Karen Bridgestone is a student in a masters of accountancy course. The professor has selected an electronic textbook for use in the course. In meeting with her group, Karen offers to purchase the textbook online, take the print option, and then make copies of the text to give to the other group members for the cost of the copies as a way of saving them money in their expensive graduate program. Which of the following is correct?
A) Because there was no commercial use, there is no copyright infringement.
B) Because they paid for the copies of the text, there is no infringement.
C) As long as they do not sell the copies to anyone for the next semester, there are no copyright issues.
D) None of the above

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Karen's proposed actions constitute copyright infringement, as she would be making copies of the electronic textbook without authorization from the copyright holder. It does not matter that she did not intend to profit from it or that she intends to distribute the copies for free. Making unauthorized copies of copyrighted material is illegal and violates the exclusive rights of the copyright holder.

Karen Bridgestone Is a Student in a Masters of Accountancy