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The copyright for it is most likely owned by the company who created the promotional item or the artist who produced the item in question; you must provide evidence of such ownership. Lack of such evidence is grounds for deletion.

It is believed that the use of some images of promotional material to illustrate:

the person(s), product, event, or subject in question
where the image is unrepeatable, i.e. a free image could not be created to replace it
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 usage of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, might be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content and Wikipedia:Publicity photos.

Additionally, the copyright holder may have granted permission for use in works such as Wikipedia. However, if they have, this permission likely does not fall under a free license.

Please note that our policy usually considers fair use images of living people that merely show what they look like to be replaceable by free-licensed images and unsuitable for the project. If this is not the case for this image, a rationale should be provided proving that the image provides information beyond simple identification or showing that this image is difficult to replace by a free-licensed equivalent. Commercial third-party reusers of this image should consider whether their use is in violation of the subject's publicity rights.

[edit] Fair Use Rationale for Sam Whipple

Non-free / fair use media rationale for Sam Whipple
Description	A picture of Sam Whipple
Source	http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2642386176/nm0924196
Article	Sam Whipple
Portion used	Entire Picture
Low resolution?	Yes
Purpose of use	To help identify the subject
Replaceable?	Extremely Difficult

There exists no free alternative, nor can one be created. He is no longer living.
The image represents a minimal use and is of a reasonable low resolution.
The image has been previously published.
The image generally meets the image use policy.
The image is used in at least one article, Sam Whipple.
The image contributes strongly to the article. The subject is more easily visualized. It is encyclopedic.
The image is used only in the article name space.

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	15:12, 18 May 2008	320×400 (20 KB)	Dr. Stantz (Talk \| contribs)
	14:22, 18 May 2008	180×300 (13 KB)	Dr. Stantz (Talk \| contribs)