File:RickRoll.png
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Summary
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| 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. |
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| 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 | |
| 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:
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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,
This image is a screenshot of a copyrighted web page, and the copyright for it is most likely held by the owner of the website. It may also contain trademarked logos, which are likely not affiliated with Wikipedia. It is believed that the use of a limited number of such screenshots
- 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,
File history
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| Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
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| current | 23:26, 3 April 2026 | | 350 × 300 (117 KB) | Penn65 (talk | contribs) | Reverted to version as of 15:58, 24 November 2014 (UTC) Take it to the talk page. |
| 01:46, 28 March 2026 | No thumbnail | 350 × 300 (119 KB) | Skyshifter (talk | contribs) | I've superimposed a much more relevant and iconic frame (can be seen when searching for "rickroll" on Google). Time doesn't match but I hope this is fine anyways, keeping the old layout | |
| 15:58, 24 November 2014 | No thumbnail | 350 × 300 (117 KB) | Vanished user 24kwjf10h32h (talk | contribs) | Restored player as it looked in 2008. It is of higher historical interest, than changing it every year as YouTube mutates its interface | |
| 06:03, 24 May 2014 | No thumbnail | 381 × 261 (112 KB) | Theo's Little Bot (talk | contribs) | Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable) | |
| 19:38, 21 May 2014 | No thumbnail | 640 × 439 (309 KB) | Grapesoda22 (talk | contribs) | Updated 2014 player | |
| 09:10, 28 January 2009 | No thumbnail | 640 × 408 (186 KB) | Ræve (talk | contribs) | update YouTube player |
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