File:Lowell Amos (inmate).png
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Summary[edit]
This is a jail inmate mugshot of American murderer Lowell Edwin Amos by the Michigan Department of Corrections, Lansing, Michigan, dated: 10 January 2017.
Non-free use information[edit]
| Description | 2017 Inmate (mugshot) photo of White-American serial killer Lowell Edwin Amos |
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| Author or copyright owner |
Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC), Lansing, Michigan, United States. |
| Source (WP:NFCC#4) | http://mdocweb.state.mi.us/OTIS2/otis2profile.aspx?mdocNumber=252661 MDOC Offender Tracking Information: MDOC Number - 252661 |
| Publication | Who: MDOC Where: Lansing, Michigan How: State website offender tracking information |
| Date of publication | After 4 November 1996 (date of sentence) |
| Use in article (WP:NFCC#7) | Lowell Amos |
| Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8) | No purpose specified. Please edit this image description and provide a purpose. |
| Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1) |
This image is not replaceable, research ended without the existence of a free alternative. Replacement is not viable in the case of an inmate (mugshot) photo. |
| Not replaceable with textual coverage because (WP:NFCC#1) |
As a historical topic with no free image, providing this visual (image) content will enhance some readers learning experience, while using free text to describe the murderer’s physical characteristics can be difficult for an editor and may reduce the academic value of the article. |
| Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3) | This is a low-resolution image of no commercial value based on jail inmate photo which may or may not be copyrighted, but cannot be commercially damaged by editorial reproduction and comment. Currently there are zero images in the entire article, that is marked as C-class with 7,949 bytes, created: July 2007. This single non-free image posting should be sufficient, a need for additional non-free posting is unlikely as there are no accomplices in the topic’s crimes. |
| Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2) |
If this image is subject to copyright, it belongs to the Michigan Department of Corrections, Lansing, Michigan, which is a government (or government contracted) public service and not a commercial entity nor artist, and by using this low-resolution image it does not impact the department of any monetary value. |
| Other information | Source: Clipped source image to boundary of the persons facial and neck removing unnecessary background content. Fair use: Ensured conformance with the image’s “low-resolution” sizing by using the recommended Image Resize Calculator. |
| Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of [[{{{Article}}}]]//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lowell_Amos_(inmate).pngtrue | |
Licensing[edit]
 | This media is a booking photo, more commonly known as a mug shot, normally produced in the regular operations of a law enforcement agency or correctional facility.
Some booking photos (such as those produced by the FBI) are in the public domain, while others may be copyrighted. Laws concerning disclosure of information, data protection and privacy may be applicable, especially as part of a publicly or widely distributed document. In particular, US courts have ruled that the public may not have the right to obtain a copy of a mugshot from the government, but that if obtained, may be published. This template is not a valid license tag alone. Please accompany it with an appropriate license. |
 | 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 original market role of the original 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 original market role, and is not allowed per policy). | ||
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| current | 00:05, 12 May 2018 | | 310 × 310 (109 KB) | Vwanweb (talk | contribs) | == Summary == This is a jail inmate mugshot of American murderer Lowell Edwin Amos by the Michigan Department of Corrections, Lansing, Michigan, dated: 10 January 2017. == Non-free use information == {{Non-free use rationale 2 |description = 2017 Inmate (mugshot) photo of White-American serial killer Lowell Edwin Amos |author = Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC), Lansing, Michigan, United States. |source = http://mdocweb.state.mi.us/OTIS2/otis2profile.aspx?mdocNumber=252661 MDOC Of... |
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