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by mmooss 215 days ago
I've never heard that non-profits can violate intellectual property laws. Otherwise, that might give advantages to Sci-hub, shadow libraries, etc.
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The "Fair Use" doctrine has four major pillars that a sibling comment enumerated and you can officially find here: https://www.copyright.gov/fair-use/

One of them is the purpose or character of the use, including whether the use is of a commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes.