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This work is copyrighted and unlicensed. It does not fall into one of the blanket acceptable non-free content categories listed at Wikipedia:Non-free content#Images or Wikipedia:Non-free content#Audio clips. However, it is believed that the use of this work in the article "The Colbert Report" :

To illustrate the subject in question
Where no free equivalent is available or could be created that would adequately give the same information
On the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation ([1]),

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.

To the uploader: this tag is not a sufficient claim of fair use. You must also include the source of the work, all available copyright information, and a detailed non-free use rationale.

[edit] Fair use rationale for The Colbert Report

It is believed that the use of this photo in The Colbert Report qualifies as fair use because:

it identifies the host of the show, Stephen Colbert;
no adequate free alternative is available.
It does not limit the copyright owners rights in any way on the non-profit Wikimedia Foundations The Colbert Report article.

[edit] Fair use rationale for Stephen Colbert (character)

This image is subject to copyright. No free or public domain images have been located. It is believed the use of this photo is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because:

The image contributes significantly to the article - it is being used to identify and illustrate the subject of the article in the character infobox. It does not serve a purely decorative purpose.
No free equivalent is available or could be created that would adequately give the same information.
The image is not used in a manner that would likely replace the original market role of the original copyrighted media.
The image has been previously published.
Furthermore, as it is used to ID the character of Stephen Colbert, and not the person himself, this does not violate the rules on nonfree pictures of living persons.

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	20:02, 18 October 2005	432×612 (36 KB)	Testtrack321 (Talk \| contribs)
	06:03, 2 August 2005	184×238 (14 KB)	Getaaron (Talk \| contribs)	(Stephen Colbert in The Colbert Report)