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A non-profit website that reprints articles for educational use would almost certainly be found to infringe copyright, if it can be shown that the market for the original has been affected, even if the website itself is non-commercial.

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  1. adjective Preceding all others in time; first.
  2. adjective Not derived from something else; fresh and unusual: an original play, not an adaptation.
  3. adjective Showing a marked departure from previous practice; new: a truly original approach. See Synonyms at new.
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  • A non-profit website that reprints articles for educational use would almost certainly be found to infringe copyright, if it can be shown that the market for the original has been affected, even if the website itself is non-commercial. —  Watching the Watchers
  • A fortunate improvement over the original is the inclusion of multiple save slots; while —  Latest from PALGN
  • Hopefully the original will be the main version or radios will just play the album version instead.
  • It's cool but I think the original is the winner on this one. —  Pardon Me Duke...Yea We Back!
  • Pitt, apparently, felt that the original was the one to go with, and departed late in the game, despite having worked with director Kevin Macdonald (Last King of Scotland) on the project for some time. —  Box Office Prophets
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  1. Middle English, from Old French, from Latin orīginālis, from orīgō, orīgin-, source; see origin.

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  1. from Middle English original, from Old French (and F.) original, originel = Spanish Portuguese original = Italian originale, from Late Latin originalis, primitive, original, from Latin origo (origin-), beginning, source, origin: see origin.
 

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