Photographing pages from books and copyright

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, this is a female questioner who says: I am a graduate student, and we are required to prepare research papers. These papers require many references, so I go to public libraries and photocopy the pages I need from a book, whether one page, more, or fewer, because I do not need the entire book to buy it; I only need some of its pages. Does this contradict the author’s statement at the beginning of his book, “Copyright reserved,” or not?

Answer:
No, this does not contradict the reserved copyright. That means you do not print it; you do not print it. As for photocopying, there is no harm; there is no prohibition. The author prohibits you from printing the book without his permission. But if you photocopy from it, there is no harm in that, because this is not printing the whole book; rather, it is only the pages you need. So there is no harm in that, provided the library’s regulations allow it. Yes.

The presenter:
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