File:WearsideJackRipperJohn Humble Police BeliefA.png

WearsideJackRipperJohn_Humble_Police_BeliefA.png(380 × 262 pixels, file size: 110 KB, MIME type: image/png)

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Description Image depicts one of numerous billboards displaying the handwriting of "Wearside Jack", as released to the public following his June 1979 infamous cassette tape sent to the inquiry room.
Author or
copyright owner
John Frost
Source (WP:NFCC#4) slow-journalism.com. Direct link here
Date of publication 1979
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7) Peter Sutcliffe
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8) To support encyclopedic discussion of this work in this article. The illustration is specifically needed to support the following point(s):

To illustrate the tactics of the hoaxer who derailed the police investigative efforts into their collective search for the Yorkshire Ripper, and their exhaustive methods/resources into the shallow hoaxer.

Not replaceable with
free media because
(WP:NFCC#1)
Any derivative work based upon the artwork would be a copyright violation, so creation of a free image is not possible.
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3) To quote the NFCC#3 guidelines: 'An entire work is not used if a portion will suffice.' The portion of the image used here is cropped from that used upon the online source from where the image has been taken
  • Image is 405x280px in size; original image (easily accessible to anyone who browses the web), is 1,200x900px in size
  • The precise name given to this file makes any ambiguous usage highly unlikely
  • The image is cropped from original, and of a tinted hue (as opposed to the original)
  • Intended solely for usage upon one sub-section of article
Respect for
commercial opportunities
(WP:NFCC#2)
The use of a low resolution image of the artwork will not impact the commercial viability of the art.
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  • Precise name I have given to the file - plus the nature of the content - make ambiguous usage of the image extremely unlikely (NFCC9)
  • Image has already been widely distributed in the media, via various methods, in a blatant and intentional manner (since mid-1979) and, in doing so, this image has been displayed in both a better visual quality, in a higher resolution, plus in an un-cropped, un-tinted form (NFCC4)
  • Believed that the use of this image upon only the English-language Wikipedia, to illustrate a section of the article discussing aspects relating to the persons depicted, falls under the "Non-profit, educational" clause of the 'Fair Use' doctrine, currently upheld by U.S. law. (17 U.S.C. § 107.)
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Peter Sutcliffe//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WearsideJackRipperJohn_Humble_Police_BeliefA.pngtrue

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current00:05, 25 July 2022Thumbnail for version as of 00:05, 25 July 2022380 × 262 (110 KB)DatBot (talk | contribs)Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable)
09:25, 24 July 2022No thumbnail405 × 280 (118 KB)Kieronoldham (talk | contribs)Uploading a non-free work, as object of commentary using File Upload Wizard
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