Copyright Guide
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- Purpose of this guide
- Copyright basics
- What is copyright and how does it work?
- Ideas, facts and originality
- Digital works
- Duration of copyright
- Public domain
- Using copyrighted works
- Insubstantial/substantial
- Fair dealing
- Fair dealing (Canada) versus Fair use (U.S.)
Educational exceptions- Libraries, museums and archives exceptions
- Exception for persons with perceptual disabilities
- Licences
- Creator’s rights for published works
- Text (Print and Electronic)
- Videos and DVDs
- Radio and Television Broadcasts
- Sound Recordings
- Adaptation, Translation and Performance
- Still Images
- Useful Web sites
- Contact
See also:
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This web page is currently being updated to reflect recent changes in Canadian copyright laws, specifically the adoption of the Copyright Modernization Act. For more information on the state of copyright in Canada, see the Government of Canada’s Balanced Copyright website. |
Copyright basics - Educational exceptions
(s. 29.4 to 29.9)
Under certain conditions, educational institutions or persons acting under their authority can make limited copies for instruction and examinations:
- Instructors can copy a work onto a board, flip chart or similar surface and project a work using an overhead projector or similar device. The projection must be on the school's premises for educational purposes only. Digital projectors are arguably covered by this section.
- For the purposes of an exam or test, instructors can reproduce, translate or perform a work when it is not commercially available in an appropriate medium.
Other educational exceptions are discussed in the sections covering translation and performance, broadcasting and playing sound recordings and images.
page last updated on: Tuesday 26 February 2013
