There is a fairly comprehensive article about Fair Dealing on Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_dealing_in_Canadian_copyright_law
This section is especially useful:
Sections 29, 29.1 or 29.2 of the
Copyright Act of Canada create the fair dealing exception to copyright:
- Research, private study, etc.
- s.29 Fair dealing for the purpose of research, private study, education, parody or satire does not infringe copyright.
- Criticism or review
- s.29.1 Fair dealing for the purpose of criticism or review does not infringe copyright if the following are mentioned:
- (a) the source; and
- (b) if given in the source, the name of the
- (i) author, in the case of a work,
- (ii) performer, in the case of a performer’s performance,
- (iii) maker, in the case of a sound recording, or
- (iv) broadcaster, in the case of a communication signal.
- News reporting
- s.29.2 Fair dealing for the purpose of news reporting does not infringe copyright if the following are mentioned:
- (a) the source; and
- (b) if given in the source, the name of the
- (i) author, in the case of a work,
- (ii) performer, in the case of a performer’s performance,
- (iii) maker, in the case of a sound recording, or
- (iv) broadcaster, in the case of a communication signal.[12]
To qualify under the fair dealing exception, the dealing must be for a listed purpose and the dealing must be fair.
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