Which of the following situations would not qualify for the fair use exception to U.S. copyright law?
A)A professor clips a newspaper article just before class and distributes copies of it to his class.
B)A journalist quotes a paragraph from a book in a review of the book.
C)A student copies a photograph of his favorite band from a Web site created by the band's record label and places it on the student's personal Web site.
D)Google posts thumbnail images of books in the Google Book Search Project.

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Copying a photograph from a website and using it on a personal website would not qualify for fair use as it does not meet the four factors of fair use, namely, purpose and character of the use, nature of the copyrighted work, amount and substantiality of the portion used, and effect on the potential market. This would most likely be considered a copyright infringement.

Which of the Following Situations Would Not Qualify for the Fair