Educational Copying – the “Very Antithesis of Fair Dealing” or Within Copyright’s “Breathing Space”? Part 1: Statutory Provisions

Abstract

This article is part of a three-part series that seeks an understanding of circumstances in which educational institutions may engage in educational copying (making unauthorized multiple copies of course readings for student use) in five common law countries: Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Part 1 considers copyright’s purpose and justifications and then surveys the parameters of copyright law—including users’ rights (copyright exceptions or limitations)—and licensing arrangements as presented in the copyright statutes of the five countries.