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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 "Sri Lanka Army Commando Regiment" :

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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 Sri Lanka Army Commando Regiment
Description	A portrait of Lt.Col. S.D. Peiris
Source	Army, Sri Lanka. (1st Edition - October 1999). "50 YEARS ON" - 1949-1999, Sri Lanka Army. ISBN 995-8089-02-8
Article	Sri Lanka Army Commando Regiment
Portion used	Vignette
Low resolution?	Yes (< 0.1 megapixels)
Purpose of use	To display the portrait of first commanding officer of the Sri Lanka Army Commando Regiment
Replaceable?	No; This image was released by the Sri Lanka Army and they do not allow to use their image and other resources for derivative works, hence cannot categorize as free content. There is no free or un-free picture available in the cyberspace for the above mentioned person. Person in this portrait was retired from his military career, hence it's very hard to obtain a portrait of this person even from his past employer.
Other information	The image is being used for informational purposes only.

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current	17:54, 6 September 2007	193×253 (105 KB)	Lahiru k (Talk \| contribs)	(== Summary == {{Non-free use rationale \| Description = A portrait of Lt.Col. S.D. Peiris \| Source = Army, Sri Lanka. (1st Edition - October 1999). ''"50 YEARS ON" - 1949-1999'', Sri Lanka Army. ISBN 995-8089-02-8 \| Portion = Vig)