File:Roy C. Sullivan.jpg

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Description	Image of National Park Ranger Roy C. Sullivan, man who survived seven lightning strikes
Author or copyright owner	Unknown
Source (WP:NFCC#4)	Original publication: Unknown Immediate source: TodayNewsGazette.com
Date of publication	September 25, 2013
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7)	Roy Sullivan
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8)	for visual identification of the person in question, at the top of his/her biographical article
Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1)	All other images I have found are too small and pixelated and unsuitable for illustration
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3)	To provide visual illustration of Roy
Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2)	Roy Sullivan was a US Government employee, and is depicted in uniform and as a public figure, his image is not protected in this context. He appeared many times in nationally syndicated news and information outlets in regards to his being hit by lightning
Other information	The subject of the photograph has been deceased since: September 28, 1983
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Roy Sullivan//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Roy_C._Sullivan.jpgtrue

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to provide visual identification of one or more specific individual(s), or an identifiable gathering of them,
where the individual(s) concerned are deceased, or where access would for practical purposes be impossible,
and for whom there is no known representation under a 'free' license,
on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation,

qualifies as fair use under United States copyright law. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content and Wikipedia:Copyrights.
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