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 website created by the band's record label and places it on the student's personal website.
D) Google posts thumbnail images of books in the Google Book Search Project.

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Copying a photograph from a website without permission and placing it on a personal website does not typically fall under fair use. The other options could potentially be considered fair use, such as using a newspaper article for educational purposes or quoting a paragraph from a book for a book review. The Google Book Search Project has also been determined to be fair use by the courts.

Which of the Following Situations Would Not Qualify for the Fair