Comparing Fair Dealing and Fair Use
Fair dealing has a long common law history, created by the Judiciary as a way to qualify the monopoly copyright creates on the use of a copyright-protected work. In the twentieth century, fair dealing was codified into copyright legislation in various countries including the United Kingdom when Imperial copyright was consolidated in 1911, in Canada in 1924, and in a comparable yet different form known as fair use in the United States in 1976. Interested in a 10 point comparison between the Canadian fair dealing provision and the U.S. fair use provision? Click to read entire article.
