The material was copyrighted so clearly there was an intent to protect the work. Anything else is conjecture.
As far as fair use is concerned, in this case the entire work was copied. No additional analysis was offered, consequently, there was no transformative use. While there are no hard and fast rules as far as using a specific percentage or a set number of words, cutting and pasting an entire article, verbatim, does not constitute fair use.
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