File:Frank Lapidus.jpg

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Description	Jeff Fahey as Frank Lapidus having just made an emergency landing in Lost's ninth fifth season episode "Namaste".
Source	Press photographer Mario Perez of ABC on March 18, 2008 for promotion of the television show Lost.
Article	Frank Lapidus
Portion used	All of picture, which is a snapshot of a moment of a forty-three minute episode at almost 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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