is available or could be created that would adequately give the same information,
on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation,

qualifies as fair use under the copyright law of the United States. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content for more information.

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for identification and critical commentary relating to the website in question
on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation,

qualifies as fair use under the copyright law of the United States. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content for more information.

File:RickRoll.png

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