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Open Educational Resources (OER): Fair Dealing

What is Fair Dealing?

Fair Dealing, also know as Fair Use (US), "allows the use of material from a copyright protected work (literature, musical scores, audiovisual works, etc.) without permission when certain conditions are met. People can use fair dealing for  research, private study, education, parody, satire, criticism, review, and news reporting.

In order to ensure your copying is fair, you need to consider several factors such as the amount you are copying, whether you are distributing the copy to others, and whether your copying might have a detrimental effect on potential sales of the original work."

Fair Dealing Canada

Fair Use and Copyright from the U of Ottawa Library

Fair Dealing Decision Tool (by CMEC)