Commercial Law, 2019 Bar — Question A.8-a

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KLM Printers, Inc. operated a mall outlet located at the ground floor of a university building in Quezon City. It possessed soft copies of certain textbooks on file, and would print “book-alikes” of these textbooks (or in other words, reproduced the entire textbooks) upon order and for a fee. It would even display samples of such “book-alikes” in its stall for sale to the public. Upon learning of KLM Printers, Inc.'s activities, the authors of the textbooks filed a suit against it for copyright infringement. In its defense, KLM Printers, Inc. invoked the doctrine of fair use, contending that the “book-alikes” are being used for educational purposes by those who avail of them. (a) What is the doctrine of fair use?

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