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Fairly Dealt: Strong Statement by the SCC in Alberta (Education) v. Access Copyright

Fairly Dealt: Strong Statement by the SCC in Alberta (Education) v. Access Copyright

One of the recent pentalogy of copyright decisions that has forever changed Canadian copyright law is Alberta (Education) v. Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency (Access Copyright), 2012 SCC 37. The decision focused on the concept of fair dealing, and its application to photocopying books for educational purposes.