Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Rebroadcasting of audio clips from other media.

In most cases, you need permission from the copyright holder to air their audio. However, there is a type of exception, under Fair Dealing: "The rules governing this are set out in the section of the Copyright Act pertaining to the Fair Dealing exception (s. 29). It has not changed as a result of the recent copyright reforms. "Under Fair Dealing, you are entitled to use very short portions of copyrighted written or audio material only for purposes of criticism, review, news reporting, education, or satire, as long as it is properly attributed at the time the material is used. Other uses that don't fall within the Fair Dealing exception require permission from the copyright holder before the material can be broadcast. "In print, very short usually means no more than a few sentences or paragraphs, so the maximum length of an audio clip under Fair Dealing is likely somewhere around 10-15 seconds, but no more than is necessary to accomplish the intended purpose." - Freya Zaltz, legal advisor to the National Campus and Community Radio Association

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