Other Resources

Fair Dealing Analysis Tools

Athabasca University Copyright Office

Have a fair dealing use that you're not sure about?  Athabasca University offers a handy, easy-to-use tool to aid you in your analysis. Receive advice in 6 easy steps, providing your responses through preconfigured drop-down menu options.

Queen's University Copyright Office

Queen's University offers an online tool to aid in evaluation of fair dealing situations and also offers the chance to learn more about fair dealing itself.  The tool can be found here.

(These tools are not a substitute for legal advice and are designed only to assist in a fair dealing assessment)

Copyright FAQ's

The Dalhousie Libraries' Copyright Office has prepared the following FAQ documents to help answer basic questions around the new fair dealing guidelines as well as the amendments to the Copyright Act.

FAQ Copyright Basics [Word - 35kB] [PDF - 266kB]

FAQ Copyright in the Classroom [Word - 33kB] [PDF - 313kB]

FAQ Copyright in the Library [Word - 31kB] [PDF - 250kB]

FAQ Copyright and Coursepacks [Word - 29kB] [PDF - 164kB]

Blogs

Michael Geist - University of Ottawa Law professor, editor and author on issues surrounding the Internet and intellectual property law.