What is the ruling on copying a paragraph from a university textbook and publishing it in an online article without citing the source, knowing that I pay for these books and only use the copied information for lawful purposes?
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You are not permitted to publish excerpts from academic books in an article without citing the source. Your purchase of these books does not justify failing to attribute statements to their original authors.
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