Fair dealing for purpose of research or study
40 Fair dealing for purpose of research or study
A fair dealing with a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work, or with an adaptation of a literary, dramatic or musical work, for the purpose of research or study does not constitute an infringement of the copyright in the work.
A fair dealing with a literary work (other than lecture notes) does not constitute an infringement of the copyright in the work if it is for the purpose of, or associated with, an approved course of study or research by an enrolled external student of an educational institution.
In subsection (1A) the expression lecture notes means any literary work produced for the purpose of the course of study or research by a person lecturing or teaching in or in connection with the course of study or research.
For the purposes of this Act, the matters to which regard shall be had, in determining whether a dealing with a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work or with an adaptation of a literary, dramatic or musical work, being a dealing by way of reproducing the whole or a part of the work or adaptation, constitutes a fair dealing with the work or adaptation for the purpose of research or study include:
the purpose and character of the dealing;
the nature of the work or adaptation;
the possibility of obtaining the work or adaptation within a reasonable time at an ordinary commercial price;
the effect of the dealing upon the potential market for, or value of, the work or adaptation; and
in a case where part only of the work or adaptation is reproduced—the amount and substantiality of the part copied taken in relation to the whole work or adaptation.
Despite subsection (2), a reproduction, for the purpose of research or study, of all or part of a literary, dramatic or musical work, or of an adaptation of such a work, contained in an article in a periodical publication is taken to be a fair dealing with the work or adaptation for the purpose of research or study.
Subsection (3) does not apply if another article in the publication is also reproduced for the purpose of different research or a different course of study.
Despite subsection (2), a reproduction, for the purpose of research or study, of not more than a reasonable portion of a work or adaptation that is described in an item of the table and is not contained in an article in a periodical publication is taken to be a fair dealing with the work or adaptation for the purpose of research or study. For this purpose, reasonable portion means the amount described in the item.
Works, adaptations and reasonable portions | ||
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Item | Work or adaptation | Amount that is reasonable portion |
1 | A literary, dramatic or musical work (except a computer program), or an adaptation of such a work, that is contained in a published edition of at least 10 pages | (a) 10% of the number of pages in the edition; or (b) if the work or adaptation is divided into chapters—a single chapter |
2 | A published literary work in electronic form (except a computer program or an electronic compilation, such as a database), a published dramatic work in electronic form or an adaptation published in electronic form of such a literary or dramatic work | (a) 10% of the number of words in the work or adaptation; or (b) if the work or adaptation is divided into chapters—a single chapter |
Subsection (5) applies to a reproduction of a work or adaptation described in both items of the table in that subsection even if the amount of the work or adaptation reproduced is not more than a reasonable portion (as defined in that subsection) on the basis of only one of those items.
If:
a person makes a reproduction of a part of a published literary or dramatic work or published adaptation of a literary or dramatic work; and
the reproduction is of not more than a reasonable portion (as defined in subsection (5)) of the work or adaptation;
subsection (5) does not apply in relation to any subsequent reproduction made by the person of any other part of the same work or adaptation.
Subsections 10(2), (2A), (2B) and (2C) do not affect subsection (5), (6) or (7) of this section.
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