Q&A: Photocopying from a Book for Personal Use
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Photocopying from a Book for Personal Use
Question
With God's help,
Hello Rabbi,
I wanted to ask whether there is any problem with photocopying a few individual pages from a book found in a library, say 10 pages, and giving them to a friend for personal use.
Or is there an issue here in terms of "intellectual property," or even physical property?
Answer
It doesn’t seem to me that there is any problem. The law permits this, and therefore it is allowed.