Fair Dealing Decision Tool

Answer a few questions about your material and how you plan to share it. The tool guides you through the relevant considerations and explains what to do next - including for openly licensed and library content.

Is the material openly licensed, public domain, or from a CNC Library database?
What type of material is it?
Are you using only a reasonable portion (e.g., one article, one chapter, a short excerpt)?
Will you share it only with authorized users through platforms like Moodle, Teams, or eReserves?
Where is the video or audio from?
How will it be shown or shared?

This tool provides guidance only and does not constitute legal advice.

 Copyright Self-Checklist

A step-by-step guide for copyrighted materials, based on how Canadian copyright law actually works. Work through it before posting, printing, or sharing any third-party content.

This checklist is guidance only and not legal advice. Fair dealing is assessed case-by-case.
0 of 9 factors addressed

Factor 1 – Purpose (Critical)

Factor 2 – Character (Critical)

Factor 3 – Amount (Critical)

Factor 4 – Nature of the work

Factor 5 – Alternatives

Factor 6 – Market effect (Critical)

Good Practice – Attribution & Future Reuse

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