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Fair use vs plagiarism
There's a huge difference between fair use and plagiarism. Fair use is using small amounts of other people's texts without obtaining permission (read: paying $$ for) from the author. The author still must provide quotes and attribution either in the text or by footnote. Authors have to be careful about using too much or ending up having to pay for every quote. Also there are authors and estates who are very fussy about having material used at all. Fair use is a way to use author's works in small doses.
Plagiarism is the same thing, except the author conveniently forgets the quotes and attribution. It is presented as original text from the author.
Any first-year journalism student knows the difference.