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Copyright, authorship & moral rights · Core

Fair dealing

ELI5

A set of limited copyright exceptions in various legal regions for particular purposes and conditions.

Used in conversation

“Has legal checked how fair dealing applies to this project?”

Definition

A set of limited copyright exceptions in various jurisdictions for specified purposes and conditions.

Here “Fair dealing” means: A set of limited copyright exceptions in various jurisdictions for specified purposes and conditions.

Pitch context

You may encounter “Fair dealing” in rights, contracts, finance, distribution & labour conversations or materials.

Why it matters: Explains who controls, pays for, approves, exploits or bears risk around a project.

Caution

Meaning and consequences may change by contract, collective agreement, territory or law. This entry is orientation, not legal advice.

Connected terms

  • Fair useBoth are copyright exceptions, but fair use is an open US test and fair dealing is a more category-based doctrine in several other jurisdictions.
Sources & evidence · 8

Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.