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And as for staff images:

It may not all be fair use. Technically, we should only use it if the license matches/we follow all reuse demands. But in the early days, it was more like. "Oooh, teh Google has a pitcher. To da wiki!"

When I cleaned up Category:Image Source Needed, I deleted plenty of staff images. Most were untracable and obviously not publicity shots. Others has reuse demands we didn't meet. I wonder how many in Category:DC_Staff_Images still don't meet those demands.

The sad crux is, it's fair use unless the image's owner tells you it isn't. They can communicate that directly to us, or send a DMCA. Most DMCAs Wikia gets are for real person photos (and DeviantArt works).