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Copyright-A Bane For The Students Or A Boon For Copyright Owners?

IP and Legal Filings

The most universal limitations to the rights of the owner are the right to copy insubstantial parts and the right of fair dealing or use. Here, the Fair use doctrine does not define any boundary within which anything can be put, the list can be endless. No educational institution applied for any licenses till now.

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Canadian Copyright, Fair Dealing and Education, Part One: Setting the Record Straight

Michael Geist

Canadian copyright lobby groups have relentlessly lobbied the government to overturn decades of Supreme Court of Canada jurisprudence, seeking unprecedented restrictions on fair dealing that include eliminating it for educational institutions if a licence is available. The addition of “education” was hardly an overhaul.

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The New Greek Teaching Limitation after the Implementation of the DSM Directive: A New Era for Teachers, Students and Educational Establishments?

Kluwer Copyright Blog

In particular, only 5% of the total extent of a work, an article lawfully published in a newspaper or a periodical, a poem or a work of visual arts, including photographic works, is permitted to be used within the allowed ambit of this limitation. The licenses may cover all the same uses covered by the limitation.