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Do not remove this tag until the deletion nomination is closed. Reason for the nomination: This file originates on this page of the US National Weather Service. No photographer is credited at the source. It was taken on May 11, 2016, in Mayfield Kentucky.
A Google search identifies the first publication of the image as this post by JB Bradley (@warluminous) on Twitter (as it was then...) In the subsequent thread, he identifies the photographer as Kevin Woosley, who was not an NWS employee. As a photograph taken in the United States since 1989, copyright in this photo belonged to its photographer as soon as it was created ("fixed"). We have no evidence of permission that this copyright was ever transferred away to put the image in the public domain. At different times, various regional offices of the National Weather Service have held contests or other public outreach exercises that have made release into the public domain a condition of participation. However, there is no evidence that connects this image with any one of those initiatives. According to the National Weather Service disclaimer linked at the bottom of the webpage, "The information on National Weather Service (NWS) Web pages are in the public domain, unless specifically noted otherwise." No particular form for such a notation is specified or required in the disclaimer, and a wide range of attribution styles is observed on past and present weather.gov pages. These range from very explicit, formal notices with the copyright (©) symbol, through to "Courtesy of ..." and "Photo by ..." notations. It is extremely unusual for the NWS to omit crediting a third-party creator; but the same page where this photo was sourced also links to other third-party video content that is attributed at the source (the NWS YouTube channel), but not on this page. Usually, we presume that unsourced content on NWS pages was created by NWS employees. This is a rare case where we know that it specifically wasn't. Taken together, all of the above creates significant doubt under the precautionary principle as to whether this image is in the public domain. I am not suggesting that it is necessarily protected by copyright; I'm saying that considering all the evidence together, we simply do not know whether it is or isn't, which means we must delete it. | ||
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{{subst:delete2|image=File:MayfieldKentuckyEF32016.PNG|reason=This file originates on this page of the US National Weather Service. No photographer is credited at the source. It was taken on May 11, 2016, in Mayfield Kentucky.
A Google search identifies the first publication of the image as this post by JB Bradley (@warluminous) on Twitter (as it was then...) In the subsequent thread, he identifies the photographer as Kevin Woosley, who was not an NWS employee. As a photograph taken in the United States since 1989, copyright in this photo belonged to its photographer as soon as it was created ("fixed"). We have no evidence of permission that this copyright was ever transferred away to put the image in the public domain. At different times, various regional offices of the National Weather Service have held contests or other public outreach exercises that have made release into the public domain a condition of participation. However, there is no evidence that connects this image with any one of those initiatives. According to the National Weather Service disclaimer linked at the bottom of the webpage, "The information on National Weather Service (NWS) Web pages are in the public domain, unless specifically noted otherwise." No particular form for such a notation is specified or required in the disclaimer, and a wide range of attribution styles is observed on past and present weather.gov pages. These range from very explicit, formal notices with the copyright (©) symbol, through to "Courtesy of ..." and "Photo by ..." notations. It is extremely unusual for the NWS to omit crediting a third-party creator; but the same page where this photo was sourced also links to other third-party video content that is attributed at the source (the NWS YouTube channel), but not on this page. Usually, we presume that unsourced content on NWS pages was created by NWS employees. This is a rare case where we know that it specifically wasn't. Taken together, all of the above creates significant doubt under the precautionary principle as to whether this image is in the public domain. I am not suggesting that it is necessarily protected by copyright; I'm saying that considering all the evidence together, we simply do not know whether it is or isn't, which means we must delete it.}} ~~~~
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DescriptionMayfieldKentuckyEF32016.PNG |
English: EF3 tornado in Mayfield, Kentucky. |
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Source | http://www.weather.gov/pah/may10tornadoes |
Author | Kevin Woosley / National Weather Service |
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This image is in the public domain because it was stored on the web servers of the U.S. National Weather Service. NWS-created images are automatically public domain in the U.S. since the NWS is a part of the U.S. government. However, the NWS sites also host non-NWS images which have been submitted by individuals: these are generally shown as "Courtesy of ...". Such images have explicitly been released to the public domain by the copyright owner as part of the upload process.
Thus, all* images on NWS servers are public domain (including "Courtesy of ..." and “Photo by ...” images) unless specifically stated otherwise through a copyright (©) watermark.
*A deletion discussion in November 2023 ruled that Getty Images on the web servers of NWS, are to be considered copyrighted, even without a copyright (©) watermark and are the sole exception to this rule.English | suomi | македонски | português | +/− |
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