Fair use refers to the non-commercial use of a published work of others without permission or remuneration to the copyright owner under the circumstances expressly prescribed by law. situations expressly prescribed by law mainly include: (1) for individual study, research or appreciation, use of published works of others; (2) free performance of published works; (3) copying, painting, photography and video recording of works of art set up or displayed in outdoor public places. (4) Translation and distribution of published works in Chinese languages into minority languages.
fair use?
In order to write a paper, D photocopied Geng's paper published in a journal for reference.