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Description	M. C. Gainey as Tom in Lost's seventh third season episode "Not in Portland".
Source	Photographed by Mario Perez on October 26, 2006 and uploaded to http://www.abcmedianet.com/web/display/display_item.aspx?item=ph/htm/108055_0252.htm on January 11, 2007 and later http://abc.go.com/primetime/lost/galleries?season=3&episode=7 on February 8, 2007
Article	Tom (Lost)
Portion used	All of picture, which is a snapshot of a moment of a forty-three minute episode at al,most twenty-four frames per second.
Low resolution?	Yes, so as not to violate copyright laws.
Purpose of use	The image serves as the primary means of visual identification of the subject, illustrating a single educational article. It is virtually impossible to accurately describe the character for a sufficient picture in one's mind with mere words.
Replaceable?	The work is copyrighted; thus, no free alternative is available.
Other information	Use will not affect the value of the original work that has been published elsewhere on the Internet or limit the copyright holder's rights or ability to distribute the original. In particular, copies could not be used to make illegal copies of the video.
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