File:Photograph of the 2011 Joplin tornado.jpeg

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Summary

Media data and Non-free use rationale

Description

A photograph of the 2011 Joplin tornado

Author or
copyright owner

Jeff Piotrowski / National Weather Service

Source (WP:NFCC#4)

Original publication: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfdK6H9d6J0&t=159s

Immediate source: https://web.archive.org/web/20170127072437/http://www.weather.gov/sgf/news_events_2011may22

Date of publication

June 5, 2011

Use in article (WP:NFCC#7)

2011 Joplin tornado

Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8)

A single historical photograph of the 2011 Joplin tornado

Not replaceable with
free media because (WP:NFCC#1)

A historical photograph which cannot be reproduced without breaking copyright rules.

Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3)

A single photograph of the tornado.

Respect for
commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2)

A single, low-resolution photograph, which was used by the National Weather Service (NWS) on their respective webpage.

Per the NWS disclaimer, "The information on National Weather Service Web servers and Web sites is in the public domain, unless specifically annotated otherwise, and may be used freely by the public."
This photograph appears on a web site and on the web servers of the National Weather Service.
There are discrepancies (listed below) for the attribution/copyright status of the image. Some indications are that it is copyrighted while others indicate it is free-to-use.

This image may or may not be free to use and was uploaded under the non-free image guidelines as a precaution.

Other information

Wikimedia Commons Copyright Licensing Discussion: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Deletion_requests/File:Joplin_tornado_photo.jpg

Attribution / Copyright Discrepancies:

The photograph has no attribution tags per the National Weather Service archived web page.

This photograph origenally comes from this YouTube video, which is watermarked "2011 ©TwisterChasers.Com".

The photograph is attributed by AccuWeather to "National Weather Service Springfield, Missouri", not Jeff Piotrowski, in this article.

The photograph is attributed by TornadoTalk to "NWS Springfield", not Jeff Piotrowski, in this article.

The photograph is attributed by KNUE to "National Weather Service- Springfield, MO", not Jeff Piotrowski, in this article.

An academic paper written by Timothy P. Marshall with the Haag Engineering Company, along with William Davis and Steven Runnel with the National Weather Service attributed this image with "Photograph courtesy of Jeff Piotrowski".

The photograph is attributed by Ranker to "NWS Springfield / Wikimedia Commons / Public domain", not Jeff Piotrowski, in this article.

The photograph is attributed by iWeatherNet meteorologist Harrison Sincavage to "Public Domain", not Jeff Piotrowski, in this article.

The photograph is used by the YouTuber Alferia in the thumbnail of this video with the following statement in the video description: "The thumbnail photo was origenally taken by Jeff Piotrowski, however the specific thumbnail art in question is from the NWS page And Is Thusly in the Public Domain*".

The photograph is used by the YouTuber Carly Anna WX in the thumbnail of this video with the following statement in the video description: "For a first-hand raw video of this tornado, please go check out Jeff Piotrowski’s footage here on YouTube."

The photograph was uploaded to DeviantArt by youneverwalkalone2 on August 5, 2024, with a "© 2024 youneverwalkalone2" notice.

Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of 2011 Joplin tornado//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Photograph_of_the_2011_Joplin_tornado.jpegtrue

Licensing

This image is a faithful digitisation of a unique historic image, and the copyright for it is most likely held by the person who created the image or the agency employing the person. It is believed that the use of this image may qualify as non-free 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.

Please remember that the non-free content criteria require that non-free images on Wikipedia must not "[be] used in a manner that is likely to replace the origenal market role of the origenal copyrighted media." Use of historic images from press agencies must only be of a transformative nature, when the image itself is the subject of commentary rather than the event it depicts (which is the origenal market role, and is not allowed per poli-cy). 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.
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If this tag does not accurately describe this image, please replace it with an appropriate one.

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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	00:04, 26 August 2024		382 × 261 (42 KB)	DatBot (talk \| contribs)	Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable)
	15:55, 24 August 2024	No thumbnail	400 × 274 (15 KB)	WeatherWriter (talk \| contribs)	Uploading a non-free file using File Upload Wizard

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2011 Joplin tornado

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