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Dream Theater in 1985. Believed to be owned by Mike Portnoy, freely distributable among DT-related websites and articles.

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 "Dream Theater" :

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Where no free equivalent is available or could be created that would adequately give the same information
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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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Non-free / fair use media rationale for Dream Theater
Description	Photo of original members of Majesty (later Dream Theater) John Myung, Mike Pornoy, and John Petrucci
Source	Unknown; appears to be from Mike Portnoy himself as used in other media and webpages
Article	Dream Theater
Portion used	All?
Low resolution?	Low
Purpose of use	Illustration of the original members of the band, including their youth, apparent camaraderie, and instruments
Replaceable?	No; photo was taken in 1985 at the very beginning of the band's history