This is part three of three in our series of blog posts celebrating Fair Dealing Week

How does fair dealing affect your life as a student at Dalhousie? You might think it doesn’t, but you’d be wrong. Surprised? Read on to learn how fair dealing makes your life as a student easier.

Ann Ludbrook, Ryerson University’s Copyright and Scholarly Engagement Librarian prepared a presentation last year titled “Student Life Without Fair Dealing:” https://prezi.com/_v7q3jskrmi-/student-life-without-fair-dealing/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy

In it, she notes several scenarios that are only possible because of fair dealing.

Did you include a photograph from a website/book in an assignment?
Did you photocopy an article/book chapter you needed for class?
Did you take advantage of readings posted in Blackboard/Brightspace? That you didn’t have to buy?
Did you show a film clip in a presentation?
Did you share an article with a group you’re working on a project with?

In Canada, these activities are made possible through the use of fair dealing, which affords you the right to make use of works (depending on various factors) for purposes of research, private study, criticism, review, news reporting, education, satire, and parody. Much of your course work will fall within these areas.

Without fair dealing, whenever you want to make use of a copyrighted work in your course, you would need permission from the copyright holder, perhaps even paying a licensing fee. Fair dealing saves you time and money.

If you would like to learn more about Fair Dealing, please visit the Copyright Office website, and particularly our For Students page: http://www.dal.ca/dept/copyrightoffice/for-students.html

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact the Copyright Office at Copyright.Office@Dal.ca