Monic, a college professor, makes 30 photocopies of a magazine article and passes the article out to her students. The students are assigned to read the article and write an opinion paper about it. Has Monic violated copyright law?
A) Yes. Though the author will probably not enforce his or her rights under this situation, Monic has technically violated federal copyright law.
B) Yes. Though educators have a right under the "fair use doctrine" to make limited use of copyrighted materials, Monic violated the law when she made photocopies of an entire article and distributed them to her students.
C) No. Monic has acted within the fair use doctrine.
D) No, as up to 50 photocopies of articles are always permissible.
C
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