Law note · Canada
Copyright Act, s. 29.2, fair dealing for news reporting
cite R.S.C. 1985, c. C-42, s. 29.2
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Permits fair dealing with any copyrighted work for the purpose of news reporting, provided the source and the author's name (if given in the source) are attributed; no attribution is required for photographs. This exception may shield news aggregators from copyright infringement claims when reproducing limited news excerpts or snippets, subject to the six-factor fairness analysis established by the Supreme Court of Canada in CCH Canadian Ltd. v. Law Society of Upper Canada (2004 SCC 13). Canada has no separate press-publisher neighbouring right analogous to the EU's Article 15 Directive.
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